Question:
What are the symptoms of a stricture?

I am 8 weeks post-op and feel like I have had something stuck in my esophagous for about a week. All my food and liquids go down fine so I have not thrown up. My chest just hurts, and when I wake up in the morning, I feel this foamy saliva coming up.    — Pamela C. (posted on May 19, 2002)

May 19, 2002
Sounds like you have the same thing I did. My problem was sinus drainage. I was actually sick almost every morning for about 3 months. Of course I had a lot of complications too. So you can try asking your Doc about something for sinus's. I always threw up the mucus. Hope this helps, but I would contact my Doc.
   — lynbaby B.

August 27, 2002
PATCH IRRITATION.....has anyone else heard of this? Yesterday I really thought I had a stricture. I couldn't hold anything down not even water. I barfed it all up. The doctor on call said I should come into the emergency room but I knew I wasn't dehydrated so I waited til this morning to phone my doctor. Just in case, I tried a giant glass of carrot juice and some soft cheese and no problem. Hurray! I kept it down. The nurse returned my phone call and said to try a solid. I ate a 1/2 of a carbsolution's bar and still no problems. The nurse then told me I probably had a patch irritation. She's had the surgery about one and one half year ago and she said from time to time she gets this too. She recommended when this happens to just drink liquids for the rest of the day and let your stomach rest then try eating food the next day. I never heard of having a patch irritation before and it made me so happy to learn it wasn't a stricture. I was sure I had one cause last night nothing stayed down. What a relief to learn it was something very minor.<br>Just wanted to give you guys a heads up on patch irritations and to be aware of them so you won't be as frightened by them as I was. Thanks.
   — Carmen K.