I really need some feed back, input, help

I am 4.5 weeks post-op from an open RNY. I have very high pain tolerance. I was in the hospital for 8 days with what one doctor thought was a very small leak that healed itself (two post-op barium x-rays showed nothing) the other doctor said it was most likely a deep tissue infection. I finished antibiotics at home and don't have fevers but I still have bad, sometimes intensely bad pain. I take the pepcid, Gas-X, prescribed liquid pain reliever when needed and sometimes one or more of these things help and sometimes not. I eat according to my doctors plan which seems very rigid compared to what I see on the posts. I eat mashed and pureed foods since week 3 and I have added chicken breast for protein because I am struggling in that area and have very low energy. To be fair, I did go back to work on Sundays and Wednesday 2 weeks ago when my assistant lost her baby. I work for a church and am in charge of all the children's programs so those days wipe me out and the pain is worse then but could that be all it is--wearing myself out? I have back pain and what feels like a tight fist right at my breast bone or diaphram area. I have no galbladder. Please help!

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