Am I handling this correctly?

[ackovach]

Hi All,

I will be 4 weeks post-op on Friday. I still have a little restriction from the surgery and think I have kept the calories around 1200. I have not started a food log yet.....

So 22 day post op, when eating Wendy's chili I had a sensation of choking. It really, really hurt. So I drank water til it went away.

Sometimes my medications give me this same pain, so I drink lot water to get it down. I was told that I do not want these meds to sit anywhere except in the bottom of my belly.......

Monday, I had a chicken sandwich from Wendy's. I took a bite and thought, I need a drink, feeling kind of dry. Then took another bite and thought I was gonna die or choke to death. I drank tons of water til the sensation passed. I hate that feeling of choking. I panicked.

Then last night, I was eating tiny piece of raisin toast. I was almost done and then came the pain out of nowhere. No warning. It was much much worse than the other times. I was up jumping around like a crazy person. It really scares me. I feel like I am going to choke. So drank water til it went away.

Is this restriction?

Am I doing something wrong?

Should I drink water when this happens? I really don't think I can just sit around and wait it out. I can't talk at all when this happens.

Thanks,

Amy

[Kim2BSlim]

Amy~

You are more than likely not gonna be able to tolerate bread. I can eat a piece of dry toast if I am having a good day..but sandwich bread or anything like it will absoluetly kill me. Alot of people say a drink of something will help it either pass or come back up. It usually just starts coming up for me. I can't breathe or talk and my eyes water.

Try to not eat bread at all. If you feel you have to, get a chicken sandwich or something similar and at least take the top piece of bread off. That works for me sometimes.

[Phoenix]

I think Kim's on it.

You can wash bread (and maybe beans, too) through, but they're not going down on their own. Lots of bandsters have bread issues, you might be joining them ;-)