I am wondering if anyone else has had complications with stricture and then any sort of tear? It was at the bottom of my esophagus. I had just had a stricture procedure and had a 2 hour drive. I ate a very small amount of KFC mashed potatoes. I was 8 weeks post-op at the time. When I get the stricture I also get run down so I had a cough. A half hour from home I stopped for cough drops and when I got out of the car I got a huge pain and it moved from the right side up my shoulder and then to my left shoulder. I thought I was gonna die. I got home and laid down drank the white cocktail they gave me. Started to feel a little better so I went to vote and came home and took a drink of G2 and they whole thing started again so I called my Dr. And he told me I probably had a perforation and to drive back. I went I to surgery after a ct scan. It was right at the point of connection of my Esophagus and stomach pouch? He said it was "snotty" looking stuff. Well it kept me in the hospital for a week. I'm still on liquids with a central line in still. I'm getting very depressed with great buyers remorse. I have lost 40 lbs. So that is a plus but I feel so crappy all the time.

I don't know if I'm doing anything right? I am wondering if anyone has had this happen Cos I am so deathly scared of try to eat anything. I haven't even eaten a noodle out of Lipton chicken soup!!

Thanks for reading.

What is a stricture?