Drinking

[Gail72]

Does anyone have difficulty drinking as well as eating and after get a rising feeling in the throat or feel like a stuck feeling

[budleigh4]

I have had a feeling in the back of my throat for some time and each month it feels worse , like my throat is narrowing

[Gail72 in reply to budleigh4]

Yes same here what have they said it is

[brucemillar]

Yes I do. It tends to come and go from day to day. AT it's worst I cannot get anything to stay down and will have to resort to sticking my fingers down my throat, then I will be fine.

I do have to have fairly regular dilations (stretches) and am actually due another next week. I am not sure if the two are linked but suspect that they are.

It is like a sort of spasm or contraction and usually happens when I would least want or expect it. That makes me think it also maybe a mental issue. I have noticed that it will often happen if I am really looking forward to eating. As the meal time approaches I get the "rising feeling' then when I actually try to swallow, I can feel it being pushed back up, like trapped wind. It can be very uncomfortable. I do not understand why (If I make myself sick) everything immediately relaxes and I am back to normal?

I am now three years post op and this has become something of a routine, in that I no longer panic when it happens.

Please let me know what you discover? I shall mention it next week to my surgeon who is doing my stretch.

Good luck.

Bruce

[Hidden in reply to brucemillar]

I wonder if it is to do with vagus nerve issues? Or perhaps the reaction of a bit of surgical scarring on a nerve? If it happens when you are getting hungry, I wonder whether it might be some kind of reaction to ghrelin which triggers hunger feelings and is probably a reaction travelling up the nervous system?

I do not know what anyone might do about it, other than perhaps trying something like amitriptyline that might subdue nerve reactions a bit?

As you will have worked out by now, I have no real idea, but it will be interesting what your surgeon thinks. And it is a compromise on your quality of life around eating, so your situation does deserve some investigation and thought by the specialists to see if it can be resolved.

[Danko]

Also important to leave plenty of time between eating and drinking, especially hot drinks. I find a little wine with the meal is OK but otherwise I leave at least 30 minutes between eating and drinking.

[Golf1910]

Like Bruce I suffer with swallowing of both food and fluids and often regurgitate the first 2 or 3 mouthfuls of food after which I am okay. Do get the stuck feeling and pain in the oesophagus plus the bringing up of bile. I had a total gastrectomy just over 5 years ago now and one does get used to what's happening. I did have several dilations a couple of years back but since then told all clear although do suffer with inflammation of the oesophagus. Also like Bruce I find making myself sick does help but this is in relation to bile reflux that I get quite badly on some days but one does get used to things..

[Ninja83]

Yes, I have this and often feel like Im choking. The only thing that works for me is Gaviscon advance liquid immediately after food.

[Zantri]

I have this sensation, I miss being able to gulp down a cold drink, ok a cold pint of beer. I find hot drinks easier & if eating I match the temperature of the drink with the food. Cold (room temperature; chilled drinks are not good) with salads and a hot drink with cooked food, a few sips helps the food go down. I know they say not to drink whilst eating but it helps me. That said sometimes I feel the throat is closing & I have to stop eating or switch to something like fruit. I just cannot get enough fruit and that was never like me!

If anyone has any resolutions to this it would be great to hear. I too am skeletal and joke with my friends but it’s very demoralising, I would love to put some weight back on.

Z

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[Mary-intussuception]

Yes