Donna, I'm glad it has worked for you... I wish that had been all that I needed to take for mine, but I'm sure glad it has worked for you. If you see that the cramping comes back, please don't wait to long to call your surgeon. I know spending the extra money is no fun since you just quit working, but if it gets to bothering you again, call him.... Hugs, Susan

When is the meet and greet for NC/SC??? Cheryl

I'm sorry you where going through this but also that your surgeon fixed the problem. Where in you pain all the time or cramping?? My husband told me to call my surgeon today and i said NO, I'm going to try Prilosec first and see if that will help me. Donna

Hi Everybody I am finally feeling like being back up at the computer long enough to update you all on my tummy troubles. I ended up having to have surgery again this past Thursday morning. I got back with my Gastric Bypass Surgeon since I have been having so many unresolved issues with my tummy. He ordered another CT Scan of my belly on Tuesday, and after seeig the results on Wednesday he decided he needed to go in and find what was causing my partial small bowel obstruction. I had my laprascopic surgery done on thursday morning, and it turns out that I had a kink in my small bowel that was causing all the trouble. He ended up having to do a little bit of a revision on me. He said that during the healing process that because of gravity, that my bowel twisted a little and it healed that way. What he ended up doing was detaching the small bowel from my pouch, and reattaching it back on straight. He didn't have to remove any more bowel than what was originally done with my surgery, which was a good thing. I'm not having any trouble at all whe eating now like I was before he fixed me. For the most part, I cannot even tell I have had any surgery. I have 4 small incisions, but they are absolutely painless. The only pain I have had is from the excess gas that they used to inflate my belly to see around. It keeps moving up into my left shoulder and hurts like the dickens. I think most of that is gone now too. I only notice it if I go more than 4-5 hours with no pain meds. I am really feeling good, and plan on going back to work tomorrow (Monday). I have gotten the ok from the surgeon, and he just told me to take it easy while I was there. I will still have to take my pain meds, but luckily for me, unless I take a double dose, it doesn't even make me drowsy. I think what I will do is take a 1/2 dose every 2 hours just to make sure that I don't have any break thru pain. It feels so good to know that my problem is fixed, and that I can go back to eating normally again. I didn't even have to go back on liquids for a few weeks, and progress back up. I do notice that I am getting full again on smaller amounts, which is a good thing. Hopefully now, I can get back on with my noral routine and my life. This is something that I haven't been able to do since the beginning of February, so I am ready. Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend. I am heading back to bed now for a rest before I have to get up and start on my laundry. I will be making my son haul it to the laundry room for me so I am not doing any heavy lifting. But it has to get done so I have clean uniforms to wear to work this week. Hugs, Susan

Hi Susan, I have really been having trouble with the sleep problem. I think I've found out why it's happening to me. I wake up around 2 or 3 sweating and shakey. I tested my sugar (used to be really high) and it's always like 55 or 60. Now I take something really sugary with me at night and put it in the bathroom (next to our room) If I don't ,I seem to get very shakey and confused. I guess thats normal from what I've read. I also get this a couple of times a week during the day. It was scarey at first, I didn't know what was wrong. If you do a search here on OH there's alot of information on both of your problems.........((((hugs)))) Judy