Hi. I am almost 3 weeks out and have had a rough go. Was in the hospital yesterday. Had to get IV fluids and a work up. They really didn't find much except dehydration and so me swelling in my esophagus. Past days prior I had this pressure pain in my chest and esophagus which has made it hard to drink fluids. Today I have nausea and cant get much fluids down (20 oz of Gatorade). Today is different though, when I burp (often) I get pain/ache in my esophagus, chest, and stomach area. Almost like when you over inflate something as burping expands these areas. When not burping I still have tightness in chest and ache but much more sharp when I burp. Anyone experience this before? Any ideas? Most sips cause more chest pain to like someone is sitting on my chest. Again, I interpret it as when the esophagus, chest, and stomach expands. Im just miserable and I got no answers from ER. I am very weak due tolack of fluids and nutrients I imagine. I just want to feel well for 1 day. thanks all and wishes for a Happy Healthy Thanksgiving for Everyone

ps: to be clear, its not th same as the pain from burping or sneezing or coughing post surgery. I gad those and this is not related. thx

Did you have a hiatal hernia repair with your surgery?

No

And every tiny sip i take I have to have these painful burps. Then some nausea. My perception is as if some place is too narrow, restricting proper flow

It's like I need to burp each sip to allow it to pass a certain point. I wish they would have done an EGD in the hospital yesterday. The surgeon kind of mentioned that possibility when I had him paged Sunday but they never did it yesterday. Just blood work and a cat scan of esophogus and chest. They didn't even look at the stomach area

Called surgeon ams said give it an other day to try and force gatorade in or go in tomorrow night for IV for dehydration. I'm trying but struggling to get the fluids in