Anyone else having pain like this?

Hi All! This is my first time posting probably since right after my surgery. But I'm glad to see there are still people posting from the same time frame as me.

So here's my dilemma: 3 times in the last 5 or so months I have had these very severe "attacks" in the same area as my pouch. I didn't see a doc after the first two times, but I had to drive myself to the Urgent Care Clinic this last time (2 days ago). They doped me up, ran some labs, took some xrays, said they saw an air bubble near the pouch area, and sent me on my way because I wasn't hurting anymore (maybe because of the morphine ya' think?) and because they thought it was just gas. So I went home, slept for a bit,decided to try and eat some toast, and got about half way through one piece before the pain started up all over again. Only this time, I started throwing up, too. Which in itself is an anomally, because the only time I've thrown up since surgery has been when I've eaten too much, and then (as you probably all know) the only thing coming up is what just went down. So my HH took me to the other hospital's ER (the UC is only open certain hours), and they also gave me lots of pain meds and ran labs. They at least conceded that gas would probably not be making me throw up. They gave me a CT scan as well, and this only showed some extra fluids floating around, but nothing they felt was worrisome. So they sent me home, again.

I haven't had anymore pains in that area, but now I'm feeling very tender and bloated. Yesterday, all I wanted to do was eat. Today, I'm not really interested in eating a bunch, just normal, but I'm still feeling the same way: tender and bloated.

I don't know if I should be really worried. My surgeon has retired, so I don't really know who to consult about this. I'm going to call my PCP today to make an appointment to be seen. But I'm just wondering if any of you have experienced anything similar. This pain was bad...bad enough that I literally had to be carried from my car to the Urgent Care clinic...right up there with childbirth.

Any thoughts?

Tammi-

Gall bladder?

Thanks so much honey, but I haven't had one of those in years. That's almost what the pain feels like, though. I got in to see my PCP today, who was actually too afraid to really do much of anything, other than give me a referral to a gastroenterologist. As we have military insurance, it will take a few days to get an approval, and then I'm sure another few days to get in to be seen. And, knowing my body, by then all of the symptoms will be gone...which is good because they're gone, but bad because then the docs think there's nothing wrong. Not that I want anything to be wrong, but clearly, something is amiss.

Thanks for your reply...wish me luck!

Tammi-


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SW: 241
GW: 130
CW: 128 (YAY ME!!)

Perhaps there has been a fluid build-up in the occluded stomach...it has been known to happen. It can cause recurrent and/or constant pain. Hopefully the gastro will know what to test for and can find what is causing the pain. I hope that it's something that is easily treated.

~Suz

Thanks Suz -

I hope that's all that it is. I've been looking all over the internet to find info, and what keeps popping up is something called a "Petersen's Hernia," which doesn't sound like much fun. Hopefully, it will be something much simpler.

Tammi

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Reading your post- I instantly thought GallBladder too- but then I read further...
Sorry I have no advice...but please keep us posted!!

I saw your pic and you look DYNOMITE!!!
Congrats-
Brit

Ulcer?  When I have pain from my ulcer... Im very tender and Bloated too after the pain goes away. 

When I had ulcer pain... cause its a pentrating ulcer... I felt like I was dying and something was going to explode out of my stomach. That was in July... Now Im on Protonix and doing well.

Thanks my thought, Hope your feeling better.

Stace