Stricture

I am wondering if I have a stricture, I'm 6 weeks out and haven't been able to eat some things I could earlier on. I can eat yogurt, cottage cheese, and tossed salad fine but anytime I try meat such as ground meat, finely chewed pork, sausage, steak and sometimes fish and even cereal this morning it doesn't feel like it can get into my stomache. After a bout 3 minutes of it feeling stuck and hurting I end up vomiting. Should I call my surgeons office and schedule an appt for sometime or should I go to the E.R.? Its been like this for a few weeks now I know it takes some people longer to tolerate meat. I was able to eat toast about 1 1/2 weeks after surgery and now even that feels the same way.

Call your surgeon.  You'll need to be scoped and that's generally not something they do in the ER.  Plus it's not really an emergency.  You're able to get fluids down, right?  Just let your surgeon's office know what's going on when you call.

Well...you might have one. Or it could be the meat. My surgeon doesn't allow steak for one year as our pouches can't digest it, or not very well. I would put a call in to your surgeon's office though if it were me. I was having trouble like you at 10 wks post-op and thought I wasn't chewing my food enough and or I was eating to fast. Turns out I DID have a stricture and a ulcer. After the EGD was done, I do feel much better and have on vomiting once since.
Good Luck Jackie

I am also 6weeks out and I have a similar problem.  My doc told me it is common for meats to get "stuck" and to stick with softer foods for now...beans, oatmeal, fish.  It is still a good idea to see your doctor though.

Ok thanks.

Get it checked out...

This is a repost...but if it can help even one RNYer who is wondering "WHAT DID I DO WRONG...I can't keep down my food.  I followed the doctor's orders to a tee".  This may help.
What is a stricture?  This question comes up weekly, if not daily on OH.  Below is a copy and paste from Wikipedia.  If you are a few weeks out post op from RNY and have problems keeping well chewed food (even water) down, you might have a stricture.  Very common and very treatable (about 5% of RNY patients get them).  Also do not freak out if you have to go back a second or third time to get treated for one.  The Gastroenterologist will go just below the pouch and air up the "balloon".  It is an outpatient procedure and you will be sedated.
  
As the anastomosis heals, it forms scar tissue, which naturally tends to shrink ("contract") over time, making the opening smaller. This is called a "stricture". Usually, the passage of food through an anastomosis will keep it stretched open, but if the inflammation and healing process outpaces the stretching process, scarring may make the opening so small that even liquids can no longer pass through it. The solution is a procedure called gastroendoscopy, and stretching of the connection by inflating a balloon inside it. Sometimes this manipulation may have to be performed more than once to achieve lasting correction.