Lump in my throat area

POWERWING · September 24, 2003

Hey guys. Day 6 and feeling much better. However, todays mystery for me is a weird lump feeling in my throat and chest area. It goes up and down. Its uncomfortable. It doesnt hurt but, it concerns me.

I was watching a movie "Punch Drunk Love" and the beginning of the movie had a car accident in surround sound. Made me jump so high that I hurt myself. So I decided to take a pain pill to ease the soreness that I recreated. The Pill felt stuck and to this moment I still feel there is something stuck there in my throat. Could the pill still be there? I think it would be desolved by now. SO I really dont know what it might be.

Did this feeling happen to anyone?

Alexandra · September 24, 2003

Hi Jenn,

I'm glad to hear you're feeling better! Yup, I am intimately familiar with that lump-in-the-throat/chest feeling. I had it on and off for the first three or so weeks. It faded at times but would return occasionally for no reason that I could tell.

Now at 4 weeks out it's completely gone. I'm sure it's just a normal sensation related to banding surgery. I guess it could be related to gas--it took a surprisingly long time for all of those weird pains and sensations to clear up.

As for your pill, I also had that experience with a Vitamin. The next time you have such a feeling try drinking some warm beverage. This can soothe irritated tissue and/or speed the dissolution of the pill. But I don't want to have that feeling again, so I split any pill that is larger than this: O Even if it's not strictly necessary at this point, I figure it's a good habit to get into for later on when I have restriction.

MeganA · September 24, 2003

Hi there. I am very familiar with the lump in the throat feeling. I had to have my lingual tonsils lasered down because they get so swollen. These are tonsils at the base of the tongue- not the usual ones at the back of the throat. Yuck.

Anyway...what may have happened is that the pill did indeed get stuck and then dissolved in your throat- and now the area is sore and swollen a bit.

Just an idea?

Megan

sparkle · September 24, 2003

Hey there- I had this too, and actually it was fairly uncomfortable. It kind of hurt down behind my breastbone too. I called the surgeon, he said it was either esophagus spasms or irritation from some reflux. He gave me a prescription for a reflux med and told me to drink some of the liquid antacid. The liquid antacid tastes disgusting, but does help.