5 months out r n y surgery - constant stomach pain

Jan '09 RNY lap surgery. I had no pain until approx 2 weeks after surgery. I've had re-hospitalizations in Feb (stoma stretched), Mar (stoma stretched again). Now I think the stoma is ok, because I can swallow sizeable pills. I've had 3 upper endoscopies, 2 upper GIs and several CT scans. No one can find anything wrong. The pain feels like a ball spiked with glass shards rolling around in my pouch, the pain constant, not spasms. The pain is more to the left of the stomach pouch. I don't have a gallbladder, that was removed years ago, with no complications. Funny that this pain is VERY similar to the gallbladder pain I had before that was removed in 2003. However, my surgeon told me it was all in my 'head' and refuses to deal with me. I have since been working closely with my gastroenterologist and PCP, who know me much better and know there is something wrong if I say there is. I have been on pain meds since the pain started about 2 weeks after surgery - from percocet to now a maintenance dose of ultracet. And no one wants to keep staying on pain meds. I've tried going off, but the pain returns. I do have a hiatal hernia - which the surgeon said was small and he didn't repair it. Could that be the problem? I take nexium for acid and don't have ulcers, no bowel obstructions. And, I KNOW it is not in my head. Has anyone else had anything similar? Any suggestions of what to try, or who else to see? Thanks!

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