Cramp or unpleasant tightness immediately after food or water hits stomach

[auntjanny 289]

I am 4 months post-op, and for the last week, most of the time I eat or drink something, I have a cramp like feeling in my stomach. It occurs 80% of the time. Water, yogurt, Protein Shake, Soup, eggs etc. The unpleasant feeling can last 15 minutes to hours. It is not sharp pain. Really not pain as much as "unpleasant and odd." Has this been discussed recently by anyone? My searches turned up empty.

Edited January 19, 2015 by auntjanny

[galadriel535 43]

This happens to me if I eat too fast or drink too fast, or if I take more than Suzy Sleeve can handle. Have you added any new foods recently? I have learned just to slow down. (It is still hard to eat slowly, and to know when I have had enough.) Hope this helps.

[auntjanny 289]

I am seeing Dr next week to see if it is a stricture. I am hoping it resolves itself. Honestly, it is helping me with weight loss but I know whatever is happening ain't supposed to, so Dr. visit is warranted.

[LipstickLady 25,682]

Stricture here. I opted to keep it. Keeps me from eating too fast or to much. I love mine.

[auntjanny 289]

Lipstick, when did your stricture show up? I am not yet sure what is "wrong" but, I have felt the same way... If it helps me stay in line and won't hurt me, leave it alone. Sometimes, even without eating or drinking, I get a similar feeling. Pressure or hunger or something I just can't put a finger on...,

[LipstickLady 25,682]

My stricture "showed" up the first day I tried to swallow a pill. That pill was stuck for three days before it finally dissolved enough to go down.

I was on pureed/soft for almost 6 months before I could move on to solids. To this day, a bite too big of chicken, the white of a hard boiled egg, hamburger too well done and blurp.... It sticks and comes back out.

[auntjanny 289]

My stricture "showed" up the first day I tried to swallow a pill. That pill was stuck for three days before it finally dissolved enough to go down.

I was on pureed/soft for almost 6 months before I could move on to solids. To this day, a bite too big of chicken, the white of a hard boiled egg, hamburger too well done and blurp.... It sticks and comes back out.

Thanks for the reply! I have much simpler, more minimal issue. Doctor said I may have beginnings of gall bladder stuff or, as I have noticed, symptoms are minimizing and may go away all together!