This past summer I got stuck on a tiny piece of leftover steak that I had for lunch. It would not go up no matter how hard I tried, nor down and drinking fluids was practically impossible. At about 8PM that evening I knew I had to call the doctor (it was a Saturday). Well, he was at a bariatrics seminar in Florida and I live in California. He recommended that I first call my primary MD to see if someone at Stanford could do it, and if needed call the bariatric surgeon on call at UC San Francisco.

Well, I ended up going to San Francisco after umpteen phone calls and not knowing where I was (thank God hubby drove). Got a full unfill and felt instant relief.

Like Alexandra said most things will go up or down eventually and I usually don't have any problems. But that day my body just did not want to cooperate with me. Needless to say, I eat very little steak nowadays and chew it to absolute mush.

There is definitely discomfort when an item is stuck and you won't even want to try to drink water after the meal. Your band definitely is in control and you just have to listen to it (sometimes it whispers too). But 99.9% of the time you can feel the stuck item move downward and definitely feel it if it comes up.

Hope that helps.

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