Question:
I am 5 1/2 month post op down 92lbs and I woke up this morning in severe pain...

My stomoache feels bloated and I am having sharp pains all through and around my sides. I can't hardly stand up straight or walk. I have never experienced anything like this before and being it is the weekend I really don't want to go to the emergency room. Does this sound like a kidney infection or uti or a blockage of some sort? Or just gas?    — Robin B. (posted on September 30, 2002)

September 28, 2002
call your surgeon
   — faybay

September 28, 2002
Call your surgeon or get yourself to the emergency room. Do not put it off.
   — Patty_Butler

September 28, 2002
You may possibly have a bowel obstruction and this is a life-threatening situation. Do not delay going to the emergency room.
   — C. C.

September 28, 2002
Do you have your gallbladder? Could be a gallbladder attack. Regards of the cause you need to contact your doctor.
   — LLinderman

September 28, 2002
I agree with calling your surgeon. IN THE MEANTIME, take a GAS-X or PHAYSYME (sp??). Sometimes I get gas pain and it is EXTREMELY painful. Gax-X will work in 5 minutes.
   — Kim B.

October 3, 2002
I don't know about anyone else, nut this has happened a couple of times to me. I am a little over 3 months post-op and woke up in the morning with sweaty palms and extreme stomach pain to the point where it hurt to move, and take breaths. An hour later it was gone. I have come to the conclusion that the night before I ate some pot roast before I went to bed and did not chew a piece or two well enough. I went right to bed and it must have settled during the night. When I woke up, I believe my body was trying to pass the piece of food I didn't chew that well. The pain came as fast as it left. The doc told me I am probably right.
   — Lyn S.