Hurt to swallow?

[Jessica Wren 0]

Hi everyone. My name is Jessica. I was banded in April of 2008 and just had my revision on last Fri (Feb 22nd). I have a question that may have already been asked but here it goes...Does anyone have problems with pain when swallowing? When I had my band in it often hurt to eat/drink and I am getting that same feeling right now. I am not sure if this is caused by swelling as I am still only 4 days post-op or if this is something that I am stuck with. One reason I wanted my band removed was due to the pain when eating. When I had saline removed I lost all restriction. Is this something that will go away once I am better healed? Has anyone had this same issue?

Thank you so much!

Jessica

[barrbdoll 287]

I had some pain when swallowing right after surgery.. Each day got better and I would say by day 4 it was pretty much gone. Is the pain in your throat or down further? If it's a strep or sore throat pain it could be from when you were intubated. My pain was down further and it was from the swelling. Because you were a revision patient you probably have more swelling.. Give it a few more days and you should feel better...

Good Luck!

[cbd 78]

I am six weeks postop.....the pain swallowing went to a weird feeling when swallowing and now it is completely gone. Good luck

[PdxMan 4,292]

Did you have a hiatal hernia repair? I did and it was the source of painful swallowing for about 2 weeks post-op. It went away.

[Jessica Wren 0]

Thank you everyone for your quick replies! My pain is in my "chest" like when my band was too tight. My throat is still sore from the tube but is getting better. I did have a hiatal hernia repair during surgery. Both this one and when I had my band placed. I feel much better knowing that this is something others have gone through. One of the girls at work had the sleeve done about 3 months ago and didn't have this type of pain. I figured it had to do with the band being removed but I thought I would check to get what others went through. I do have a pill I need to take and am a tad worried about it going done. All my docs said to take it. It is cymbalta for fibromyalgia. Hopefully it will go down ok! Thank you all again!

[PdxMan 4,292]

Yeah, if you think about the hiatal hernia repair, it makes sense. As my surgeon said to me, "Basically, I had to yank your stomach down through your diaphragm, then sew the diaphragm up tight against your esophogus, so, it is going to be sore for awhile."

[lessofmeismore 1,405]

Definitely do not crush or open the cymbalta.

I did that and I got so sick.

Best of luck!

[erp 2,016]

All of the above explianations make sense. Also, if I take too large of swallow I have pain in my chest. I am a terrible sipper.

[mini.mee 83]

I was a band to sleeve revision in one operation. I had the pain and discomfort you are describing for almost two months. I was les to believe its scar tissue and just takes us that much longer to heal up

[havaneseday 8]

I'm 2 weeks out and have pain when swallowing. The pain isn't so much in my throat but rather at the diaphragm level. My husband laughs at me because sometimes the pain is such that I feel like I need to take my bra off cause it's digging in where the pain is. It feels like swallowing a rock and I try to stretch .,myself taller to make it go down.

[Amanda626 153]

I also had this. My dr said very common

[havaneseday 8]

I also had this. My dr said very common

When did the sensation go away?