Question:
WHAT DOES STUCK FEEL LIKE? (WHEN SWALLOWING FOOD)

WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE WHEN FOOD GETS STUCK, IS IT PAINFUL FOR YOU? WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THIS HAPPENS? THANKS FOR YOUR HELP    — MAYROSE (posted on December 6, 2007)

December 6, 2007
It is very painful. You will become nauseated and foam starts to form. The best thing to fix it is to force drink water and the stuck particle will eventually come up.
   — BAMASWEETIE33

December 6, 2007
when I get stuck it feels like a ball is sitting in the middle of my chest. Yes it hurts. It usually from eating too fast, or too big of a bite. For me fliud makes it worse. I get up and walk, I of course have to stop eating. and wait for it to resolve. gabluecrab
   — gabluecrab

December 6, 2007
I had my open RNY on 10-8 and have had this problem a few times. I feel like I want to vomit but I don't. I have a lot of foam and them I find when I belch a couple of times things seem to settle and I feel better. Then I take a couple of sips of water and things are much better. I find I have most of this problem with meat.
   — Brenda R.

December 6, 2007
I have found that chewing a couple of Tums has helped a lot. I don't have foam, just pain. I am still learning when to stop eating. When I take one too many bites, the pain comes. Also taking more time between bites helps.
   — maintchick

December 6, 2007
Sorry to get off topic in thead, but what is the cottage cheese test?
   — nansu54

December 7, 2007
I've had lap band. For me it is when it won't go all the way down and it hurts. As someone above stated - it is from eating too big of a bite or too fast. Sometimes it will resolve itself if you wait - but sometimes it is easier to 'slime" it up. It is not relaly like vomiting - but regurgitating the slimey stuck thing. It's a good warning system to SLOW down and EAT smaller bites. CJ
   — CDJ

December 7, 2007
It feels like someone is stabbing you in the chest. I take a gas X with Malox, tums only made it worse for me and made me throw up and lay on my side. That seems to help.
   — Carlyn M.

December 7, 2007
It is very uncomfortable and quite painful. My chest hurts quite a bit when this happens. Mostly when i get it, it is from not chewing enough or too fast. I take a big gulp of something and then it comes up. I sometimes get just an uncomfortable feeling after eating ( like a stomach ache) so i lay on my left side and it seems to help. I don't know why, but it does.
   — missyheffelfinger

December 7, 2007
You had your surgery quite awhile ago. I'm surprised you are asking now. I had a VSG six weeks ago and have only had a problem once when I tried a fried egg. It hurt! I grabbed a popsicle and went for a walk and the problem was resolved. Pat
   — pjennjr

December 7, 2007
The cottage test is: Get a small carton of cottage cheese. Eat until you are feeling full. Then fill a measuring cup with water, pour the water inthe carton until it is full. Then look at how many oz of water is gone from the cup. That will tell you how many oz your stomach will hold.
   — darfultz

December 8, 2007
I also have a band. It hurts in the middle of your chest when you get stuck. I feel like I have to clear my throat constantly until the food either goes down or comes up. Like others, it happens if I eat too fast or take bites that are too big. My doctor tells us never drink when this happens. He recommends walking and stretching your arms wide to open up the chest area. Hope this helps- Marlayna
   — MWiley

December 9, 2007
It horrible. It happen to me for the first time last Tues. I am 8 week post -op today. I was eating some cheese as I was chatting online and forgot all about eating slowly and small bites. about 15 mins later I start getting a pain in the middle of my chest like I had a ball stuck there, I stared to sweat, and I actually tried to make myself throw up but only foam and a little blood came out. I got on my thread-mill and began to walk, I figured before surgery when I was full I would take a walk and this would bring down the fullness. After about half hour I felt the ball going down from my chest, it took a while before I could lay down. I asked my Doc about the blood and he told me I probably irritated my pouch from that ball of cheese being stuck. I tell you what, once you experience this you never want to feel it again. At least I don't, so now I pay attention to how I eat.
   — Simply_Me

December 10, 2007
It one of the worse pain in the world, I get in the middle of my chest and back, then my shoulder hurts then I go into a panic attack afraid your having a heart attack, I had it last up to 2 days. I end up in the hospital from begin sick and throwing up, and the pain. I now take a muscle relaxer, panic pill, pain pill, use heating pad, hot shower and my husband rub my back. My daughter will rock me, and sometimes I do the rub stomach like you do for baby with gas. I try anything. I learn to eat very slow and I drink everything in ice. You end up trying anything to make it stop. I just hope you never get it. but meat my worse. Good luck
   — carman

December 10, 2007
Try papaya enzyme. It is supposed to help dissolve stuck food. If you cannot find it, try meat tenderizer in a cupe of water and drink. I had to do that a couple of times. In order to brink up the food, bend over from your waist and hopefully the food will come out of your mouth.
   — KRWaters

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