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Started on soft foods today and tried chicken salad... Idk if I was eating too fast, if chicken salad wasn't soft enough, or what but I have serious chest pain right between my breasts! I wanna cry and I'm getting scared, because I feel like if something was stuck, it should have gone down hours ago. I ate around 6pm! what to do? What is this?

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I get that a lot and find that if I take some gas x it goes away. If you feel yourself getting short or breath, sweaty, raving pulse, excruciating pain that you just don't think is right, go to the we just as precaution. But try some gas x or phayzyne. Could be gas.

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That was supposed to say racing pulse. Dang sausage fingers on my phone. Lol

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hey dont be afraid.eat very slowly n small potion.yr sleeve will tell u when to stop.listen to yr sleeve.not to yr heart.it will pass we all hv gone through this phase.do not drink any liquid 15 mins before food n 30mins after food.

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I agree with the other posts. I felt the same way the first time I tried to eat meat. I thought I was eating very slowly and chewing very thoroughly; however, I suddenly got hiccups and pain, and eventually, vommitted. I have had that happen a few times as I learn how to eat "real" food again. I am fine with yogurt, etc., but when I eat meat and fish, I have to be extremely careful. If you are ever in doubt, you should call your surgeon or go to the ER, just to be sure; however, it is most likely that you ate too fast or too much or both. I had my surgery a month ago and am now larning how to eat again! Best of luck to you, Aloha from Hawaii.

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They are esophageal spasm. They hurt like a b***h. Think of it like a leg cramp in your esophageal muscles that move food to the stomach. Food backs up in your esophagus because it can't move through the stomach as quickly with it's reduced capacity. They suck! Eat slower. They usually diminish as time goes on.

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I think this is what happened to me too. I'm in week 5 and I'm not feeling great. I started my soft solids this past week and I've been sick since Sunday. Sunday I was stupid and I had one chicken finger. Oh I was so sick. I thought I was going to vomit and I was sweaty all over. But it passed and I was fine about 30 minutes later. But the next day I made myself some tofu and the same thing happened, just not as severe. And now it feels like something is stuck! I feel it all the time whether I'm eating or not. I don't want to eat anything at all because it feels so terrible now. I have gone back to Soup and yogurt. How do I get this unstuck??

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Started on soft foods today and tried chicken salad... Idk if I was eating too fast' date=' if chicken salad wasn't soft enough, or what but I have serious chest pain right between my breasts! I wanna cry and I'm getting scared, because I feel like if something was stuck, it should have gone down hours ago. I ate around 6pm! what to do? What is this?

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I saw my dr today also two weeks out I to had the same feeling he said u have to purée or add more moister to chicken I have the same issue

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