Has anyone had problems at the Emergency Room, or with other Internists?

After having adominal pain for more than 24 hours in the upper left quadrant of my abdomen I called a friend and we went to the local Emergency Room. I did not have my surgery in this city (I live in the "sticks") and the surgery was performed in a major city about 2 hours away. The ER doctor would not even examine me normally for having an abdominal complaint. Instead he gave me a shot of "something" that knocked me out for 24 hours--his diagnosis (even though I told him I had no vomitting or nausea--just pain) was "The Stomach Flu." He told me to also go to my own doctor. I went to my own doctor and he said that most doctors would NOT touch me since I have had this surgery! No doctors in this area are familiar with it. So I am wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and what they did. It's scary to hear that doctors are afraid to treat patients who have had gastric bypass surgery. I had a lap RNY 3 months ago. The pain today (3 days later) is not nearly as bad as it was when I went to the ER, but it's still there a little.

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