Question:
I can not throw up, has anyone had this problem?

all i do is dry heave even after i have just eaten, i dont want to throw up, but sometimes i really feel that i need to. could this be a medical problem or is it something that i should not worry about? thanks kim by the way i am almost a yr out and have never been able to throw up, even if i try sticking my finger dn my throat, starting weight 267 dn to 124    — kimberly G. (posted on November 2, 2001)

November 1, 2001
I don't know if this helps, but my nutritionist warned me about this and said it could happen. It's not really anything you need to worry about. I believe she said that would happen if you swallow too big a piece of food and it gets stuck. She mentioned that Papaya may help. Go to a nutrition store and check it out.
   — Janet C.

November 2, 2001
Why would you want to throw up? If you really HAD to vomit... you would. I've experienced the sensation you speak of....my surgeon warned me about it. He said if it felt like something was stuck; but, I couldn't/didn't throw up...I SHOULD NOT try to force myself to vomit and that trying to wash it down with liquids would only make matters worse. I should just wait for the sensation to resolve. I'm the only one of my 3 wls friends who experiences this. I'm 4 years post-op and it still happens about once a week. It feels like something is "clogged" and I know I would feel better if "I could just throw up". I do as my surgeon advised....I just let it pass....it always does.
   — [Anonymous]

November 2, 2001
I cannot throw up either if I want to. I've had a couple of times when I just knew something was stuck and all of this foamy stuff kept coming up but I could never vomit. I just had to keep spitting it out, and the pain was horrendous. I felt really like I should vomit but couldn't. Thankfully it only happened a few times. I'm over a year and 1/2 out.
   — Cindy H.

May 29, 2009
I can't throw up either. I don't mean I'm trying to. I mean even when I had the flu,and knew it was the flu. I dry heave but nothing but foam comes up.I know what you are talking about. It's annoying,and I sometimes wonder if it's healthy. Isn't throwing up the body's way of expelling bad things ?
   — angelssong7