Question:
What is this burning sensation I'm feeling in my stomach?

Hi guys, At 5 am last night, I was still awake and got hungry. So i decided to eat a little more out of the chicken rice bowl i had eaten for dinner. So i had a little, not too much, but I ate a good amount of it. Afterwards I decided to just take my multi + 3 calciums like I usually do. Anyway I drank maybe like 2 ounces of water with it, and I felt a little pain. Sort of like heartburn, but more burning but right at the same place that heartburn is usually at. Now i used to have heartburn all the time, but since surgery (4 months post op) i have not had heartburn one time at all. anyway I fell asleep and I woke up 5 hours later and having the same burning/heartburn/pain pressure in the same spot, like at the best of my esophagus or something. Anyway I dont know what this is? Is it a stricture possibly? Is it actually heartburn? Is it my vitamins that dissolved and still sitting in my stomach? I'm drinking water now trying to flush it out, but the pain is not going away at all. I dont get it. can you please tell me what you think? (i just paged my surgeon so he'll be calling me real soon) thanks guys    — Iris B. (posted on February 2, 2003)

February 2, 2003
Hello Iris, I have this same problem and have had it since about 6 weeks out. The doctor has me on Nexium. It fixes it right away. If I miss even one day, within a couple hours what I call my old stomach is burning pretty bad. Its the acid in our old stomach that doesnt ever see any food. The Nexium is extremely expensive, my insurance wont cover it ( really pisses me off--- $137 for 30 days thats like $4.25 a pill ) Im going for my 3 month check up and will ask if its likely I will have to take it forever. May be pepsid would help you, when I run out of Nexium Im going to try it. From what I understand, pepsid stabilizes the acid and Nexium decreases the amount of acid our stomach makes. good luck to you
   — Marilayne M.