Pain Questions.. Help Needed.

At the advice of another member, I'm posting this on this board as well. 


Hi all.  It's been ages since I've been on this site and coming back tonight reminds me why I love it.  Hopfully someone here can help me out.  I'm 5+ years post RNY and like others have had my ups and downs.  I moved many states away from my WLS so it's not like I can just go ask him.

I've been having really bad pain about 2 inches left of my belly button at the waist line.  I thought I had a hernia, Dr said probably a pulled muscle that will go away on it's own. No such luck.  If I bend over, twist, laugh, cough, or God forbid I sneeze - I want to scream/cry.  It actually feels like my insides are ripping apart. I'm now stuck on the couch because doing everything else hurts.  I am not a couch-potato type and would like my life back.

Last week, Dr sent me for CT scan. I found out today that I have ovarian cysts (again).  P.I.T.A. BUT... I don't think those are way up at my waistline, I've had them often and they are always low-real low.  Unfortunately, the Dr is now so focused on those that he's ignoring the pain at my waist.  Dr states that if it was anything else, it would be on the CT report.  So now, I'm determined to figure it out on my own so I can get back to life. 

Has anyone had anything similar? 
What was the resolution? 
Any suggestions? 

Marcy,

I've never had one but from other posts I've read, it sounds like a possible bowel obstruction.  Read further back on the grad board and you'll see several posts on the subject.

What ever it is, keep pushing your Do****il you get it resolved!  Good Luck!

Michele

Here is a synopsis of my history:

Synopsis:

Starting weight 252 /   Current  140

RNY 11/03/04;

GB 12/04/04;

PS 06/14/05;

Internal Hernia/Adhesions 06/06/06;

PS 07/15/06;

Partial Obstruction 11/12/06;

Full Obstruction/Kink 11/14/06;

Obstruction 100% Shut down/ Adhesions/Vertical Open 9 in. 07/19/07;

Infection ER Admit/Unstable/Erratic HR & BP/Ambulatory transfer 07/30/07;

SBBO 08/27/07;

Hernia Repair (3) Lysis Adhesions 04/01/08;

Wound infection 04/22/08;

Hernia Repair with Mesh 09/19/2008,

Infection & Internal Bleeding/ICU with transfusion 09/30/2008

Also:  peripheal neuropathy, pernicious anemia, reactive hypoglycemia , severe IBS, parasites, -- and who else knows what I can't remember......


Only ONE (1) time did a bowel obstruction appear on a CT Scan -- that was in November after I had surgery for a partial bowel obstruction -- it was a complication to a partial bowel obstruction repair found through exploratory surgery.

It's simply not true that an obstruction (particularly partial) will show up on a CT Scan or any other testing for that matter.  I am proof.

Pain is not normal.  It's a signal that something is wrong with the body. 

I don't know what advice to give you other than to be your own very strong and determined advocate.  No one knows your body like you do.  If the pain becomes worse, go to the ER.  Demand a consult with a bariatric surgeon. 

I am so sorry you are having to deal with this pain.  I understand that pain such as this is debilitating and affects one's entire life and the lives of those around them. 

I wish you health and happiness.

I am so sorry that you are hurting.

Vanessa, glad you saw this post.  Melinda had posted on the complication board and I asked her to post here to because I knew a couple of you gals that could give her better insight than I on the CT scan and it not showing anything. 

Geez I know you've been through ALOT but to see it in writing is still quiet a shock.  BTW, how is everything gone now?  Better I hope.  We need to "try" to talk this weekend.

Hugs,

I had an ultrasound last week which showed the cysts that I did have had already dissolved, which I knew they would.  Dr called me and said he didn't know what else to tell me since CT scan was ok.  I keep telling him that the pain is bad and not going away, and that I attempted to go grocery shopping and the walking about did me in - literally, I was driven home because I could no longer move.  He said he could refer me to the gastro Dr if I would like that and of course I said yes, but the nurse who later called said they can't see me until February! 

Last night we went to go spend time with friends and I was so looking forward to it even though they knew I had to sit most of the night because extended standing hurts.  We had a nice time, but they are naturally funny people and any time I laughed I thought I was going to scream. I was laughing, but crying at the same time because it hurt so bad.  At one point, I actually left the room to just take some breaths and try and stop hurting. They always say Laughter is the best medicine but in this case I would've been much happier not laughing. 

So, now I'm here 2 days before Christmas basically stuck on the couch because everything I do hurts.  We went to the local Y today because my kids needed to run off some energy and all I could do was sit there.  This is miserable and my Dr either doesn't care or truly has no idea what to do and is of no help to me. 

I'm tempted to go to the ER and have them check me out, but I have my doubts that they would do anything either and don't want to waste 6 hours at the ER either.  I'm so tired of being a bum and so tired of being in pain, I just want to feel better.  Every day my little girl wants me to pick her up and she asks if "Are you all better yet?".  It just breaks my heart when I can't even lift my baby girl up.

So I don't know what I should do next. My dr is not of any help at this point and I feel totally alone.  When I look on sites like Web MD and click on my symptoms it tells me to call the Dr immediately.  I still wonder if it's a hernia that isn't showing up on CT-is that possible? If so, how do you find it?  I feel it ripping/tearing more and more each day.

Is crying allowed this close to Christmas?