Hey guys, I'm 10 weeks post op and things are going great! Although sometimes I get the feeling I have food sitting in my throat after I've had a couple of bites. It doesn't hurt or make me feel ill it's just uncomfortable.. I've only experienced it a few times (not every time I eat) I spoke to my surgeon and he said its nothing to worry about unless it happens every time I eat. I was just wondering if any one else has experienced this too? It's not happened for about 2 weeks now, so I'm hoping it's not gonna happen again :-)

Anjela my heart goes out to you' date=' I can only imagine the frustration. Each bite that passes is one bite in the right direction, take them as victories!

You're in my thoughts.[/quote']

Thank you very much for your concern and prayers

Thank you Berniec

Your welcome. Glad your feeling a little better.

I had my 4th endoscopy done yesterday. Dr said my ulcer is healed but I still had the stricture so he dilated to 15mm. Hopefully it helps. I so want to feel normal again.

Hey girls I feel your pain just reading these posts made me cry ....I so feel your pain I've been dealing with a big ulcer that caused internal bleeding caused me to become so anemic 3 blood transfusions 14days in the hospital ..6 weeks on tpn and 2 endoscpoies ballon dillations that helped a little with my stricture ...and now what my GI dr is telling me for the long term run that they might need to reoperate to remove the none healing ulcer ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm so sick of being sick at this point and I'm do depressed

How do you know if you have an ulcer? And this stricture thing you are all talking about? I eat 1-2 bytes of food and in nauseated- is this a sign? I'm so clueless to these things?

As far as the stricture....for me whemever I would eat. Even after 1 very small bite...no matter how good I chewed...it would feel stuck in my throat. It never would go down...it would just sit there. Eventually I would get so uncomfortable I would force myself to throw up if. As far as the ulcer.......anything that did somehow pass I would have terrible pain in my pouch. I'm feeling better now and am ale to swallow somewhat better due to dilatations and meds, Just hope this was the last procedure I have to have.

How do you know if you have an ulcer? And this stricture thing you are all talking about? I eat 1-2 bytes of food and in nauseated- is this a sign? I'm so clueless to these things?

It's painful and way more then feeling nauseated, nausea is normal in the first few weeks.

An ulcer will feel like a fire in your chest with each bite or drink.

The stoma/stricture feels like something stuck in you just below the breastbone. And you may get the foamies, just bringing up bubbles of stomach acid.

Foamies aren't always stoma. It was the combo of stuck and foamies that my doctor said warranted calling the emergency surgeon line.

Chewing Papaya Enzyme helps too if you want to help digest meat that's stuck.

Chewing Papaya Enzyme helps too if you want to help digest meat that's stuck.

Thanks! Usually it's meat or Pasta so I'll pick some up.

Sorry ladies this is horrible. If you have a chance of dying can they revise the surgery?

Also if they do try a nutrionist/dietician

Hey everyone, im 13 weeks post op. I always get that feeling something is stuck. I think its only because I try to either eat to fast or drink to fast. It goes away after about 15 minutes. But this crap is so not the business. So there for I find myself eating alot of popsicles. Sugar free of course. I do eat things a little better now. You just have to know your limits. Im still new to this and learning everyday. I do know that I take a bite of something ,eat it slow ,walk away and come back to it when I know the food has gone down. I know it sucks but it seems to work for me.

I had my 4th endoscopy done yesterday. Dr said my ulcer is healed but I still had the stricture so he dilated to 15mm. Hopefully it helps. I so want to feel normal again.

My 4th one dismayed me to 13.5mm. I pray we both feel "normal" again soon

Hey girls I feel your pain just reading these posts made me cry ....I so feel your pain I've been dealing with a big ulcer that caused internal bleeding caused me to become so anemic 3 blood transfusions 14days in the hospital ..6 weeks on tpn and 2 endoscpoies ballon dillations that helped a little with my stricture ...and now what my GI dr is telling me for the long term run that they might need to reoperate to remove the none healing ulcer ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm so sick of being sick at this point and I'm do depressed

I feel you. They were talking about doing a revision on me as well but they said thats risky so I hope they won't have to

Anjela my heart goes out to you' date=' I can only imagine the frustration. Each bite that passes is one bite in the right direction, take them as victories!

You're in my thoughts.[/quote']

Thanx so much!