Severe stomach pain and some dry heaves

tdbull
on 7/23/15 6:41 pm - WA
RNY on 08/13/13
i had lunch at Panda Express, and started to get a tummy ache while eating so stopped. Nothing was stuck, but tummy pains have been severe for 6 hours now. Also am having a couple of episodes of dry heaving. Wondering if I could try a fleet enema or if I should go to ER. Have had similar pains once or twice before, but they've gone away. Any advice is appreciated. Surgeon took my gallbladder during RNY.

Lapband surgery in 2009 -  Revision to RNY August 13, 2013 with gallbladder removal.

HW - (260)   SW - (197)   GW - (135), updated on 1-2-14 to 125lbs  HT 5'5"  Goal reached 3/2/14-revised goal to 120 on 3/9/14   reached 4/6/14             

    

Kathyjs
on 7/23/15 7:26 pm

See a dr. 

rocky513
on 7/23/15 8:17 pm - WI

Severe abdominal pain is NOT normal.  Does the pain come in waves like labor pains?  Have you been able to pass any gas or have a bowel movement?  You could be severely constipated or you could have a bowel obstruction.   You've had severe pain for 6 hours!!!  Get yourself to the ER and get it checked out.

HW 270 SW 236 GW 160 CW 145 (15 pounds below goal!)

VBG Aug. 7, 1986, Revised to RNY Nov. 18, 2010

sor09
on 7/23/15 9:18 pm

Panda Express is fast food: lots of hidden sugars and oils from the wok preparations. Rice and or noodles? Those carbs will expand in your pouch and make you feel really bad for hours and even days. DUMPING syndrome. Been there... skipped next time.

 

 

                
hollykim
on 7/24/15 8:50 am - Nashville, TN
Revision on 03/18/15
On July 23, 2015 at 9:18 PM Pacific Time, sor09 wrote:

Panda Express is fast food: lots of hidden sugars and oils from the wok preparations. Rice and or noodles? Those carbs will expand in your pouch and make you feel really bad for hours and even days. DUMPING syndrome. Been there... skipped next time.

 

dumping doesn't usually last for six hours

 


          

 

sor09
on 7/24/15 4:20 pm

Worst case scenario = dumping and food poisoning... definitely get it checked out.

 

 

                
uscgraawl
on 7/25/15 1:07 pm
RNY on 07/31/15

Based on the info I got from my doctor dumping can last 15 minutes to several hours. So it could be dumping. I would think though that eating at Panda Express wouldn't be the best food option. 

 HW: 273 GW: 130 RNY - July 31, 2015 M1: 28 LBS M2: 11 LBS

     

 

  

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 7/24/15 3:00 am, edited 7/24/15 3:01 am - OH

Sorry that I am just now seeing this (hopefully, the issue has resolved!), but just wanted to say that because of the time it takes for food to move through your digestive system, an enema won't help with something you ate just 6 hours previously. At that point (6-8 hours), the food is just starting to move from the small intestine to the large intestine.

I sure hope you feel better now.  You didn't say exactly what you ate, but almost everything at Panda Express has much more fat than you would expect (and more than if you get the same dish at a traditional Chinese Restaurant).  Most entrees have about half of their calories from fat, so it is possible that your body was just reacting to the fat content, especially since you no longer have your gallbladder.  

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

tdbull
on 7/24/15 6:44 pm - WA
RNY on 08/13/13
Recovering from surgery. Had an internal hernia and hole in intestine where bowel was stuck. 4.5 hr emergency surgery and will likely be in hospital for 5-7 days. This taught me never to wait. Surgeon said my bowel and intestine are very sick and too much more time could have been much worse. Thanks for all the feedback.

Lapband surgery in 2009 -  Revision to RNY August 13, 2013 with gallbladder removal.

HW - (260)   SW - (197)   GW - (135), updated on 1-2-14 to 125lbs  HT 5'5"  Goal reached 3/2/14-revised goal to 120 on 3/9/14   reached 4/6/14             

    

phibbmom
on 7/25/15 10:58 am

So sorry to hear that!  I'm glad they were able to repair it.  Speedy recovery to you! 

    

High: 295  Pre-surgery: 267  Current: 142   RNY: 10/7/14

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