Is this just gas, is it stricture...?

Hi. I've heard from one lovely member about a possible stricture, but I have a couple of questions for you. First off, my symptoms are such: I haven't been able to eat solid food for about 10 days now. I am 9 weeks out, have lost about 38 pounds, and at about 5-6 weeks, I could eat some potatoes, but in the past few weeks, no matter how slowly I eat, no matter how long I chew my food, I throw up within 10 minutes or so, OR, I have to make myself throw up because I still feel miserable 2 1/2 hours after eating. For example, I had approximately 1 tablespoon of hamburger for dinner. I sat there and chewed my bites about 30 times each. I hadn't had anything to drink for about 30 minutes beforehand. I ate at 8:00, by 10:30 I was still burping, and feeling sick to my stomach and feeling food "sitting" in my throat. I finally made myself vomit just so I could go to bed, and (this is gross, sorry), the food came up looking almost exactly as it had going down. I've tried tuna, chicken, hamburger meat, fish filets, shrimp, lobster, any form of protein you can think of and it still either comes back immediately or I have to make it come back. Second, no matter if I've eaten or not, I get a blinding, bring me to my knees, cramp on my left side just below my rib cage. If that's gas, good Lord, but it's painful. Help me y'all. I am really hating life right now.

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