Trouble eating "real" food?

I'm suddenly having trouble eating real foods. It gets stuck in my chest for hours. When I say real foods I mean chicken, fish, beef, pork ect...non processed foods. Now processed foods like tv dinner type meals, I have no problem what so ever with those. I'm approaching 3 yrs post op so why would I be having an issue now and what can/should I do about it?

If you are not chewing every bite 50, yes FIFTY times, start there. 

Hope you feel better!

Strange you can eat processed TV dinners but not unprocessed meats.  Do light stuff for a few days; sooth your stomach.  If it keeps up I`d recommend going to see your doctor. 

And follow Chris` advise...chew, chew, chew...it can`t hurt and may help!

Don`t eat processed TV dinners; probably haven`t had one in 20 years so never thought about how processed they really are  lol.

Have you ever looked at the ingredients in those pre-packaged flavourigs.....yugh.... oh well; if that`s your poison, then go for it!  Could be worse I suppose.

Using flavoured low fat cream cheese melted with a bit of milk makes a wonderful alfredo sauce in case you hadn't thought of that.

 No .not really strange .  In a way pre-frozen foods are a little like pre-digested  foods .  For one thing theyre cooked to DEATH in the name of pasteurization .   Needless to say  most of the VITAMINS disappear during the freezing process.

 Solise for trying to eat FRESH.  

I  buy these little powdered  sauce packets ( alfredo, garlic n herb) use fat free butter buds butter solids and fat free half and half to make the sauces and then put fresh vegetables IN them .  DELICIOUS and Nutritious .

A delicious  way to prepare meats with a side dish like this is to use the  shake n bake crispy chicken packet ...  cut the  ) say white meat chicken breast )  into nugget sized pieces ,, rollem in the  shake n bake and bake in a 350 degree oven  on a pammed  cookie sheet for a like ten minutes ( or until the meat springs back when u press on it - no more cooking ) So tender and juicy !  
(((())))) Good luck dear Solise !  I really applaud your efforts to cook  and eat better ! I'm sure it will pay off in great health, longevity  and ( even more ) beauty ! 

Those are all great points and DO NOT MICROWAVE fresh meat & poultry.  It makes it much harder to chew and digest.  Use the oven, skillet  or grill.  Microwaveable dinners are already processed so much with salt that it is already tenderized so the microwave doesn't matter so much. 

Best,

That sounds like it might be a stricture, where basically processed or slider type foods can pass but dense protein cannot because the opening has narrowed too much.  You should call your doctor.

Ulcer. Pouch irritation. I have that issue when I have ulcer. Or just about to have ulcer.

Call your surgeon. Strictures can still come up further out although not as common it happens. Also you might want to be scope for possible ulcer.

Thanks everyone for the tips...now I'm wondering if I'm chewing enough. God it hurts so bad when it gets stuck. I'm no fan of processed foods but I eat what I can get down.