Question:
What do you do when something is stuck and it hurts to eat?
I ate a cracker this morning that was dry and it must have gotten stuck. It hurts to eat anything else, how can I get it to move down and relieve some of the pain I am having? — jennyboom (posted on May 6, 2008)
May 6, 2008
Drink some warm tea...that should help.
Or some water. You need something wet to soften up the cracker.
— cjjordan
May 6, 2008
The cracker should dissolve and move through soon, but to help it along, I
would try some hot tea....or even just warm water. That's what usually
worked for me. Sometimes I'd even have to make myself gag just to loosen
things up. Use that as a last resort though. Good luck. I still get
things stuck...and I'm almost at 7 months out! Just go slow....chew chew
chew....and hopefully you won't have to deal with it too often.
Hugs...Cheryl
— Cheryl K.
May 6, 2008
Sip slowly some hot tea, very slowly, put your arms over your head strech
and relax
— jjrb
May 6, 2008
Your lcuky it was a cracker. If it is pasta or meat or something heavy its
stuvk until iut decides to move. If you drink it sits on top of it and that
is stuck now too.
— Joanc
May 6, 2008
I have 10 words that should help tremendously
CHEW, CHEW, CHEW, CHEW, CHEW, CHEW, CHEW, CHEW, CHEW, CHEW (DON'T STOP TILL
THE FOOD IS PURE LIQUID. Good luck. I have not had my surgery yet and I
KNOW this chewing will be a problem for me. I am use to eating fast and
gulping is not going to help me in this situation. Lyn
— SkinnyLynni2B
May 6, 2008
This is SO probably not the answer docs are looking for, but my cousin has
bypass many years ago, and when she gets "stuck" she sips diet
pepsi. She said it sort of works like draino and gets the food to move and
go down. That is pretty much the ONLY time she drinks carbonated drinks.
— Jayline T.
May 6, 2008
I still get food stuck and it FEELS like it hasn't gone down but really it
is just the sore muscle or even tender part that you hurt while swallowing
your food to whole.
— bariatricdivalatina
May 6, 2008
Papaya enzyme can help break down food, but with a cracker, just some more
liquid should help.
— Donna O.
May 7, 2008
It may not just be a stuck cracker. Have you noticed that you are able to
eat less amounts and less variety of foods? If so, make sure to check in
with your bariatric doc. It may be a stricture. Crackers are easily
dissolved, so a small sip of water should get things going... if that's
truly the issue.
— gonnadoit
May 7, 2008
If you can drink / swallow saliva ok, then its most likely you've got some
swelling or tenderness from the cracker stretching/rubbing your
esophagus... warm fluids should help, you can also make "magic
mouthwash" -- liquid benadryl and mylanta or maalox--the benadryl
numbs things and the mylanta/maalox coats/soothes. Just make sure that you
aren't exceeding the max dose on either.
If you are more than "sore", can't swallow, can't get liquids or
saliva down, then you need to call your doc (would not hurt calling your
doc either way!!).
— mrsidknee
May 7, 2008
I had a pill get stuck and threw up everything for a day. I called the
dr's office and they told me to get a diet coke or any diet carbonated
drink and sip on it. You will throw it up too but it moves it on through
or forces it up with it. It worked I only drank about 2 ozs and I was
fine. It has never happened again.
— JohnK334
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