Esophogeal Spasm

[Care1175 58]

So I had to call the surgeon twice today due to Pain. It felt like something squeezing from my throat to my stomach. Had sleeve on Dec. 9th. He said was esophageal spasms. So I am back to liquids! Couldn't finish 4 oz's of Soup for dinner! Anyone else have this problem? What can you do?

[NMJG 1,266]

When was your surgery? I had this sort of issue for 3 1/2 months after surgery. It got a little better each week and eventually went away. My doctor tested for stricture, but I did not have one.

To deal with it I did the following:

• tiny bites
• take a long time to finish a meal, even longer than normal for VSG
• Soft foods for 4 months. Even now at 5 months I prefer softer foods. Just recently able to eat salads and vegs well.
• Reglan helped - doctor prescribed it. I took it on occasion and it worked well when I needed it to.
• Stayed away from mint, chocolate, coffee, spicy stuff and other triggers as they made the problem worse. Trigger foods are fine now. You can google for Esophageal spasm trigger foods.

Good luck.

[Care1175 58]

<p>When was your surgery? I had this sort of issue for 3 1/2 months after surgery. It got a little better each week and eventually went away. My doctor tested for stricture, but I did not have one.</p>

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<p>To deal with it I did the following:</p>

<ul><li>tiny bites</li>

<li>take a long time to finish a meal, even longer than normal for VSG</li>

<li>Soft foods for 4 months. Even now at 5 months I prefer softer foods. Just recently able to eat salads and vegs well.</li>

<li>Reglan helped - doctor prescribed it. I took it on occasion and it worked well when I needed it to.</li>

<li>Stayed away from mint, chocolate, coffee, spicy stuff and other triggers as they made the problem worse. Trigger foods are fine now. You can google for Esophageal spasm trigger foods.</li>

</ul><p>Good luck.</p>

I am 5 weeks out and just started soft foods the other week but since Monday I have been having this problem so going back to purred and liquids for awhile to see if they will stop.

Thanks for the info