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I am only 2 weeks post op and not really eating anything yet still mostly liquids. I am how ever slowly moving to really soft foods such as pudding and a scrambled egg. Anyways as I am eating or after such I get a severe pain in my face. Best way to describe this is it feels as if I have a major sinus infection and I can feel it all the way into my teeth. After surgery I had a headache that felt like that and after a few days went away, but now that when I try to introduce food into my system the facial pain comes back. I have done my share of research and find little about this, but have looked up referred pain. (how on part of your body can hurt and it could be a whole different area that needs attention. i.e. shoulder pain can be referred pain because of the nerve in the abdomen that the fill port is next too.) So has anyone else had this issue or is it that I may just have a sinus infection? anyways its uncomfortable and it needs to go away. :scared2:

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I didnt have what you describe, but I did have weird mouth pain and every now and again still get it.

After surgery, quite often, my esophagus and the roof of my mouth would begin to ache and my cheeks would hurt also. Really badly. Over time, this morphed into a sign that I was about to get a stomach ache, a horrid clenching pain that I cant relieve. I have had bouts of it at times, not long lasting and it always goes away again for months, often bought on by ice cream or cold drinks. But the roof of my mouth would really really hurt.

When I'm eating something that's not going down well, sometimes the roof of my mouth burns and prickles.

I suspect its just referred pain from your stomach doing weird things. From my very old memories of physiology and anatomy, the vagus nerve is one of the cranial nerves and is probably the path of these weird face symtoms. it supplies your stomach and is the reason why, for exammple, you get a really bad headache you may feel nauseous and throw up.

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Thank you for your information and what you say sounds like what it could be. I am amazed at the amount of referred pain possibilities with this surgery. Lets just hope it goes away after the stomach has had time to stop swelling and relaxes on the nerve and it all goes away. If it doesnt and this is a pain i get every time I eat, well be far and few between meals. I see dr. on monday to discuss further. again thank you for your help. :scared2:

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I saw this and find it interesting because I have something similar which I think has to do w/ something going on w/ the esophagus. It tends to happen if I am tight and I think the esophagus is working harder to push things thru and when you think of it the esophagus starts right around your jaw line right? Never asked the doc about it as it isn't constant. Often after it happens i notice more salivation and the 'pop' of something going thru the opening. So its just a reflex i think. My two sense. I'm sure others get it and prob don't even notice. I'll ask if I ever get to a support group and see what they say.

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I used to get a runny nose whenever I was full. Maybe there is something near the upper stomach that connects to the sinus area and causes pain or other sinus problems.

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I used to get a runny nose whenever I was full. Maybe there is something near the upper stomach that connects to the sinus area and causes pain or other sinus problems.

I get a runny nose too!!! I thought I was crazy! :eek:

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