Pain in my right upper abdomen?
on 9/24/14 10:48 pm
I am 4 years old from my RNY. In the past 6 months, I have had an aching pain in my upper right abdomen. It barely hurt for the most part, it was just bothersome. Now in the past 2 weeks, the pain has gotten much worse & becomes even worse when I eat. It feels like a gall bladder attack...except I had my gall bladder removed 10 years ago. I know that gall bladder issues are common after bariatric surgery, but can you continue to have stones after your gall bladder is gone? I went to the ER last week & they did a CT scan & said everything looked normal & sent me home. I called my PCP & they said that they aren't an acute care facility, so I need to go back to the ER if I'm in that much pain. I'm at a loss for what to do. Any ideas?
I'd call and get into see your bariatric surgeon. Maybe it's a hernia or maybe a ulcer. I'm guessing. With RNY you can get hernias at the surgery site or in your intestines. I'm almost 9 yrs. post op and I've had to have 2 intestional hernia's repaired and trust me...they hurt. I'd get it checked out and praying it's nothing serious.
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Is it just me Bette or does it seem to you like we're seeing a lot of "deactivate member" statuses lately? I can't even figure out why the person does it in most of the threads anymore. I certainly don't see where anyone has been mean or even sarcastic in this thread. The same thing happened here: http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/amos/5272024/WLS-help/#442 38548
That (deactivating) and deleting posts absolutely drive me nuts. I'll probably end up wishing I'd never said this but I think it would be better if we weren't allowed to delete posts. It makes the whole thread confusing. And I know it's NOMB, but I kind wish that folks had to give a reason for "deactivating". The "stalkerish" side of me wants to know what happened ;)
edited to add: I guess the possibility exists that the person was confronted on another thread or in a pm? Of course the possibility also exists that I have entirely too much time on my hands....
I suggest finding a new PCP that will actually order tests.
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