Internal Hernias are no fun-long

Well its been a while since I've been on here...my daughter has had a rough fall with her seizure control....But now I've come to tell you...listen to your body. I had a weird episode on Sunday before last. I wore pantihose all Sunday long... that night I felt bloated so I took of the hose and looked in the mirror at my profile..well I looked weird like the top half of my abdomen was swollen but not the bottom...I felt a little uncomfortable but thought wow those pantihose didn't feel that tight. Well last Monday night I had what I thought was a gas attack, I took some gas x and previcid and tried to sleep but couldn't...well Tuesday it didn't get better. I had a BM and everything but I knew something was wrong. Finally I took some hydrocodone left over from surgery and IT still didn't knock the pain out. I'm not sure why but because the pain was in my gut...I called the surgeon who did my RNY's office and asked if he was in the office or surgery. They said he was done for the day with surgery. Well, I told the nurse "something's not right" I have a pain right above my belly button that feels like a gallbladder attack but I don't have a gallbladder anymore. She said to get to the E>R> I had to drive myself as my husband was in an important meeting at work. I left him a message and called my sissy to come to the ER to set with my daughter who has the seizures. well...it takes my sissy an hour to get down here. I called the doctors office and told them I'm a tthe E.R. cause they wanted to know I got there safe.. Well, I had barely gotten in when here comes the surgeon..He says it sounds like a classic internal hernia, I'll have to go in and take care of it. By the way the only way I feel better is to set with my legs crossed and my head on the bed almost in my lap. He said that was classic too. So I get a CT scan to confirm.....and he comes out of the radiaology lab and says I'm gonna prep. I was like, I need to call my husband I just left a message cause he was in a meeting. MY husband barely got there and voila...I'm waking up from surgery. MY surgeon is great. He so cares....HE was there in a flash on just the possibility that I needed him. I knew something was wrong inside. The ER doc was like maybe its just an ulcer. I'm thinking I've never had an ulcer but gosh this sucks. HE asked me to "confess" NSAID use. I told him there was nothing to confess. I only use tylenol during that time of the month. ANyway it all happened so fast. I was worried that my daughter would have a panic attack and that can lead to seizures, but she told me I would be fine with doctor Rutledge and I was.. I was a little more sore with this not from the incisions but I think my colon was sore from being twisted up. Anyway..that was last Tuesday I spent one night in the hospital and walked a mile and a half today gently. LISTEN TO YOUR BODIES...Oh and by the by this can happen even though they close this space inside that they didn't when I had the surgery (it wasn't thought necessary). My surgeon said that all they have to stich to is fat and this space can open up. I don't understand it all but just listen when your body says something is weird. Beth B. in Chattanooga

Hi Beth, I am sorry you had to go thru all that, makes me not want to put on panty hose. I'm slim enough for them, but not sure I want to wear them now, or just stick to the knee hi's. I do pray you start feeling a lot better. And I'm glad your Dr. was there when you needed him. I need to contact my surgeon, as I've had to have my throat dialated last Friday as I kept choking on everything. My lymph nodes are enlarged and pressing on my throat, making me choke on everything. Because of my leukemia, the Dr.'s don't want to remove the lymph nodes, but they are solid calcified and having a small airwave on top of this, it's scary. I will keep you in my prayers. Try and keep in better touch. Love Kathy

Kathy, I'm so sorry that you are having a rough time. I can't imagine the scary sensation you are feeing. You are in my prayers. The pantihose weren't the cause just the excuse I used for not wanting anything to actually be wrong when I knew something wasn't right. I probably had a blockage that day that eventually worked it's way through. The first sympotom I had was actually after having to pick my daughter up from a picnic table and lay her down gently as she was having a seizure. Sometimes she goes general and could have hurt herself falling from or jerking on a concrete table. We were by ourselves. I remember telling my sister I felt like someone kicked me in the stomach but I just thought I pulled something. I may have but it was on the inside. The doctor says it just happens sometimes. Great to hear from you. Take care of yourself. Hope you have a great holiday season. God bless. Beth B. in Chattanooga

Beth, although I haven't had my surgery yet...Monday!!!!...I have had two major abdominal surgeries due to huge hernias so I know how awful they can be...don't you just feel so much better! I'm glad it worked out...how is your daughter?