ULCER?

Has anyone ever had an ulcer post RNY?

I have been under so much stress lately, actually really bad for the past 6weeks or so.  I have a dull pain in my mid chest on and off, and sometimes I cant eat without the pain, sometimes I can.  I used to be able to drink alot of water, and now I can only just sip or I get the pain. 

Cottage cheese seems to go down well, and sometimes soup or moist fish.  It is not that is feels stuck like I would think an obstruction would be.  It is like dull to burning pain. 

I did call Dr. Wallace's office on Tues and talked to a nurse and she reccommended to come in and see him.  I made an apt but the first avail was next Wed.  So I took it.  Today I ate two small cheese sticks for breakfast/lunch in the car, and it made me so nauseaus.  Then the pain came back especially when I tried to drink my water later.

I called the office back and spoke to another nurse and she was able to  move up my apt to Monday, and told me if it kept bothering me I should go to the ER.  I hate using the ER just to speed up treatment, so here I am at home. 

The nausea just started today, and isnt horrible, but bothersome.  Im sure it is all the stress which leads me to believe it may be an ulcer.  I have never had one before, but that is what both nurses said to me.  They also said I may need to be "scoped", ( oh my) and I am worried about all of this. I also have a headache most of the time, but I chalk that up to minimal dehydration.

My Noah has had such a rough couple of months, and we had to hospitilize him a week ago Wed for behavior issues and side effects he is having from his meds.  So the stress level here is through the roof!  I have been there almost everyday for meetings, staffings, visits, and parenting sessions.  Then I come home and try to spend some time with Brigid and make dinner, take care of the house etc...  That is one of the reasons I havent had time to post.   We are going through a very tough time here, and still trying to live some sort of life, and I dont want to take time out to add another problem to our list. 

If anyone has any ideas or suggestions I would be happy to listen and could use the support.

Thanks again for listening to me, and sorry I havent posted much but I have been trying to read as much as I can.  I am going to try to go to the ABMC support group in the morning and see if anyone there has any ideas.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

 ((((Eileen)))))

I never have had an ulcer but it kind of sounds like one.  I thought I had one right before Christmas and put off calling the doctor but it finally calmed down after I went to bland foods for awhile.  I drink a lot of K2O lemonade and I think that was beginning to do it for me.  I think I caught mine in time.  

You really need to get it checked out.  You really have been under a lot of stress and that plus this surgery would make you a good candidate.  Better to have it checked out and be safe.  Have you tried to drink anything other than water?  When I had the stomach flu it hurt to drink water, but found I could drink G2 by gatorade and it did not hurt.  It has electorlytes in it so would help with dehydration as you dont want to get dehydrated.  

I hope Noah is doing better. 

Hope you feel better soon.  Hugs.