I am three weeks out and every time I eat, or drink something thicker, I get horrible gurgles loudly coming up from my belly for about twenty minutes afterward, along with pressure in my upper chest that makes me feel like I need to puke. Is this normal? When will it end?

Are you eating too fast?

Waiting two minutes between bites, chewing well, etc etc

About a month.

I think the pressure in your chest is an indication of being full or a little too much food. I hope this stops soon for you.

I had them really bad in the beginning. It didn't seem to matter how little I ate, how slowly I ate, how much I chewed etc...it still happened. The good news is that it gets MUCH better. The bad news is that (for me at least) it's a long process. The gurgles slowly lessened over time. Each day they got just a tiny bit quieter and lasted just a tiny bit less long. Day by day it steadily improved, but it took awhile. Now at almost a year out, I almost never experience the gurgling. At this point I usually only experience it if I eat too quickly or try to drink too soon after eating. The gurgles I experience now are much quieter and less embarrassing than they were immediately post-op.

I'm about 4 months out and I still get the gurgles every now and then. For me, greek yogurt causes the gurgles.

Are you eating too fast?

Oh, and it happens with liquids, too - vitamin water, chocolate milk...

Thanks, everyone, that's encouraging!