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Bubbling in esophagus when eating acidic foods
I had an esophagectomy for TB2 cancer in the gastric junction six months ago. I also had a benign but large tumor in the stomach. Both tumors were removed along with most of my esophagus. I have recovered quite well and was skiing double black diamond runs six months after surgery (just came back) so overall I am quite happy with my recovery, however, I have had to go thru about ten dilations every two weeks since the surgery until I decided to do the dilations at home with a Maloney dilator. If anyone needs help with this, ask away.
I do have an occasional problem which is sometimes some types of food (mostly acidic stuff) causes bubbling in my esophagus where the stomach and esophagus were joined. This bubbling will not stop for a while and it is very annoying to the point I have to stop eating until it subsides. Luckily it only happens seldom but I would like to know if others have experienced this and how they solved it?
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I've noticed those of us who get stretched early... seem to need to be stretched often. Just an observation from the hundreds of esophagectomy patients I've talked to.
That being said... you are doing well considering how early on you are post-op. And that's what you must realize... you are still early on for an esophagectomy patient. I saw continual and tremendous improvements, even in my 2nd year post-op. So keep playing with things... experimenting if you will... as what doesn't work today could very well work 3 months from now. Could there eventually be permanent changes you must make in terms of your diet... in terms of OTC med use, like PPIs, using Tums or Gaviscon Advance, drinking less dairy, or carbonation, or whatever? Could be. But I find everything works for me again... but it just took its sweet-ass time getting there. I'm two months away from being 5 years post-op... and I did not have the stomach ulcer you're also dealing with. I was dilated 4 times... but my first one came at 6 months post-op. My anastomosis scar tissue was fully healed and quite firm... it held the slow and steady stretches my GI doctor gave me.
Be well.
Gary