Wow....I ate a few fingers of mashed potatoes while cooking dinner for the kids today. Now I feel like there is a huge boulder on my chest! I may never try anything but liquids after this. I could not even walk down the stairs...LOL! Thought for sure I could handle a little but maybe it was the butter in them that fought me and won. Now I am just praying for this to pass ASAP! I have been trying to drink to help it move through. Anybody else run into this? How long did the pain last??? BTW, I am 15 days out.

Hey Nick-

I got that pain all the time in the beginning. And still do occasionally. I'm 8 weeks out. My doc told me it's from eating too much too fast, and the food travels back up the esophagus. NOT pleasant. I can't even breathe deeply. I've heard it lasting anywhere from 5 hours to a few seconds. Mine usually stops after about 30 mins. Drinking only ever made it worse for me. I just had to stop eating and sit up. I made the mistake of laying down once, and threw up. Yuck.

Hope this helped. Good luck.

I had trouble with potatoes too. I have been able to stomach most everything I've tried, but the mashed potato caused tummy to be very unhappy. And, when I introduced corned beef hash, the potato in it also caused discomfort. Could just be potato and not all mushy food.

I have had this pain too, for me, I have determined it is from eating too much too fast. It almost feels like it is stuck in my chest and I can't breathe. I have to train myself to slow down, smaller bites, more chewing, take time in between each bite.

This is a big lesson to learn for me since I was a binge eater and could throw down TONS of food in minutes. I have to sit bite, chew, breathe, and take a break and repeat.

Just my 2 cents. I am 3.5 weeks out now...

R