I am 6 days post-op today, still on clear liquid diet and won't be promoted to mushies until this Wednesday.

Just a few minutes ago, I was laying on the couch talking on the phone feeling absolutely great when out of nowhere I felt what seemed like strong spams in my stomach and esophagus. They were painful, though this time not radiating to my back like previous "gas pains". I wasn't nauseated at all, but I just started dry-heaving and gagging involuntarily...just like someone would sneeze involuntarily, I was dry-heaving like it was out of nowhere. I had nothing in my stomach since the last time I sipped was an hour ago, so all that came out was sputum from my mouth. I have never had problems with acid reflux, so I'm not on a PPI. I didn't even vomit stomach acid.

It lasted a good 3 to 5 minutes, and seemed more like a neurogenic response than a gastric response. Who knows, maybe it was just gas? I feel fine now, just a little sore in my stomach like anyone would be. I'll be bringing this up to my doctor on Wednesday.

Has anyone experienced this before? Or have a guess at what this could be? What was the treatment?

Thanks for any input!

It could be your gallbladder, which is very common with WLS. If this continues, you should contact the doctor. They can quickly diagnose this with an ultrasound.

I had my gallbladder out years before WLS - but I had these episodes of incredible pain and spasms which radiated, they also made me heave, even though I had nothing in my stomach to speak of. I had to double over in pain at times and wait for the episode to pass.

If this keeps reoccuring call your surgeon, it could be something else as well, and better to be safe than sorry.

Good luck.

I’ve had that talking a lot dry mouthed just gag a bit then it turns to dry heaving, wake up dry mouth gag start dry heaving.

For me it was nothing soon as I sipped on a drink I was fine, if your worried call the nurse and ask her if they are worried they will have you come in and be looked out.

It doesn't matter if you did or didn't have an issue with reflux before surgery. I suggest you start with a PPI. 2nd you could have drank too fast your tiny tummy will take a little while to catch up I know in the fist month I could do NOTHING while drinking/eating I had to really pay attention to how much I was having, how fast, and how many times I chewed.