Having problems keeping food down...

[Jackson53 35]

I am just over 4 weeks post op and in the last week I started noticing I was having more and more problems with food that didn't want to go down. 3 of the last 4 days I have had episodes where I have thrown up after taking just a few bites of food. One night it was fish, another well cooked cauliflower the third tuna salad and the last cream of potato and leek Soup.

In each occurrence I got 2-3 bites of food in and I could feel it backing up. I would stop eating but would have pain directly in the middle of my chest like food was stuck in my esophagus. The next 45-60 minutes I would spend throwing up tiny bits and dealing with all my mucous producers going into overdrive. It's miserable and because of it, I am not hitting my nutritional goals.

I've heard this could be a stricture, and I am seeing my surgeon at 1pm tomorrow, but I was wondering if anyone else experienced this kind of issue and what was done to fix it?

On the positive side, I am down 45 pounds in 6 weeks since I started on my liver shrink diet and I have been working out 5 days a week using BigViffer's program so I feel amazing other than this recent development. I have been really successful so far and I hope this won't jeopardize anything.

[GmaDiana 81]

It took me a while to be able to eat foods like you were describing.I would go back to smoother foods and Protein drink.Make sure you chew a lot and take your time.If you don't you will get sick.Hope this helps.