Hiya, lovely lady...I'll be sending warm and positive thoughts your way. Whatever is happening...keep your chin up...we'll always be here to support you!

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-

Hey Stephanie!! I'm here! I've had a rough past couple of weeks, don't want to get into it, but if you all could keep me in your thoughts and prayers I'd appreciate it.

HW 238
SW 225
LW 123??
CW 123

Don't stop posting everyone, we'll hold eachother accountable right?

Fat is less dense than muscle...so muscle weighs more, but is takes up less space than fat. That means...pump that iron to trim down!

Suz-
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