Thank you SO much for posting this.
I didn't know what a 'stricture' was so I looked it up and then thought to myself "
Wait, that isn't normal???" I've had the restrictive / gurgle thing going on since my surgery, but I thought it was just part of the normal healing. I realized that while everything else has gotten much better, the backup-up pressure feeling had not changed. So, I've emailed with the surgery and saw my pcp doctor. It's 10 days soft food for me and if I don't notice any improvement in five days I will make an appointment with a camera. Without this post I'm not sure how long I would have calmly waited. I'm clueless that way fairly often.