Had perforation in my intestines and marginal ulcer- just had emergency surgery- HELP

This might be long, sorry...I am 7 months post-op. Tuesday, dec. 17th I woke up from a nap in excruciating pain in my stomach, chest, left shoulder and neck. It did not go away, I was curled over and couldn't move, so an ambulance came and I was sent to the ER. The first hospital (i was at college)couldn't find anything wrong. Wed, I went to my local hospital, they took a CT scan. Thurs, I was sent to the ER again, and they soon told me that I had a perforation in my intestine, but couldn't see exactly where. They knew I had fluid and air leaking into my body and I needed surgery immediately. The surgeon there was unfamiliar with gastric bypass and sent me in an ambulance to my surgeon an hour away. They had to go in to see what was wrong- I had the perforation and marginal ulcer between my intestine and new pouch. After a few hours of surgery, I was put in ICU, and stayed in the hospital until Christmas Eve. Has this happened to anyone? No one knows what it is from. I might not have been alive today if I waited another day to have surgery. I am only 22 years old and this scares me to death. They think it could be from taking too much medication, I take over 20 pills a day, I've had a chronic illness (Chronic Daily Headaches) for over 9 months now. I see my surgeon in a week and will get my 25 staples out. Although I had LAP RNY, he had to perform this surgery open. If anyone can shed some light or share your experiences. I'm still in excruciating pain from the surgery, and can barely walk and sit long enough on the computer. Thanks so much in advance.

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