Every time I eat something that's not pudding or in the clear phase I get pain in my chest and have to force myself to puke. It's not food I'm puking up either, it's like an egg white consistency, clear Fluid. Anyone had this happen?

I believe that's mucous that is made in your stomach or esophagus to deal with stuck food that's not moving. Have you been making sure to eat slowly and chew thoroughly.

I've had a couple issues with food getting stuck lately and i end up producing a lot of saliva before eventually throwing up (or sometimes I just gag until it passes somehow).

Yeah, I make sure to chew a lot and slowly. I had it happen yesterday after two small bites of fish, and it took me ten minutes between bites because I was talking. I have an appointment to see the doctor and see if we can figure it out, luckily I have a surgeon that's big on quickly getting people in.

Yes! All too often in my opinion! Seems to be with tougher foods - fish, meats, etc. I was telling my counselor about it today and she told me to stop worrying about not progressing with foods (only 7 weeks out) and maybe my stomach just isn't ready for tough foods. Hope that is true and going to try that for another week. I will say that the best solution is once you do vomit, you need to go back to fluids for at least 24 hours and let your system calm down and then do pureed for 24 hours and then try again with denser food (at least that is what I have been told