Can food get "stuck" with a sleeve?
Hi I saw you converted from the band to the sleeve. I am debating. My band is even drained and horrible pain and things stuck all the time. What are the pros and cons of the conversion? Did you lose with the band? How has loss been with the sleeve? Which is more comfortable and makes you feel more like a normal person?
Thank you for this post! I had thought I had something stuck (I have a sleeve) and was told to go back to liquids until I saw the surgeon again: major pressure and tightness in sternum area. Hard to eat more than a couple ounces at a time for awhile. When I saw him, it had passed and I was fine again. He reminded me to eat slowly and not that much. I really had thought I had done that, but figured it must have been too much or the food I had eaten (had bacon that was tough--maybe hadn't chewed well enough, I thought. But he said rice could stick as well.) However, now reading these posts, I DID have a hiatal hernia repair during my surgery--I am wondering now if that was part of the problem. It's good to know things may not always be like that. I'm careful, but now I won't be freaking out-stressing with every bite.
Hope you too will not have any more problems as well. :)
Mary Lou
Hope you too will not have any more problems as well. :)
Mary Lou
VSG on 01/13/12