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Shooting Pain On Lowerright Abdomen

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VitaleEM    44

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I am having intermittent shooting pain in my lower right abdomen. On a scale of 1-10, the pain is about a two or three. Any idea what this could be? It's been about 1.5 days now........:-(

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Fiddleman    4,376

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I am having intermittent shooting pain in my lower right abdomen. On a scale of 1-10' date=' the pain is about a two or three. Any idea what this could be? It's been about 1.5 days now........:-([/quote']

Oh I get this all the time, but don't know what causes is. I would be interested to know.

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Nicolanz    1,484

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Maybe gas?

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TransformerOfYoungMinds    22

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Possibly appendix. I had mine removed 15 years ago and that's where the pain was.

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Fiddleman    4,376

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appendix' date=' gas not related to VSG[/quote']

Where would appendix pain be located? I am not so sure to rule it out because there can also be pancreas, gall bladder and liver failures associated with VSG.

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I actually ended up in the ER four days before my surgery because of sharp stabbing pains in my lower right abdomen. They were just above the pubic area. The doc there ordered a CT scan, which came back normal. It also showed I didn't have kidney stones, which was my initial thought since I hadn't been getting enough Water. Their best guess was that it was an intestinal spasm related to the Optifast 800 pre-op diet I was on.

When it didn't hurt, the area was fine. I could press on it as hard as I wanted, jump up and down, whatever. But when it struck... I was doubled over. Weirdly, it started occurring more after I would pee, stand up or lean forward. It was probably an 8 on the pain scale for me.

My surgeon saw no reason to delay my procedure, so away we went. I experienced it a couple more times while in the hospital, but it was way more mild. I had it once or twice again after I got home, less painful each time. It's gone completely now but while it was happening I was terrified. I have some strange irrational fear of appendicitis (it's like a little bomb inside you that can go off without notice!).

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keepitoff    0

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Could be Constipation. This happens to me. I use stool softerner and it really helps

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Fiddleman    4,376

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Could be Constipation. This happens to me. I use stool softerner and it really helps

I think that is the cause. Time to double dip the Miralax next that happens. LOL!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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