Thanks Barbara! I am going to phone the office today to discuss this with them.

If you are comfortable with the local ER and you feel they have good doctors then my advice is to go there. I have had one of those and it is certainly painful. My pain never went away until it was repaired. I am surprised they did not do a barium test to check out your bowel. You might want to discuss this with your doctor this would have either comfirmed or rulled out an internal hernia. It is a shame he did not do this to at least put you to ease. If you have pain like that again do not hesitate and be persistant.

What a nightmare I've had!! Pain started Monday morning at 8:am. Upper abdomen between lower part of rib cage. It got steadily worse so at 11:30 I was at the ER of the hospital where my surgeon is.
Didn't have to wait *too* long to see triage nurse. She took vitals and sent me back into waiting room.
The they did blood tests and EKG.
Then the real waiting began.. and waiting. I breathed through the pain for a few hours until i was sobbing from the agony. The triage nurse took me to give me morphine, It did absolutely nothing for my pain.
We had been there for hours. They said. Sorry the hospital is full. Mondays are always bad . What???!! They waited hours to tell me that??!!!! I could have gone to my local one if they had warned me the wait would be that bad.
I kept saying I was worried about a blockage and kept reminding them I had a gastric bypass in 09.
Finally they took me back into the ER room at 6:30 and proceeded to do nothing for another couple of hours. I was stil sobbing and pleading with them. They sent me for a cat scan. Came back normal. I began to vomit.
I honesly thought I was going to die. We complained to the right people. Finally after who knows how many doses aof pain relief (all ineffective), they got me on a ward. Pains stopped!!! UGH!! My surgeon finally came to speak with me the next morning.
Said he thought it was an internal hernia and if it happens again to come in and he will go in and fix it!!! I was so exhausted that I didn't ask him or tell him much of anything. I am going to make an appointment to see him at his office and discuss it. The whole reason I went to his ER was so I could see him and by the time I got back to the ER he had left for the day. I had even called the office prior to me going in to give them the heads up i would be there.
I just am terrified it will come back again and that I might have the same nightmare-ish experience. I have had 3 babies and this was way worse!!
Should I just go to my local ER if it happens again???
Any thoughts appreciated. Sorry it is so long and rambling. I am so upset that I was treated that way. :(
PS This was DePaul hospital and my surgeon is now Dr Morales as DeLa Torre is no longer there.

Happy your trip went well and glad to hear you are back home. Please make sure you tell us ahead when your sale is I am hoping some of us can get together and come down. Been having serious allergy problems lately....BOO! Seems it get worse lately. Busy planning Anissa's graduation, hubby's retirement. Getting in the mood for spring cleaning and begin walking 5K's. Trying to be outside as much as I can. Too windy lately. Chihuahua trys to fly away. She hates wind. Hovers on the ground when she is outside. It's funny and then I have to carry her. She loves it outside too. Just got her a stroller. She loves to go on the 5K's but her little legs can't keep up so we're going to try the stroller when she gets tired.

Prayers to Bec and Brenda we all love you both.

Hugs

whew we made it out of the south  about 2 to 3 hours before the tornadoes and storms they had. where we were there are now several houses blowed away and trees down all over the place...God is good and was watching over us i guess.

Got home today about 1pm and went to turn on the water and all the pipes under the house were broken darn. well will be the last time we ever have to deal with that.. dont know what happened because we drained the water our of everything or so we thought....darn it anyway...

so tomorrow will be taken up with running and getting pipes and fittings and medications that we need etc etc...\

talk to you all later....Bec we are all praying for Paul and you.  ....Brenda  get well soon....