How do you know when you have blockage?

Last night I was in so much pain on my left shoulder blade and around my chest area. I have my gallbladder out already. I cant drink or eat with out burping alot and the pain is coming back. I went to urgent care in town but the Dr today isnt familar with gastric by pass patients so now I guess I should call surgeon. I am almost 10 months out. Thanks for reading Debbie M

Well talked to Dr. P and I have to go down and see him so when hubby gets home from work off to hospital we go. Happy Easter to me. Debbie M

glad you are seeing your surgeon! let us know what happens! hug rae

Debbie, I got your offline PM on yahoo, honey if you need me please have Mike call my new cell or new home number immediately and I'll be there for you! I'm hoping it isnt anything serious. I wish I had heard your call earlier but I was out of town today shopping with Shannon. Hugs hon Stacey

I just got off the phone with Debbie, she had posted earlier that she thought she may have a blockage. She called Dr. Pilkington and came down to Mount Pleasant where she was in the ER and then had labs done, and he took her in for an Endoscopy. Turns out that she has an Ulcer. She is happy to be home, and not to have a blockage. (as we all would be) Dr P gave her Nexium and other than a scratchy, dry throat from the endoscope, she's resting at home now but would greatly appreciate your words of encouragement and support. Having had a blockage myself, I understand her concern. Stacey W (more info on new post)

Hi Debbie! I'm so glad you found out what it was...now you can treat it. Nexium did wonders for me when I was having some trouble. Don't think I had an ulcer, but anytime I ate or drank anything, it just stung like mad. Took nexium, and in even just one day I felt so much better. Haven't had it again since. Best of luck to you and hang in there....you'll be better soon! Happy Easter! Theresa

Hi Theresa, I am on Prevacid Solutab, but not without issues. My insurance will only pay for 30 tabs a month and my surgeon has increased my dose to 60 a month. Now I have to call the surgeon every 2 weeks so he can call and get prior authorization to have it filled a second time each month. This is a big pain in the butt since it is very hard to get this done before I run out. This past month, I went without the Prevacid for almost the whole second half of the month, and the pain was incredible. This is the fourth month I have had to wait as long as 10 days for the office to get this prior auth. thing done, so I usually end up buying them out of pocket, at nearly $5 a pill. At least when I have to pay for them, the pharmacy lets me get as many or as few as I can afford at a time. When I don't take the Prevacid, I have stinging pain no matter what...it helps for a few minutes if I eat something like crackers or bread, but the stinging comes back in just a few minutes. I finally begged the office to put me back on the capsules because the insurance will pay for those as written. Can you believe that? $5 a pill?? That's just ridiculous. I know Nexium is pretty pricy too but I wonder if my insurance will pay for them as written?(Delaware Medicaid.) KathyG