Strange symptoms gastric sleeve/gallbladder removal

[Miaaaagirl 1]

Hi all, long time! Hope everyone is keeping well.
Just need some advice,
I had my gastric sleeve surgery about 8 weeks ago and I have been fine since. I also had my gallbladder removed not long after. But for the last week or so a lot of my meals are so painful to get down, they sit on my chest, I feel a pain going up and down my oesophagus for a long time after I eat and I can just about eat a few bites at a time. But before this week I was doing perfectly ok? Is this normal or could this be GERD? Has anyone experienced GERD? How did you deal with it and what do you think I should do!
Sorry for the million questions any help is appreciated dearly!

[BlondePatriotInCDA 218]

I'd contact your surgeon, especially since you were "fine" beforehand. It might not or might be stricture, I'm not a doctor so contact your surgeons office.

Stricture presents symptoms that can "include nausea, vomiting, trouble swallowing, feeling fullness in the upper-middle abdomen, and trouble eating" "The patient may also experience pain when swallowing or experiencing difficulty swallowing." ** This is what you're describing!?

"Generally, when a patient complains of feeling like food is getting stuck, or they are throwing up, we immediately assume it is an anastomotic stricture. An anastomotic stricture after gastric bypass is the most common complication. "Near 60% [of patients] present a mild stricture (with a diameter between 7 and 9 mm), [with] 28% asymptomatic. This complication is easily treated by endoscopic procedure if it is diagnosed early (3 to 4 weeks) after surgery. Routine endoscopy 1 month after surgery is the only objective scientific way to determine the real true incidence of this complication."

You are better off directing your concerns to your doctor just to be safe!

[catwoman7 10,864]

strictures are pretty rare with sleeve patients, although they're not unheard of. So yes - I agree with the above poster - I'd contact your team and let them know what's going on. That doesn't sound like typical GERD, but then, I'm not a medical person.