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hiddengem · 07-27-2008, 08:46 PM

What does it feel like when you get something stuck?

I took a nap this afternoon and had a small piece of jerky when I woke up. I thought I chewed it well enough and spit out the stuff I couldn't chew up. A few minutes later I started to make my protein shake dinner and all of a sudden I had a sharp but lasting pain in my upper stomach (at the base of my sternum). It felt like a menstrual cramp, but it was in the wrong place and it hurt a heck of a lot more. I laid down and I was instantly drenched in sweat. I laid there for about 10 minutes hoping it would go away and eventually it did, just about as fast as it came on. I've felt just fine since. I've never had anything like this happen in my 11 weeks since surgery. What the heck was it?!?!

SDeRossett · 07-28-2008, 03:19 AM

Good Morning!

I'm not so sure that you were stuck so much as maybe slightly dumping. IMO usually the sweating is a common side effect of dumping. Have you gone back and checked the sugar content of the jerky?

For me when I clogged it was like having the pain, but I start to get the foamies, the urge to throw up, and I can't get anything else in. I can't drink any thing as it just comes right back up. For me it usually takes several hours for what ever to get through or I heave until it dislodges. (Try not to throw up if possible and just bear with it if you can).

With dumping, I get a feeling of light headedness, dizzy almost flu like, sick to my stomach, sweats, heart racing and an overwhelming need to go lay down, and I get really tired.

If you are getting stuck, then make sure that you are concentrating while chewing, sometimes we have a tendency to fall back to the "wolf it down" and don't even realize it until it's too late. The only thing I can say about getting stuck (IMO), is that usually the farther out you get the less frequently it seems to happen. The last time I can remember being stuck was last year after revision when everything was all swollen from surgery. It took 2-3 weeks until I was back to normal, and I got stuck several times as it has been so long since I was at the stage you are at now. I had forgotten about the chew, chew, chew rule.

One more thing, if you do get stuck, you should go back to liquids for a day or two and let your pouch rest. To me it seems that once you have irritated it (your pouch), it maybe swells up a bit and it seems like everything gets stuck.

Good luck in figuring out just what really happened, and remember to concentrate while you are eatting, chew, chew, chew.

Sharon

SDeRossett · 07-28-2008, 03:29 AM

Oh, one more quick thing. As jerky can be harder to chew well enough, maybe try the beef sticks instead. The consistency is a little easier to chew into smaller bits. Just a thought.

Sharon