help stuck pill and pain!

mzlaura
on 5/11/13 4:41 pm - Litchfield, NH
RNY on 03/05/13

I am 9 weeks out.. earlier i know i swallowed a pill bigger than i should have it went down eventually. I take stool softeners everyday and i took one about 20 min ago.. it seemed to go down fine as usual. All of a sudden nausea and heartburn it's STUC****ep burping and i haven't been able to vomit it up. It's a softgel. I am having irritation in my throat and saliva keeps coming up also my medicine from earlier that i did crush "powder" is burning my throat too.. i tasted that coming back up. What can i do now i feel it stuck in my chest!

HW: 401  SW: 297  CW: 200.8
RNY gastric bypass surgery on March 5th, 2013

  

Kat Kat
on 5/11/13 4:56 pm - AZ

You might try SLOWLY sipping some warm tea to help it melt faster.

            

BugdocMom
on 5/11/13 6:48 pm - CA

I agree, a bit of slowly sipped hot tea can help dissolve the pill faster. Also, you are in the prime window for a stricture in which scar tissue tightens the stoma. Keep an eye on how your body responds to food and drink. If things that you could previously tolerate be difficult to get down, definitely run it by your surgeon.

mzlaura
on 5/11/13 11:08 pm - Litchfield, NH
RNY on 03/05/13
I woke up today still feeling something lodged. My chest, hurts and my mouth is dry. My leg is still hurting really badly too

HW: 401  SW: 297  CW: 200.8
RNY gastric bypass surgery on March 5th, 2013

  

cymbalom
on 5/11/13 11:21 pm, edited 5/12/13 6:18 am
I don't know what to say except I'm really sorry this is happening to you. Did you try the hot tea? And it would be a Sunday!

Another possibility --- you created an area of inflammation with the pill yesterday? Is that possibly what you're feeling?

Angie in Missouri
mzlaura
on 5/11/13 11:32 pm - Litchfield, NH
RNY on 03/05/13
On May 12, 2013 at 6:21 AM Pacific Time, cymbalom wrote:
I don't know what to say except I'm really sorry this is happening to you. Did you try the hot tea? And it would be a Sunday!

Another possibility --- you created an area of inflammation with the pill yesterday? Is that possibly what you're feeling?

Angie in Missouri
Maybe idk I was hacking for like 20 min. though only saliva.

HW: 401  SW: 297  CW: 200.8
RNY gastric bypass surgery on March 5th, 2013

  

apurdie
on 5/12/13 12:44 pm - CA

Sometimes the pill has passed through but it feels like it is still there. Keep sipping tea!

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