SAGA continues--Vent---long

 Well I went to Dr. Pohls office and saw Jeremy for my 6 mos follow-up and  post op appointment from the surgery I had two weeks ago in hopes of finding the source of the pain I have been having for two months now.  Well lets just say that I am a bit frustrated as post op we have no answers and now I am going to see yet another Dr.    Jeremy/Dr. Pohl think I should check in with a Gastroenterologist now that they are out of options to see if there is anything further they can come up with.  If not they can consider taking out my gallbladder even though no test points to that being a problem.  I just had surgery two weeks ago and we discussed this and it was not the recommendation two weeks ago so why bring it up now.....ARRRRRR

I am feeling frustrated as this pain is not fun to live with and I feel it is holding me back to some extent.  I just feel rotten all the time, when I am not in pain I feel so discouraged to the point that looking in the mirror last night i was really questioning was this all worth it,  

To top it off I am low on protein so need to work on that some more.  Blood work said I need more protein.  I am just feeling sick of this process, I know it is my frustration fueling how I feelm just need to work past it.  It is just hard to do when you know that the first thing you eat/drink is going to start the pain all over each day. 

Upside I am still losing albeit somewhat slower than I would like.  and I am going to make the appointment and see where this takes me.  As "sick" as I was as a morbid obese person I have never gone for so many appointments.  Guess I was lucky.  
Also going to get back to work next week so that I will have less time to think about myself and how I am feeling and focus on something more productive.  

Thanks for listening to my rant everyone!

Cynthia

I'm so sorry to hear that you have to bring in another Dr.  And I know the pain isn't fun either.

You are in my thoughts and prayers and I hope you can find relief soon!

~Hugs~
~kelly jo 

Sorry you are having trouble...it must be frustrating to not know whats going on. Have you noticed any trends? Only hurts when you drink cold/hot things...etc? I'm sure you've already thought about this but I figured I'd throw it out there.

It cant hurt to make the appointment with the specialist... Good luck!

 thanks for the thoughts/prayers.  There are no trends I can come up with outside of the comon theme that the pain is brought on by eating or drinking.  Temperature/texture/time of day/type of food/meds/no meds/vitamins/no vitamins/speed of eating have all been ruled out as causes.  
Also ruled out gas as a cause.  Just perplexing.  Hopefully these Dr.s will come up with something.  

Just really frustrated tonight.
Thanks for the support ladies!

Where is your pain and what does it feel like?

 Pain starts out sharp when I eat or drink- under breast bone and radiates down and to the left.  The pain remains sharp but expands through abdominal cavity as my stomach gets full.  Once stomach is empty again the pain goes away until I am stupid enough to eat or drink again.  
If only I could just stop eating and drinking things would be fine. 
It is getting harder and harder mentally to eat/drink in the am.  I put it off as long as possible (today until after 1pm) just because I did not want the pain.  
Off to the gastroenterologist next ...once they give me an appointment that is.
Cynthia

Missed you at the meeting last week, Are you ok? Haven't heard anything from you and just wanted to make sure your ok. Will you be at Julie's meeting? Have you meet with any other doctors. I really wish there was something I could do for you. I know you are probably getting frustrated and discouraged but this will pass and things will start to look up again.

Hope all is well, Keep in touch

Lisa (Lee_Lee_08)