I hear a lot of folks saying they get this with certain foods. I get it most of the time. I can feel the food "hit" my stomach, and if it doesn't like it I get pain.

I'm curious what all of you experience? Does the pain last, or is it more at first during the healing phase?

Mine was just during the first 8 weeks or so, which I am told is still healing. However, I have learned to ensure to eat slow...one bite too much can hurt!

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I experienced that the first five weeks or so. I'm 14 weeks out and can't remember the last time I had that. Now, if I try to eat one more bite than I should, I am in pain and will sometimes even regurgitate that back up.

I also have found that some foods just won't be tolerated by Sleevie. It doesn't like them anymore. Listen to your body. I can't tolerate yogurt or cottage cheese now...loved them pre-surgery. Now they make my tummy hurt.

Eat slow, under fill your sleeve... if something does not agree, try again in a week or two. Constant pain from eating needs to be reported to the doc.

I still have some pain when I eat something with sugar! I like it though, it's a quick reminder that I don't want to eat sugary things anyways. LOL

I am just over three weeks out, so as far as long term, I can not speak to that. What i have found is if I eat wrong, I feel it. By eating wrong, I am refering to not chewing my food up enough. Or eating something that doesn't agree with me. I had this last night. I was a bit hungry, ate, but didn't chew enough. Then foolishly drank Water after. The reaction? Vomited. Up came the water followed by the undigested half chewed food.

Today I am still a bit irritated in my esophagus after last nights regurg-fest. I made a scrambled egg with some cheese, and it sat for quite a while.

I don't want to call it so much as pain for me as it is a very very uncomfortable feeling of food lodged there.

Great topic.

Thanks everyone! I am taking it easy, trying my best to chew, chew, chew, and stopping anything my sleeve doesn't seem to like. I am just hoping that the pain part will eventually go away. It's not constant. But when it does come, boy oh boy!!

Jewel, I still have some pain when I eat things that Rex (my sleeve) doesn't like. I can't do jalapenos or anything more spicy than pepper, and sometimes even pepper makes him act up!

However, I don't have the constant pain, and I only remember having pain when I ate or drank too quickly. It's definitely behavior modification for us!!

Good luck!!