Stricter symptoms or normal healing

[calava85 3]

Hi everyone. Hope everyone is well and enjoying the process to a new healthy lifestyle. I am 3 weeks post op and I’m worried that things are not going properly. I’m currently in the purée stage however I can only eat 2 tablespoons of food and still have some uncomfortable feelings when drinking anything. I took a gi series and it came back good. However I still feel that tightness in my chest for about an hour or two if I eat more than 2 tablespoons. Has anyone else experience this? I have been given the option to do an endoscopy to open it up a little but I rather not if it’s just part of the healing processes.

[catwoman7 11,223]

if it's a stricture, you'll need to get it taken care of. At some point (if it's a stricture, that is) you won't be able to eat food at all, and after that, you won't even be able to drink fluids (and if you get to that point, you need to get in right away. You can live for a few days without food, but not without fluids).

If it gets any worse, I'd for sure go in for the endoscopy. A stricture is a super easy fix. I had two. They just stretch it out during the endoscopy. You're knocked out so you don't feel a thing. And you'll feel 100% better afterward.

[calava85 3]

On 3/19/2021 at 8:03 PM, catwoman7 said:

if it's a stricture, you'll need to get it taken care of. At some point (if it's a stricture, that is) you won't be able to eat food at all, and after that, you won't even be able to drink fluids (and if you get to that point, you need to get in right away. You can live for a few days without food, but not without fluids).

If it gets any worse, I'd for sure go in for the endoscopy. A stricture is a super easy fix. I had two. They just stretch it out during the endoscopy. You're knocked out so you don't feel a thing. And you'll feel 100% better afterward.

thank you for your advice. I will call my Doctor to set up the endoscopy.

[jadore 6]

Yes ..hang on there, thats normal.. it will soon get better

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