I am now 4 days post-op and I feel great. But, I've experienced this weird sensation after drinking. I will either be sitting or laying down and my mouth starts filling with saliva and I have to keep swallowing and it feels as though everything is closing in on me. Has anyone else experienced this? It only lasts a few seconds but it is very weird.

Try drinking tiny sips with rests in between. I am a very old bander and I still have weird issues with liquids that I really dont understand! I can eat a piece of toast with good chewing but sometimes water or Gatorade doesnt go down...hang in there and do whatever you have to to get enough fluid!!

Thank you!!! I just thought my word, I'm only having liquids why isn't it going down properly. I think I did try to drink too fast.

I had the same post op, specially at night. I thing it was all the swelling around my stomach and esophagus, but I will say that after a week or so that feeling was gone.