I am only 4 days out from my surgery I waited a year to go through it and now that I have i have some anxiety about some things. I was wondering after anyone has gone thru this surgery did u deal with bad spasms when swallowing and if so how did u help them go away or help to reduce them it makes it so hard for me to want to drink or try when I know it will result in pain spasms. Also I was wondering about gas is there some really great way to ease it or do I have to basically let it run its course? Any info or options would be awesome thanks u for your time. I'm excited to be able to be part of a large group of others who have had this surgery as well.