jinx myself

At 2:00am Saturday night I woke up SCREAMING in pain; serious abdominal pain – in 3 years I’ve never experienced that before. Ambulance came & took me to the Hospital .

 

The did extensive blood work, EKG and an Ultra sound. They found nothing, my kidneys, gallbladder & liver are fine. They are assuming it was acid reflux & serious gas (which was slight embarrassing). The doctor prescribed heavy Pepcid (Famotidine). Today my stomach feels tight, but nothing like the pain I had before.  I am going to call my doctor who did my bypass, see if I can get his opinion. The ER doctor said sometimes with this surgery leakage pops up, but after 3 years it’s unlikely; and I would have experienced fever, vomiting, etc. Has anyone experienced this & what happened?

I have not experianced anything like that but I am glad you are better.  Keep us posted when you find an answer.

Hmmmm I had this back in October.  It was right between my breasts in the middle and then down about 1 1/2 inches.  If that makes any sense.  After putting up with the pain for a few hours, which only got worse my husband took me to our local urgent care, which is over 30 minutes away.  They said I had acute pancreatitis (sp?).  They loaded me up with pain medication and called an ambulance to take me to the hospital (1 1/2 hours away).  They called in an endo specialist and he agreed on the diagnosis, although I don't drink .  They did an endoscopy (he is familiar with RNY tubes) so he felt it safe.  He couldn't get to were he wanted, so they did 5 slits in my stomach 2 days later and found small gall stones in my bile duct.  I had my gallbladder removed 4 years ago.  He felt they were just sitting there waiting for something like this to happen.  I was in the hospital 5 days before they did the incision surgery.  The day before they did it I had a horrible attack.  If I would have had something to slip my wrists I would have.  I couldn't get any help from the nurses.  My husband was there and we were going crazy.  I prayed that Mr. Kodama (my endo) would come in, but it was 9:30 at night and low and behold here he came.  He ordered pain medication immediately and it took the pain away.  I had the surgery the next day and haven 't had any problems since.  Sorry this message took so long, but I wanted you to understand the whole story (I'm kinda like that)...LOL  I was in the hospital a total of 9 days.  My liver started failing and they were talking transplant.  YIKES!  Then I was jaundice.  They wouldn't release me until my liver levels returned to normal.  I have to have them checked every few months.  If your pain was in the same proximity as mine, please have your doctor check this avenue.  I wish you the best.  I had surgery 8/06....... Hugs, *Carol* in California

Hi Carol, Thank you for your response - holy cow you went through a lot in such a short time. I did speak to an assistant at my bypass doctor's office. The fact that my ultrasound came back good & so did my blood work that is a good sign. I'm seeing him next week, but it looks like it might be an ulcer. Again, I had no issues for 2 years - its like my warentee is up. :) ~Amy

You didn't buy the extended warranty????  ROFL  Hopefully it will be an easy fix and nothing major for you.

Sorry to hear this, hope all works out to being nothing serious.  Just a thought about possible kinked bowel, it seems so common now days for post-ops further out....how are your bowl movements, etc......please be sure to discuss this with your surgeon when you see him.