I had surgery on 7/29. I had a stricture that was balloon dilated five days ago. My problem is: I still am only able to keep down a very small amount of clear liquids. If I try protein shakes or any type of food it just sits in my esophagus, causes pain and then comes back up. Just wondering what your thoughts are. Should I call the surgeon's office? Do you think it might be a recurrence of the stricture?

I would call again, otherwise your going to end up dehydrated. They should not let you out of the hospital until you can keep fluid down!

Yes definitely call the dr. You need to be able to eat!

Yes call them. Maybe they can give you an iv to help with hydration.

Im on board with calling as well. Better to be safe!

Call, Call, CALL!

I had surgery on 7/29. I had a stricture that was balloon dilated five days ago. My problem is: I still am only able to keep down a very small amount of clear liquids. If I try protein shakes or any type of food it just sits in my esophagus, causes pain and then comes back up. Just wondering what your thoughts are. Should I call the surgeon's office? Do you think it might be a recurrence of the stricture?

I am having the same problem. My procedure was done on 6/26. I had an endoscope w/ dilation last week. I am able to get some food(soups/liquids) down, but it gets stuck in my esophagus and half of the time comes back up. I am worried that I am going to have to have another endoscope and am not looking forward to that. I would definitely encourage you to call your surgeon.

I called and the surgeon believes I've narrowed again. So, on Monday I'll have another scope & dilation. Thanks for encouraging me to call. I'm supposed to start a new job in ten days and I just want to be fixed before then.