The elephant sitting on my chest

[iamkiki 1]

I'm 10 days out from surgery and have been doing pretty good until yesterday. I took an extremely small bite of yogurt and thought I was going to die. I had the worst pain in my chest, like an elephant was sitting on me. Now, almost everything I try to get down puts me in pain. I did manage to get a Protein shake down this morning, but it was still slightly painful. Any ideas what I've done?

[Midtown girl 44]

Talk to your surgeon. I was eating yogurt since day 7 and it goes down very easy. You could have gas pains, but those shouldn't be a severe as you describe.

[altraoiche 26]

Hmm. An extremely small bite that is weird. Definitely not ready for that food. I would call your doctor or your nurse and see what they think. I'm sorry that you are going through this

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

It may have been too thick or gone down too fast. You could try sipping warm Water. But usually this take a few hours to go away. You can also try an ant-acid or PPI like omeprazole. It's the food getting stuck on the way down. Sometimes walking helps, but usually it's matter of waiting this out.

However if this last until tomorrow call your doctor.