Question:
I'm 2 yrs postop, suddenly experiencing PAIN, Help!
Oh gosh I need your help guys! I am having pain in my stomach area. I dont know if it is the old or new pouch. I am 2 years post op rny, non-transected. It feels just, I mean JUST like a minorish gall bladder attack. However since I dont have one anymore, I'm wondering if I have an ulcer or I have become not stapled anymore. When I burp, I feel much better, (pressure hurts), but I dont notice any burning as with stomach acid from the old stomach. When I eat, I feel much better. So perhaps it is an ulcer. I will call a doc in the morning, but I dont have a gastric bypass doc here where I live now. (different state). Any suggestions for teh meantime? Any other ideas as to what it may be? Thanks, Annie — Annie R. (posted on August 1, 2003)
August 1, 2003
Well heck we must be twins, because I am going through the same thing and I
have a friend who did and it was an ulcer. I have an appt to see my pcp on
Monday and will probably reluctantly ask that I be scoped. My friend was
put on prilosec and she said it works instantly for her. Ironically this
problem surfaced when I was trying to change my eating habits for the
better. I had been eating way too many bad carbs. I got on this fruit
eating kick the past week and definetly when I eat my favorite a fresh
peach I am feeling the pain within an hour...what a bummer.
— SARose61
August 1, 2003
Hi,
Check with your Dr. and ask him if it can still be related to the gall
bladder/bile production. A woman in our support group had a similar thing
occur and it turned out to be related to the bile that is produced and now
stored in the liver, if I remember correctly. Too often people are under
the assumption that they will be free of that pain forever, but according
to this woman and her Dr., this is not always true. Best of luck.
— Fixnmyself
August 1, 2003
Annie:
I recently had the same problem, and ended up on Prevacid for an ulcer.
The relief was immediate.
— Betsy B.
August 1, 2003
I'm betting I have an ulcer. With no warning the pouch pain is so bad that
I almost can't breathe. It goes around to my back and up my lower chest.
The pain is excrusting for 3-4 hours. Last time it started I took a Nexium.
It went away in a few minutes! It's never done that before. So I'm betting
on an ulcer. (Gallbladder attacks were never this painful!) In fact, I
never had these pains until after it was removed.
— Danmark
August 1, 2003
Original Poster here.. I saw the doc today. I have a small ulcer, and
without endoscopy, we wont know if it is in teh pouch or the old stomach.
He prescribed Nexium for me. That was this morning.
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Sadly, my insurance wouldnt pay for it without them getting permission from
the doctor that I need it. Now, I am a little young at 28, but wouldn't a
prescription be 'permission'? Anyhow, it will take 3 days for me to get
the Nexium perscription. The doc finally called me back to say he will
give me sample pills. I took one and I felt immediate relief. Mind you by
this time, I was just about in tears from the pain. However that relief
was short lived. My pain is back, but not near as bad. I suppose its
livable for now.
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If the ulcer is in the old stomach, how can the Nexium work on healing it
and taking the pain away if it cannot get to the old stomach? Daniel, I
agree with you that this pain never occurred for myself before I had my
gall bladder out. I wonder if ulcers are a potential side effect of gall
bladder removal. However my gall bladder attacks had me wishing for a
quick death they were so painful. Worse than childbirth! Anyhow, that is
the update.
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Daniel, and anyone else, how are we supposed to live with ulcers? What
happens if one develops on my staple line.. (since I am NOT transected?)
Thanks, Annie
— Annie R.
August 1, 2003
I hope I explain this right. Nexium does not work on your stomach because
of the contact it has with the inside of your stomach. It is absorbed into
your blood stream and works chemically to suppress acid production. It is
not like something along the lines of pepto bismol that "coats"
your stomach.
— **willow**
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