Question:
Having problems with throwing up mucus - graphic

Hi! I am 10 weeks post op and recently I have been having a bad time with mucus. Most days I start to gag and bring up some mucus. No food just the mucus. Tonight a big clump of mucus came up. Also I have a problem with saliva. I am constantly having to spit out saliva. It seems like everytime I spit it out a couple of seconds later I need to spit again. This never happened pre-op with me. Does anybody have the same the problem? Also, has anybody been diagnosed with gout post-op?    — tracyr (posted on March 20, 2002)

March 20, 2002
Call your surgeon, you may be getting a stricture, which is easily fixed by a dialation. Dont know muc about gout but drinking cranberry juice is reportedly helpful.
   — bob-haller

March 20, 2002
I have a similar problem too, and asked a similar question a week ago. I'm able to eat at all meals and get food down but typically once per day, 3-4x per week, about an hour after I've eaten a "meal" (not a snack) I end up with the overload of saliva and vomit up a big gob of mucus. I feel much better afterwords. It seems to happen with spicy foods more than other stuff. I'm taking it that my stomach ends up with this "leftover" after it's done digesting the food and wants to get rid of it. I'm only 3 1/2 weeks out, so I'm in a different place, but wanted to let you know this. I have an app't with surgeon next week and will be asking him about this too. Hope this helps!
   — Sarah C.

March 21, 2002
I had the same problem from weeks 4-15 post-op. After I ate a bite of food I would get a really full feeling and within 5 or 10 minutes my mouth filled up with saliva and then I would have to throw up (not food but a clear, foam liquid). I talked to my doctor and evidually I got the EGD to check for a stoma restriction or closing. I was fine and they ended up doing nothing. Eventually the throwing up ended and I am fine now. To be safe, check with you doctor but maybe it is just a major adjusting period to your new stomach like my was. Good luck.
   — Erin H.