Update...advice needed

Hello Guys,   Well things have been up and down I guess. 

First the good news.   My weight loss has been great.  As of this week I've lost officially 300 lbs.  All that in just over a year.   I have no complaints concerning the weight loss.  I still have some difficulties with eating properly (protiens) but I took DX's advice and I "just do it".  Some days my system is more sensitive and just doesn't allow me to keep much down.

I just had my gall bladder removed and a hernia repair two weeks ago after suffering some severe abdominal attacks for the last 2 months.  I thought that would be the end of the abdominal pains but not so.  Since the surgery I began having non-cardiac chest pains and a constant severe burning type pain in my center chest area and my lower back.  I have been taking lots of tums, rolaids and some prescribed meds all with no relief.  I go back to the specialist on Weds to get a scope done.  He thinks it might be an ulcer.

What do you guys think???  Can anyone share anything similar? 

Thanks for all of your help of the last year or so.  You guys really do mean alot to alot of people.   Many new people have fears at first and this forum helps a great deal.

God bless. Will

This is going to sound stupid and probably won't be much help but here goes anyway,... I had chest pain and felt bad alot up to 4 months after surgery and it turned out to be lactose intolerance related.  Between the gas related chest pain and the allergic reactions I felt bad on an off even though I was using the lactose free milk products with my protein drinks.  I wasn't lactose intolerant before surgery and its has gotten better since (I'm at 14 months this month).  I mean, I couldn't do cheese early on and now I can do cheddar and a little swiss but even provolone or mozerella make me feel rough. Its a long shot but might at least have an impact.  I'd stay close to the doctors until they figure something out.  One thing is for sure, you are not imagining the problem.  Keep it an issue so the doctors don't minimize your discomfort. And a huge congrads on the 300 pounds.  What a wonderful accomplishment.

Hi Will. Congrats on your weight loss. I too had my gall bladder removed at around 4 months post-op and then had the hernia / twisted bowel repair operation at around a year out. The pain from the twisted bowel never radiated into my chest but it WAS the most intense pain that I've ever experienced in my life. Every time it happened I thought I was dying.

I thought that abdominal pains would cease after the last surgery but from time to time I do experience very similar pains. They are nowhere near the length and intensity as before the operation but they still suck ballz. Most of the time I am to blame because I had just eaten a snowball or some sugary food I had no business eating in the first place.

Did your surgeon tell you it was OK to eat Tums and Rolaids? I thought they were bad for the pouch?

Will, Congratulations on the 300 gone. But sucks about the pain! 2 weeks since surgery? Any chance it’s a C02 bubble from the gall-bladder surgery? If your gall bladder was done laproscopically That could be at play here. Hernia repair use mesh? There's is also a syndrome where that mesh is pulling on Or irritating nerves that could lead to some severe pain. A “Neroma” or trapped nerve. No real advice one way or another except- Keep that doc on speed-dial till you are past this. Best Wishes- Dx