stomach pain? any suggestions long

Hey Yall, Have any of you had constant pain in your stomach. The pain is hard to explain but I will do my best. Its like a cramping/tightning mildly burning pain from my belly button to my pouch. Let me preface this by stating this weekend I drank alcohol and ate mexican food. Not my better behaved of weekends. anyway. Yesterday when this started I couldnt eat and we were driving from New Mexico to Colorado. the pain would come in surges. and cramp so much that I wanted to go to the emergency room. Then I started to think that is must just be gas/constipation. However no gas sounds in tummy or would pass. Never went to ER. finally had good bm this morning so I think Im home free. but... the pain is still there! And I was fairly confident there was nothing left in my intestines. Today I have had oatmeal w/protein. Chedder cheese and saltines. and a salmon patty with 1/4 cup squash. I dont feel like I have gas to pass or need to have a bm but my stomach hurts!!! Still!!!! Like i said I thought about going to the er but will hate it if they tell me its just gas. Dh is convinced somthing is wrong Leaking etc. I dont know. I have taken tums and previcid the dh has prescript for nothing helps. I will call and make appt with dr in the am but any suggestions yall might have I would appreciate. Thanks Leann

Leann OMG that sounds just way too familiar. I had the same kinda thing happen recently and ended up spending 5 days in the hospital. I have a ulcer where my pouch leads to my intestines. The only way they found it was by doing a EGD and looking down there to see what the heck was going on. My labs were normal, CT was pretty much normal, and so was every other test they performed. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get this checked out. I'm sure you would rather be safe...right??? I ignored this pain for several days until my daughter finally said "Mom you need to call your doctor". The next day my co-worker said the same thing....and it finally hit me...I was having the pain more than I realized. I just dismissed it because it would come and go...but when it happened it was pretty severe. My doctor was so pissed that I waited several days...I think that's why I had to stay so long in the hospital. The good news is that the meds they put me on are working and I may not have to undergo surgery to treat it. I've finally been pain free the past 2 days after a few weeks of suffering. Still, it was a HUGE learning experience. Please call the doc and follow up on this...let me know what happens...after all we're in this together Tanya

I had an duedenal ulcer several years ago (pre RNY) and it was much like you describe. Please go see a doctor. I hope you feel better soon. Where the heck is Reunion? I'm a 6th generation Coloradoan and have never heard of it. Didi in Glade Park on the Western Slope