Pain in chest

I'm wondering if anyone who's further out can help me. I had wls 6yrs ago (roux en y.) Everything was great till about 2yrs ago when I started to develope debilitating chest pain. I've seen many ERs, 2 cardiologist, respatoligist, rheumatologist, etc.. Nothing major is wrong but they don't know what it is. It's middle of the chest, a dull magnified pain, doesn shoot anywhere, hurst whenever I do the slightest of tasks incl talking. The pain is unbearable at times. I've reciently noticed an increase in pain when eating. My Drs are at a loss as what to look at next. I'm wondering if anyone knows of this pain developing as a potential complication of the surgery when I'm this far out. My clinic can't help since I'm past the 5yr mark.

Any ideas as to what my Dr could investigate or test to ask for? Thank you for any information you may have.

Wow. That really sucks. Pain at any time is no fun.

I'm close to nine years out and have had probably an average amount of sporadic issues. The worst pain I ever had post op was a little over three years ago and it was excruciating. Childbirth was easier. No one could figure out what was wrong and they finally did an exploratory surgery which turned into a bowel resection. Turns out a piece of my intestine had gone wonky.

How you've dealt with this for two years is beyond me. It took them six months to agree to a surgical look-see in my situation and I was ready to do the surgery on myself. I remember being so desperate.

Have they mentioned going in to look around as an option for you? Sometimes abdominal pain isn't in the "right" place and even if it is I know surgery isn't the first choice ever but sheesh. There are so many things that don't show up on tests; they can't see what's really up in there until they get in. (none of my tests showed anything abnormal even though my intestine was in serious trouble)

The only doc that I see missing from your list is a GI specialist. They will do upper and lower endoscopies, colonoscopies and etc. If you really haven't seen one you should asap.

All of this is to say, yes, pain can be a complication and yes, it can manifest years after WLS.

And just a little caveat. There is a good chance that the pain has nothing at all to do with your RnY so you might want to keep that in mind.

Good luck and I hope you find your answer.

Thanks, it has been a very rough 2yrs and I have no idea how I've managed this long with this pain. I will def look into a GI. My family Dr is worried they won't know what to look for given my anatomy has been rearranged. I'd do about anything at this point. Thanks for your help and I'm glade you got your issues addressed

did they do a CT scan? I remember my surgeon saying that that will sometimes pick up things that other tests miss.

I've been trying to get a CT but apparently my pain isn't high on their list. I keep getting my Dr to inquire. Thanks

I was eight years out and developed chest pain that would come on after eating. After three months of increasingly stronger PPI's, the doctor had me go to the hospital ER.

I was in the hospital three days and they determined it was gallbladder. I was scheduled for gallbladder surgery and then they said since I was in the hospital they would do a chemical stress test just to rule out any heart blockages.

Turned out it was a heart blockage. EKG and other tests had come out with no problems.

I had triple bypass heart surgery when it turned out my arteries were too small for a stent.

Don't just ignore the pain. Keep complaining until they find out what is wrong.

OMG, what a scary experience. Glad you got your ticker taken care of. I have a pacemaker, hence the 2 cardiologists (I didn't believe the first one so got a second opinion.) Heart is definitely fine. I do complain because no meds are touching this, i don't remember what it feels Like to breath without pain. I keep thinking if I could go to a vet I'd be fixed by now and I would have gotten a treat lol. Thanks for your insite

Low iron can cause chest pain but I assume they checked that?

Thanks, I've had lots of blood tests and nothing has shown up out of the ordinary.

Have you seen a GI doctor? Have you had an upper endoscopy? CT scan? Ultrasound?