Question:
Do You Ever Purposely Wash Out Your Pouch with Water?
Last night I was eating ground chicken, ground up very fine, all by itself. I don't know if I lost track, ate too fast or too much but all of a sudden I was having pain and nauseau like I was going to throw up. I really wasn't in a place where I could throw up. I had a small glass of water by me and took a small sip and it actually felt better. I took another, somewhat bigger sip a minute or so later and it felt better too. Initially I was afraid to try the water because I was afraid I was going to overload completely and just throw up everything but the opposite happened. I was wondering if I managed to wash out my pouch and lessen the discomfort or if that was just a coincidence that the water made me feel *better*? — susanje (posted on March 2, 2003)
March 2, 2003
I don't know about the water helped or not, but I don't think eating
chicken as a new post op is good. It was at least nine months before I
could eat chicken without being in extreme pain. Then when I could eat it,
KFC was the only chicken I could eat. Now most of the time I can eat any
chicken I'd like. You are only two months post op. If I was you, I'd not
eat it for a few more months. It sat in my gut like a rock. Some people can
eat it and some can't. Others have to wait months.
— Danmark
March 2, 2003
I use ground chicken (and turkey) and spin it once or twice in the food
processor to make it very very fine. I've been eating it this way since
about 3 weeks postop and it's never bothered me. I haven't gone near real
chicken yet.
— susanje
March 2, 2003
To answer your question - yes, you felt better because you moistened the
chicken and probably washed some down. As far as this being a quick fix, I
have found that drinking to push through an uncomfortable food has back
fired more often than helped and caused me to vomit. The safest bet is to
always eat tried and true foods on the outside and only try new foods at
home.
— Julie S.
March 2, 2003
I ate chicken during my pureed stage, but it was finely chopped up in the
food processor with some non-fat mayo mixed in. Even now at 7 1/2 months,
I stick to the dark meat as the breast meat is too dry for me...JR
— John Rushton
March 2, 2003
I have use liquid to make me throw up after getting something stuck and
being in pain. It was such a relief to get the offending piece of food up.
This has happened three or four times in 15 months. The worst was a piece
of grape skin.
— Patty_Butler
March 2, 2003
I have been eating chicken, ham, turkey (deli-sliced) since week 2, which
is my surgeon's program. My teeth were expected to do the mushing, which
they did. I have had ground beef a few times since week 3 with no problems
either. Put a little (1/4-1/2 tsp) fat free gravy on the chicken or turkey
if it's too dry. I did have a slight problem with fresh roasted chicken.
I took one bite and it just wasn't sitting well so I switched to something
else rather than get sick.
<p>I have had the opposite problem. Twice I ate too fast and had the
pain and thought it would help to take a sip and wash it through but that
didn't work for me, just made the pain worse - but then again I probably
drank more than a sip, which might have been the problem. The water may
very well have had the effect of washing out the pouch, but I wouldn't do
it on a regular basis.
— zoedogcbr
March 3, 2003
I know that this is REALLY bad to say, but everytime I have felt a little
sick after eating somthing, whether it didn't agree with me or something,
rather than sticking out that nauseas feeling, I call it drowning it in
water. I have found that it makes the sick feeling go away, and I have not
had problems with the other side (dumping syndrome) from doing this either.
It helped me to know that no matter if something didn't agree with me, I
could feel better rather quicly by drinking the water.
— sheri H.
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