Question:
Abdominal Pain

I am 4 month out and I just started with abdominal pain. It hurts right at the mouth of my stomache. I guess it's where my gallbladder is. I was wondering if that was normal? It's not severely painful but it very uncomfortable. Can someone please tell me what I should do?    — Belen DeLeon (posted on November 6, 2006)

November 6, 2006
New pain after 4 months, I would call my Dr. asap. good luck
   — ramwelch

November 6, 2006
See your doctor, always when in doubt. Never assume anything. Good Luck!
   — crystalsno

November 6, 2006
I have to agree with Marc and Jolynn.... If you are having pain now, time to call the surgeon, or your primary to get a referral, however your insurance works. You may have developed a stricture at the esophageal/gastric junction, or have an ulcer.... better to get it checked out... you wouldn't want any serious complications that you could have avoided by going to the doctor now.... good luck.
   — Kari_K

November 6, 2006
hi there. Always call your surgeon ASAP for any pain...that's what my surgeon told me and he's been right. I've had to call twice and he met me right at the ER to check things out. Never post-pone any pain in your abdomen. All the best to you! Shannon
   — theroses03

November 9, 2006
Call your doctor.....Do you take any medications to prevent gall stones? If you think the pain is in that area, you could have a stone....There are meds that could work to disolve them if that is what it is. I take 'actigal' to prevent stones.... Good Luck
   — andrealej

November 9, 2006
I have experienced 2 different things at different times after my surgery. I had my gall bladder out before my surgery, but I would have had it out with my GBP because that is what my surgeon does. If it was your gall bladder the pain would be more that uncomfortable. For the first few months after my GBP when I started eating solid food; I had an uncomfortable feeling there always and I used that as a gage to know I had eaten enough. I felt like my stomach was sitting in my chest instead of where it was suppose to be. That went away after a year. Now, this last summer something more serious happened- but the pain would go from mild to severe to mild and felt like a burning and then like a ball of knives right in the middle of my chest under my rib cage. I even ended up in the ER. Each episode lasted for 6-8 hours. Turns out I had a type of ulcer developing because I was eating raw vegies and grains that my intestines could not handle- broccoli, Kashi whole grains (not the cereal) and wine and spirits. (I know foolish right?)Well, I avoid all raw vegies that have a high fiber content and get my fiber from other sources- because we still need it. I had a colonoscopy done and fiber should still be an important part of your diet. I can indulge in 1-2 glasses of wine every now and then- but it has to be after I have eaten- and another word of caution- the drier the better. The sweet wines be they white or red will still give me a bellyache if I drink them without mixing them with something else. But reds are healthy- yes, and a source of iron, but that is a personal preference of mine and I still have to be careful as in everything that passes my lips. But this is just what I went through- and what I do- please still if you haven't- ask your doctor! It could be something serious and hopefully not. I am not saying you should do or agree with anything I have said. But when I went through it I didn't see anything from before on this either- hope you find your answer! I know... I tend to ramble...
   — Cdavis226