A lesson learned
Don't change or stop medications without consulting your surgeon!
Long story short, started getting gall stones like pain right below my rib cage, above my belly button Saturday night (that would be 2 Saturdays ago). It went away and we drove my sister and parents down to NC. Along the way, the pain got bad enough that they had to take me to an ER somewhere in southern VA. They gave me Maalox and Tylenol and sent me on my merry way. Not so good. The pain would return, sometimes right after I ate, someimes hours after. So, a trip to a different ER on Tuesday, June 1st. 13 hrs in the ER, 2 x-rays, a CAT scan, numerous blood tests and they found nothing wrong. Yet, they were still pumping me full of morphine because I was literally screaming in pain. In the end, the thought was (can't call it a prognosis really), that it was a bunch of acid caused by me stopping my Prilosec 2 months ago, when I found out I was pregnant. Prilosec is a Class C drug, so I figured if I didn't feel any discomfort, I'd be fine. And, I didn't feel any discomfort, till last week. They gave me Protonix which finally seems to be kicking in, since yesterday was my first full pain-free day. Yay!
Long story short, started getting gall stones like pain right below my rib cage, above my belly button Saturday night (that would be 2 Saturdays ago). It went away and we drove my sister and parents down to NC. Along the way, the pain got bad enough that they had to take me to an ER somewhere in southern VA. They gave me Maalox and Tylenol and sent me on my merry way. Not so good. The pain would return, sometimes right after I ate, someimes hours after. So, a trip to a different ER on Tuesday, June 1st. 13 hrs in the ER, 2 x-rays, a CAT scan, numerous blood tests and they found nothing wrong. Yet, they were still pumping me full of morphine because I was literally screaming in pain. In the end, the thought was (can't call it a prognosis really), that it was a bunch of acid caused by me stopping my Prilosec 2 months ago, when I found out I was pregnant. Prilosec is a Class C drug, so I figured if I didn't feel any discomfort, I'd be fine. And, I didn't feel any discomfort, till last week. They gave me Protonix which finally seems to be kicking in, since yesterday was my first full pain-free day. Yay!
Wow, that sounds like a horrible experience. Of course you would stop taking a class C medication. I think we all would. What do they say about the new meds they gave you? Are they safer for the baby?
Tina
Tina
Mommy to 2 of the most beauiful little girls in the whole universe and still in love with my hubby of 8 years. LIFE IS GOOD!
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