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Food stuck

luckymamaof3
luckymamaof3
I had some pork chops yesterday for dinner and I've had slight pain in my chest all day. I had pretty bad heartburn yesterday, so I'm assuming this is all caused by acid reflux. Do any of you get this same thing? I had my esophagus dilated three months ago so I'm confused as to why food is getting stuck again :-( thanks!
prayinglots
prayinglots
I guess if you still have symptoms you could still get the tightness. How are your habits? And check in with your GI
jimgreg
jimgreg
yes its always that, it seems, some meds get stuck in my throat. Get this I can drink skim milk in daytime maybe a 1/2 cup. Anytime after 9pm.it wont go down. Basically anything after 9pm to drink that is
Lesleygm
Lesleygm
It sounds like the esophagus is inflammed and it may be spasming. Not sure the food is actually getting stuck but that is not good if that happens regularly.

It takes months of a very plain diet to heal the esophagus. Pork is on the no list and so are most meats except plain chicken.

If you havent had heartburn for very long it is way easier to heal the esophagus. The longer you have heartburn and reflux the harder it is to heal the esophagus and then it can become damaged.

Everytime you get heartburn again you take a step backward.

It takes a year of discipline and hard work to heal the area and greatly reduce the chances of getting heartburn again.

Get back to eating very plain food for months. If you have gastritis as well then you want to try and get rid of this as soon as you can. Gastritis is very hard to heal and heartburn and gastritis often come together.

Dont allow yourself to have regular heartburn or gastritis anymore. Gastritis can become chronic very quickly. Healing the esophagus is easier to do. The lining is more forgiving. The stomach is not so forgiving.

Do the hard work now.