Hurting when eating...

[sarjblack 29]

When I eat sometimes and haven't chewed enough or take pills it hurts. It almost feels like I've swallowed an air bubble and it takes forever to go down. When will this stop? Am I normal?

[sarjblack 29]

I'm two weeks post op.

[slowtogo 301]

How much are you eating?

[Fairyluver75 12]

When I eat sometimes and haven't chewed enough or take pills it hurts. It almost feels like I've swallowed an air bubble and it takes forever to go down. When will this stop? Am I normal?

The same thing is happening to me. I'm 5 weeks post-op. I believe it's because I'm not chewing enough and it gets stuck at the opening. So I end up having to 'throw it up'. And I feel better after. Even when I 'throw up' a bubble comes up so I think I'm swallowing too much air as well. I hope it ends soon because I'm tired of feeling this way as well. I'm hoping its normal!

[Darlene55 1]

When I eat sometimes and haven't chewed enough or take pills it hurts. It almost feels like I've swallowed an air bubble and it takes forever to go down. When will this stop? Am I normal?

I feel the same way. I'm miserable 4 weeks post op. I'm still on liquids, driving me crazy

[ajustice 484]

When I eat sometimes and haven't chewed enough or take pills it hurts. It almost feels like I've swallowed an air bubble and it takes forever to go down. When will this stop? Am I normal?

I don't think I totally got it all "down pat" til about week 5. Even when u think u have chewed well sometimes chew just a bit more and give it the pause and let it set a bit before the next bite. I threw up so many times by my chewing and swallowing fast. It occasionally happens where I have to let out a tiny burp of a air pocket now. Gets better as time goes by tho. Hang in there. Totally normal

[terry1118 1,274]

I'm five weeks post op, too. I was finally allowed to swallow whole pills this week and I'm noticing mild discomfort when I take them. It is like they are getting stuck. I take them with plenty of liquid and I won't eat anything for at least an hour afterward. I had a bad food experience this week (dry food got stuck) and I'm so afraid of it happening again.

Are any of your pills crushable? I was crushing mine and mixing with a teaspoon of applesauce to get it down. Or even if you could cut them into smaller pieces it could help...

[terry1118 1,274]

When I eat sometimes and haven't chewed enough or take pills it hurts. It almost feels like I've swallowed an air bubble and it takes forever to go down. When will this stop? Am I normal?

Also, at two weeks I was experiencing pain when I swallowed liquids (at that time I was just finishing my full-liquid stage). I asked my surgeon about it and he said there could still be a little swelling as I was still healing inside. As you heal and swelling goes down the discomfort goes away.