Sickness QUestion

I have recently been experiencing abdomen cramping & went to see my family doctor.  He was concerned with a bowel obstruction at first but that has been ruled out & now has put me on prevacid worried I may have too much stomach acid.  He doesn't seem too concerned but I am seriously tired of being in pain & wonder if anyone else has experienced anything like this.  I know doctors know best but I am just looking for some words of advice.  I do NOT eat & drink together & it has been 2 years since my roux en y gastric bypass.  I can eat mostly everything & do not get this pain/cramping after I eat anything specific.
Thanks!
M

Since you can eat mostly anything, it could be several factors. Are you eating too quickly? If so, you could be eating too much. Are you eating a lot of greasy foods? How about bread. I have noticed my pouch is very particular about what types of bread she will tolerate.  You might want to ask your doctor about IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome).  Are you exercising? I notice I do better when I exercise. Also if I eat standing up or go walking immediately after I eat, I do better.  If you can tolerate the probiotics, they may help with the digestion. I can't tolerate yogurt, but if you can, try the Activia, it really helps to keep things moving along. I ate it all the time before the surgery. Hope something I said can help you.

Not dissing your doctor, but what exactly did he do to rule out a bowel obstruction? They're harder to dx in people who've had an RNY or a DS, because we can have one in the bilio-pancreatic limb and still pass gas and have BMs.

I am currently 15 months post RNY gastric bypass with no problems up until 11 1/2 months out.  I started having this random abdoment cramping, bloating and extremly painful attacks that lasted for three days starting back around New Years Eve.  The pain was better after 3 days.  All was good for awhile and I had another "attack" at the end of January so went to the ER, had a CT Scan, blood work and was checked into the hospital overnight for observation.  They found no obstruction or kinks in my bowels/intestines and my blood work came out fine.  They released me and told me to monitor my symptoms and to see my primary care doctor for follow up.  I had two more of these attacks in February and back to the ER I went.  They did an X-Ray and all looked fine, I was referred to my GI to have an endoscopy to rule out an ulcer or a hernia.  As soon as the endoscopy was over, the GI came out to tell me that I was fine.  So...what next???  I had one more attack a week later and it took about 5 days to recover this time.  I started thinking maybe I have IBS or have a  food allergy or allergy to gluten products, so I went gluten free and felt better almost immediately.  I know this is dangerous to do without a nutritionist to help guide me to a healthy gluten free diet so I made an appointment with my primary care doctor to get tested for food allergies and celiac disease (allergy to gluten).  I also didn't know that my insurance would cover another follow up with my surgeon so before doing anything else, I am going to meet with him in two weeks and show him all of my test results and see what might be going on.  I've had a wonderful recovery from surgery and I was told that I'm too far out from surgery to be having any major problems.  Not liking that answer, because I know myself too well, I am not giving up until I find an answer.  I was eating almost everything as well, but not unhealthy foods that were fried or dipped in fat so that made me even more curious to know what was going on.  If you can get a referral to your surgeon, I suggest starting there before doing any other tests that your primary care doctor wants you to have.  The surgeons know most everything that a post op patient may encounter so they'll be a better point of contact.  I feel that I've wasted three months with my primary care doctor and the hospital.  I wish I knew that I could have been referred to my surgeon in January, I wouldn't have wasted everyone's time and I might have known sooner what's going on.  Good luck to you!!!

Thank you all for your replies.
I do think I can work on slowing down my eating & maybe staying away from a few foods.
I also think seeing my surgeon may not be a bad idea.  He isn't the best at follow up after the surgery but I will just harass him!
Thanks again :)
Happy to report the pain is not there today & hoping it will NOT return :(