I am going to scream!

I cannot believe it, I just cannot believe it. I think that because of all the recent surgeries that I have developed a hernia. I am waiting until Monday to see if I feel better before I call the doctor, but I just cannot believe that I am having more problems. What gives? Should I talk to another gastric bypass surgeon? I don't know if it's a hernia because I am no doctor. My mom had a hernia a while back and I just remember what it looked like and felt like. My stomach is slightly distended and I am having a lot of pain on my right side. I have no fever so I don't think it's an obstruction, but who knows, it could be. Since I have been on Darvocet for so long it "stopped me up" so I thought that may be my pain problem. So I took a laxative last night. Well I have since been "unplugged" (sorry TMI, I know) and my pain is still here. Any advice at this point would be greatly appreciated. Julie

Doctor!! Go now! Pain is not something to mess with. It is an inconvenience, but your health is too important to mess with. Wendy

I wouldn't wait until Monday... I would call the doctor now.... I hope it is nothing, but I wouldn't take the chance... Good Luck. Shawn M.

Unless I go to the hospital, I have no choice but to wait. My surgeon is out of town. That and he is 4 hours away. I am also the most stubborn person ever when it comes to going to the doctor.

Stop being stubborn ! Get to the hospital girl ! I'm sooooooooooooo sorry your having these pains after everything you have been through but you really should get checked out. I'll say a prayer for you. Let us know ! ~~Rona

i have a hernia too. i doubt ours are in the same place but for me if i put my hand on belly on the lower right side and cough, i can feel it pushing back. and if i put it on the lower left side i don't. it's fun! i have to schedule my surgery to get it fixed soon. ya know what? about the darvocet thing?? i think the straining it causes from "stopping me up" is what caused the hernia. after my tummy tuck i was soooo stopped up from the pain killers that after a few days of taking various things to help (fiber, softeners etc.) i took a glycerine suppository (thanks KP!) and still had to really strain to go and i think that's what caused it because i've had this pain ever since although the doctors ignored it till recently when i straight out asked them to check for a hernia. sorry if that's t.m.i. but that's my story and i'm sticking to it. oh about the advice, i don't know why you'd want to talk to another surgeon instead of yours but if the pain gets bad or if you get a fever i wouldn't wait till monday, i'd go to urgent care or emergency. meanwhile don't lift anything heavy, try not to strain and drink lots of water and take stool softeners if you're still stopped up.

have you seen or talked to a doctor yet? let us know how you're doing.