My husband's father had a total gastrectomy in Ocober 2009 for gastric cancer.
Since then he has been experiencing extreme pain after eating solid food. The pain seems to emanate from the Oesophagus and is described as 'akin to severe heart burn' which leaves him rolling on the floor in agony.
He has had to be fitted with a tube feeding device, due to weight loss.
The pain only occurs with solid food, soups are well tolerated. Even when food is chewed over and over again the pain still occurs.
There is an almost 100% certainty that pain will ensue after eating meat, fish and vegetables
It does however occur after eating other foods such as cereals but with much less predictability