Has anyone had symptoms like this?

I wonder if this is regular post-op pouch pain or if I'm working on a stricture--I'm 3 weeks out (lost 17# but it seems really slow compared to other people, started at 269#) so it's perfect timing. I have had to call the surgeon a couple of times about piddly things and I have my 1 mo. visit next week, so I'm trying to hold off. Here's the thing: I usually do fine with liquids, applesauce, cottage cheese, yogurt, shakes, etc., but they seem to hang around forever (if I drink a shake for breakfast I really can't drink anything for a couple of hours, for instance) and sometimes I get a pain like a piece of food "stuck sideways" that takes a few minutes to resolve. I am on soft solids now, but I have found I get that same pain after just 1-3 small well-chewed bites. It takes 30-60 min. for the pain to go away with the soft solids, and frequently--more so as each day passes--I find I'm belching more and feel really 'overfull' to the point I need to throw up--little food but lots of fluid and mucous. I'm not actually nauseous--it's more like the feeling you get after Thanksgiving pig-outs where you just wish you could decompress your stomach. I am not taking fluids within an hour of meals. Could I just be overeating? The worst foods are scrambled eggs, but yesterday it was 2 tiny bites of brown beans and a couple of really overcooked green beans. Sorry this is so long, I'm wordy.

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