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ps: to be clear, its not th same as the pain from burping or sneezing or coughing post surgery. I gad those and this is not related. thx

Hi. I am almost 3 weeks out and have had a rough go. Was in the hospital yesterday. Had to get IV fluids and a work up. They really didn't find much except dehydration and so me swelling in my esophagus. Past days prior I had this pressure pain in my chest and esophagus which has made it hard to drink fluids. Today I have nausea and cant get much fluids down (20 oz of Gatorade). Today is different though, when I burp (often) I get pain/ache in my esophagus, chest, and stomach area. Almost like when you over inflate something as burping expands these areas. When not burping I still have tightness in chest and ache but much more sharp when I burp. Anyone experience this before? Any ideas? Most sips cause more chest pain to like someone is sitting on my chest. Again, I interpret it as when the esophagus, chest, and stomach expands. Im just miserable and I got no answers from ER. I am very weak due tolack of fluids and nutrients I imagine. I just want to feel well for 1 day. thanks all and wishes for a Happy Healthy Thanksgiving for Everyone

Sleeved on November 6th. Having rough time was back in hospital yesterday for dehydration and chest/esophagus pain. Just don't feel well and haven't been getting my fluids in. Pureed foods not tolerated either. I'm on gatorade right now to get electrolytes in.

Headed to the ER. Will keep you posted. So lethargic. Haven't been getting much in probably because of this esophagus issue.

Yeah that's why I wanted to sleep it off to see how I was this morning. But no luck. I'll let you know. Thx all

so.e chicken broth a bit before it started. Worse after I had a laughing cow cheese I guess. Like an hour afterwards. But that's it otherwise liquids

Oh and last night for a few hours I had such bad shivering/chills. 3 comforters and was still shivering . That finally did pass after a couple of hours though.and brightness above should have read tightness

ER not EL. I'll see what my wife thinks when she wakes. Hurts to even swallow a sip of water

I just spoke with surgeon. He said I should go to EL to get chest checked out if I think it's something with chest. But sounds like narrowing of esophagus. Thinks something may have irritated it and it's swollen. Only pureed I had yesterday was 2 tsp applesauce and a laughing cow cheese licked over the course of 30 mins. He suggested trying just liquid all day and see if that helps reduce swelling of esophagus otherwise call them tomorrow so they can maybe get me in.

It's Sunday.

Hi. Last night I started getting this brightness in my chest along with a pain in my chest esophogus area. Kind of feels like when you swallow to big a gulp of Water and hurts going down except in this case that feeling isn't going away in a few seconds. Hurts to burp or hiccup or breath in as the feeling is mor prevalent then. Any ideas? I'm just miserable and hoped I would sleep it off but still here this morning. Seemed a bit better until I took a sip of water and right back to a bad as it was. Im.on omeprazole btw. Thx

Yeah I can barely choke these sweet tart things down. Hate them

Today I wanted to strain a hot cocoa with protein powder and instead of the big strainer what works perfect for the single servings we make is one of those kitchen sink mesh drain covers. You can get them for like a dollar and they fit perfect over the top of a coffee cup or any cup. Just pour through that into your cup and those little chunks are gone. Nice and easy. Train soup, broth, protein shakes, whatever. thought i would share. Have a great day.

How far post op are you?

Hi. I'll be entering soft food stage soon. I don't see noodles on any lists for post op diet. Like chicken noodle soup or something, the noodles are mushy, is there a reason noodles can't be eaten?

Ok sorry. U may delete. We come here for support and you have some unsupportive folks. I understand. My apologies

Well said. These forums are for support and for the most part folks are good at offering support I have only seen a few that attack others here. Shame on them. This process is individualized and none of us truly know what the other may be going thru mentally with this whole thing. I was raised that if you have nothing nice to say you don't say anything. Unfortunately some on here were not and are happy to aggravate folks recovering from surgery

don't be a douche. Either offer some support or keep your mouth shut. We all go through our stages. From what I read it's very normal. I am appreciative to the others who have given great insight and makes sense. 2 days to pureed!

what do u mean by yawn? If boring you keep it to yourself. .we come here for support not aggravation

Oh protein powder?

Ppi?

I am.losing weight but starving. I start puree foods Friday so we will see. All my research in hadn't come across feeling hungry after the surgery. I just thought we get so full from such small amounts. A few days ago had trouble getting much down. Now seems like i can't get enough to curb the hunger. Today I had two 4 oz serving of protein shakes, two 8 oz servings of protein enriched blended cream soup and 3 jello cups. Just finished another jello cup and still starving.

12 days that is

Today's the first day I'm not nauseous, pain is tolerable, and feel pretty good. Issue is, as of Saturday I'm constantly starving. Wtf. Only reason for these surgeries are to allow us to eat a reduced calorie set and not feel hungry, hence weight loss. I have taken my antacids, got my protein minimums and fluid minimums. Even after finishing a feeding I am still starving. If it's this "head" hunger then what's the difference, body is still sending a starving signal so sure feels like I'm hungry as all get out. All I keep thinking of is how I ate a lot better and lost rapid weight on the preop diet and I should have just not had the surgery and stuck to that. Sigh. Just finished a jello and will try and have some more broth. But not satiated in between feedings