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Posted 10/29/2015 7:23 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all my Name is Niall and I am not new to the forum vs research and reading ha ha but new for posting.
I had my operation on Tuesday in Ireland ballinasloe Co Galway to be precise and I was released from hospital today and now the fun begins.
I was hoping somebody on here might be able to help me out with a question I have that I have searched and searched for on here this evening but haven't found many answers.
I am in good form after my op at the moment and pain etc is under control with paracetamol but my question is this.
I have been eating a soft diet of custard and soft puréed potato and yogurt and drinking water but every time I swallow food or water I get this terrible gurgling in my esophagus and throat like a drain it just gurgles and gurgles especially with the water even minutes after I have swallowed it will this pass?..
I would really appreciate any feedback on this and I am looking forward to contributing to the forum.
Niall
Posted 10/29/2015 8:05 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Niall. The sensation you are feeling probably has to do with things getting stuck around the wrap. The wrap is swollen so things can pool there, causing gurgling noises. The same thing happened to me. It improved after about a week or so but you have to be careful. Eating tiny bites and eating small amounts is really important.
Posted 10/29/2015 8:52 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Readingclaygirl
Thanks for the reply It's a funny sensation it nearly feels like reflux but I don't think it is it's just this gurgling in my throat that sounds like a sink and it's very freaky for anyone listening every time I drink or eat something and it then lasts on and off for about 30 minutes after.
It's a feel the way for me at the moment I've had a banging headache too for the past 24 hours on and off but other than that feel good and the pain in my chest and shoulder seems to be gone two days in so I'm hoping onwards and upwards but I'm not silly enough to think that it's going to be an easy road
Posted 10/29/2015 9:00 PM (GMT 0)
If it continues, I would call your surgeon just to double check.
Posted 10/30/2015 8:37 AM (GMT 0)
I asked one of his team before I was discharged and he said it was because the hole was made narrower and would pass with time I was just wondering if many more people that has been through this procedure can advise
All advise greatly appreciated
It's going to be a long hard road
Posted 10/30/2015 10:47 AM (GMT 0)
Yeah, I have had that too. I am 8 weeks out from surgery and it has mostly passed. I only get that now if I take too big of a drink.
Posted 10/30/2015 11:01 AM (GMT 0)
Marthemar great to hear, that's a relief I was hoping I wasn't going to be going around gurgling for the rest of my life.
How are you feeling now 8 weeks on? I hope you are well improved and feeling that it was all worth it
Posted 11/5/2015 1:34 PM (GMT 0)
Day 9 in the big brother house and all seems to be good and really on the up.
My swallow is improving by the day and I am completely off all pain meds.
Eating lots of yogurts rice pudding and really thick soups with mashed potato and carrot and minced up chicken.
Only little worrying thing for me is that I get a minor feeling of heartburn or something similar and I seem to have the ability to burp which I didn't think I should be able to do.
But I have to say all and all I am flying
Posted 11/5/2015 8:02 PM (GMT 0)
Your wrap might just be a little on the loose side if you are able to burp. The heartburn feeling could be pain from your wrap, at 9 days you're probably heading towards the worst patch of the healing when the wrap is as swollen as its going to get so things might be a bit rocky for a few days.
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