Something weird is happeneing in there

I am 5+ years post op roux-en-y. The surgeon who did me, was sued for malpractice and no longer has anything to do with the surgery and refers all questions out to another surgeon.He never screened for psych problems and was sued by a patient who wanted the surgery reversed. He was a good technical surgeon, but provided no pre or post up education. I work in the medical field so am more knowledgable than a lay person,perhaps, but I am stumped on this one. No major problems till three days ago... Occasionally, I will fail to chew something completely, and I vomit till the blockage is up. Doesn't happen often. Three days ago, something got really stuck and I couldn't even keep down water. I threw up many times and quite violently until finanlly out popped a piece of red pepper about the size of my pinky nail. No problems afterwards. But now, I feel like I swallowed a golf ball and it is right below the center of my sternum. Anything I drink causes much more than normal burping. (I have a small hernia right there, but it's never caused any problems.) But what concerns me is that I don't feel full after eating my normal tv dinner sized meal. And things are staying down. I wonder if somehow I ripped the stitches across the bottom of the pouch. My family doctor is clueless about bypass, and any questions over the years were always referred to a surgeon. And forget the ER, I have to be near death before I would consider that. Any theories as to what could be going on down there? Nothing hurts, just a wierd feeling that I swallowed a golf ball.....

It sounds like you probably irritated your esophagus during one of your vomiting episodes. You may need something like prevacid or nexium especially if your have any reflux. I would suggest seeing a GI specialist who is familiar with gastric bypass patients. Good luck