Please help. I'm 2 days post op & I am having a difficult time getting liquids down, Before I left the hospital yesterday, I was instructed to swallow mouthfuls of liquid. THIS was not a good idea, because the liquids seemed to sit on my chest & make me hurt & take longer to go down.

Now that I've decided to sip them, I have to make myself burp immediately after swallowing, then take a deep breath for the liquid to go down. This kicks in the feeling of me feeling nauseated. Is this normal or is this blockage.

Please help me, I'm freaking out.

You should call your doctor and ask this kind of question.

Sounds like a good way to swallow a lot of air.

Yes, call your Dr. I had blockage so I know exactly the feeling you're talking about.

I am 6 months out and still can't do full mouth fulls of liquids without having tightness in the chest. you should be doing sips not mouthfuls. seems like a good way to hurt yourself.

i had my surgery the 17th of July . I know the exact feeling .. i had to sip water for about the first week ..or i had the same symptoms . but my nurses had instructed me to sip and not take " drinks " of water .. it has went away . along with the that i had a hard time taking medications ....i had to take them when i had an empty stomach or what water i used to wash each pill down was too much . it felt like every thing in there had a smaller opening .. much better now ..feeling has went away ..Time will make things better

At 2 days out I could only take small sips and felt it each time in my chest. In my case it was pretty normal I think and not a blockage.

At two days I could only wet my mouth, not really swallow and I had to walk around while I did that. That lasted to about day four and then I could only do one tiny sip at a time also only while standing upright. It takes time.