Hello,
I got RNY about two months ago. Overall things have been going well. However, for the past three days I have had a really strange sensation that won’t go away. It feels like something is stuck at the base of my throat. I have tried Gas X to relieve the sensation but it is not working. It almost feels like it’s difficult to swallow. Has this happened to anyone else?

Try just a couple of sips of Coke. It’s what I had to do when I had that sensation before my RNY.

And call your surgeon!

I'm still pre-surgery, but that sounds a lot like a problem I sometimes have that's attributed to a hiatal hernia. I think you need to call your surgeon. My guess is they'll have to do some imaging, starting with a barium swallow, and maybe an endo.

Thank you both for the replies! So frustrating because I have contacted my surgeon. He recommended the Gas X and that was it but something really doesn’t feel right.

9 hours ago, Chapter53 said:

Thank you both for the replies! So frustrating because I have contacted my surgeon. He recommended the Gas X and that was it but something really doesn’t feel right.

Be persistent. We know our bodies better than anyone else. If the Gas-X isn't helping at all, call back.

Do you have acid reflux? It could be irritation from GERD.

I am currently dealing with that issue. It's been going on for nearly 2 months. The surgeon insisted it was anxiety, which seems to be the go to diagnosis for a lot of things. She put me on Ativan for a week and when I reported back that there's no change, her office scheduled me for an endoscopy with GI. Unfortunately that's not until October 4th.

On 8/24/2022 at 5:21 PM, Chapter53 said:

Hello,
I got RNY about two months ago. Overall things have been going well. However, for the past three days I have had a really strange sensation that won’t go away. It feels like something is stuck at the base of my throat. I have tried Gas X to relieve the sensation but it is not working. It almost feels like it’s difficult to swallow. Has this happened to anyone else?

Perhaps call your surgeon. Could it be silent reflux? I had that a lot after the VSG. A constant feeling of a lump in my throat, along with a constant feeling of having to clear my throat... Etc. Although RNY usually don't have reflux problems, it still happens. Something to do with the length or roux limb.