it sounds like your getting air bubbles.....the same reason we have to burp babys when they eat....slow down when eating and drinking.

I know it's scary to vomit, but if you have to, don't stop yourself. vomiting is a reflex action taken by the body to fix a problem.

You will feel better faster anyway, then if you force the urge away. Then you'll have to wait til the problem is all the way through your system before it stops causing discomfort.

It also sounds to me like you are consuming too quickly. drink slower and eat slower. Chew more, and take smaller bites.
God Bless!

Janelle

what are you eating. At 18 days post op, you shouldn't be on real food yet. You should be in mushys' and only about 3 oz. you might be eating the wrong thing. Also, no sugar.

All of those symptons were listed as related to eating too fast in the stuff my Dr. made me read. At 18 days this is a BIG adjustment. Eat slow...and then slow it down some more. If something comes back up, it's probably better off out of you. It's a whole new way of eating. You'll adjust.

thank you for all your support and I will try eating slower but I am not sure how much slower one can go. I am still on soft foods for another week. I know that the dumping is part of the prcess but I haven't but I know that it has felt like but nothing happens. The pain is so bad you just go and cry and I lay down in front of a fan until it goes away. I do no the full felling and I stop eating. Yesterday was very good with food no pain. I also no no sugar and that is not a problem for me since I use splender and I use sugar free jello as well. Thank Thank all for your concerns.

I still have trouble eating as slow as I should, but I have learned what foods sit well with me. I am sure you are eating lots of plain, soft foods right now. Regardless of whether you feel hungry or not, I would eat 3-4 small bites and stop. Also, I feel better when I stand up or walk around right after eating. good luck!

My doctor said to take a bite of food and chew, chew, chew, then wait 5 minutes before I take another. We are to consume or 3-4 ounces in 20 minutes. That wait we don't overfill the pouch since at the beginning it's swollen and can sometimes only take in 1-2 ounces instead of 3-4. Chew till everything is mushy and wait to let your pouch not get stretched which causes it to hurt.

I know that pain, my doctor told me it was from eating too fast and getting full too quickly. I had to slow down which is a learing curve for me on the run all the time. But if I eat and drink slow I am ok, but when I do not I have that exact pain. Good luck, try eating slower and drinking too.

Hi there,

You know, I have been struggling with that since I went to soft foods. It is a hit and miss type of thing, but I have a name for it. It is esophigial spasams. They hurt like hell and feel like something is stuck. I got this feeling a couple of times a s a kid drinking cold soda too fast. It can be dealt with medically as well as behaviorly. And from what I have learned talking to others about it, it does seem to go away after 3 months or so. First, cold and hot food trigers it. So try eating stuff that is more room temperature. Same with liquids although I have found that hot tea actually helps...for me personally anyway. Next, I am drinking a little with meals to get the food out og the esophogus and into the stomach. Not much. about 2 ounces in sips when needed. I still get full and I am not eating more than the recommended amount but even that has not been fool proof. I am still having attacks that send me running to the bathroom. So, I talked to my Doc about it and he increased my pepcid because these spasms are linked to acid reflux and he perscribed a long acting smooth muscle relaxer...a calcium channel blocker...I believe it helped. Finally he gave me a rescue. He perscribed nitroglycerin spray sublingually. In most cases when it starts, this will stop it cold and end the vomiting. I have a healthy heart though so you may or may not have this option. At least you can discuss this issue with your doc or surgeon and ask him what he can do for you. It is not always eatting to fast or something you are doing wrong. Sometimes it is just the new anatomy working against us. hang in there.