Yes, sometimes we bandsters need to expect things to come up, quite literally.  I did my homework though and I am pretty careful about chewing so this has not been too much of a problem for me.  Yesterday we went for Japanese.  I ordered a seaweed salad and, let me tell you, this did NOT AGREE with the band at all.  It made my esophagus contract, it hurt me a lot, It really HURTS.  I was sliming and paining and sliming some more, doubled over and out to dinner with other people so I felt very awkward.  Three trips to the bathroom in a tiny little restaurant, was very embarrassing, and did not go unnoticed by other guests nor the staff!  The fat anorexic chick????  I don’t know what they thought! 

I had eaten about two or three tablespoons of the salad in total and due to the esophageal reflex and reflux, I could not eat the sushi, the wonderful grilled fish or meats – nothing at all.  It was a buffet too – so the thing is that $20 for dinner when you eat only a few bites was an expensive lesson.  

The literature that I had did let me know that most bandsters cannot eat asparagus and even some people have a hard time with celery, but seaweed salad, this was not mentioned.  I guess, I should have guessed, since it is rather tough and rubbery.  Silly me!

I suggest to all you bandsters out there reading this, if you want to try it, don’t do it at a buffet and for sure not when others are around!

Have you had this happen and how did you handle it?