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Whew! Me too!

Fyre, so glad you got SOME relief to calm your nerves a wee bit by going to the ER. And don't worry how that stinking dr feels and don't allow him/her to make you feel dumb. They don't feel dumb when they send you a 3,000 dollar bill for that visit. Ugh.

You don't need a psychiatrist for THIS episode ;) now, if you would have punched the dr in the throat, may have been a different story.

Feel better soon. :)

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I'm so glad you went to the ER! I hope you feel much better and were able to get some sleep!!

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The pains still here. I did sleep. Feeling like jumping off a bridge.

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The pains still here. I did sleep. Feeling like jumping off a bridge.

I hope you get answers soon.

Obviously I'm not a doc but my gallbladder attacks hurt worse than 26 hours of labor pains did. Easily.

Amanda Rae

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I will say that losing weight fast seems to cause body aches. I started having a lot if pain in my hip 4 weeks out. Had tests X-rays all looked fine. But it did not change the fact that it hurt.

I did a search on this forum and found a lot of people had experienced the same thing ( and other body pains) I think weight loss significantly changes the way your body moves and the way your muscles work. It could put a lot of stress on the joints?

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Sorry you are going through this. Did you put a call in to your surgeons office? Every office should have an exchange that can make contact 24 hrs a day. Can you eat and drink normally? Is the pain constant or episodic??

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Does it feel like muscle pain? Or internal?

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I think it's muscle pain it's right under my chest bone. They took blood and and a chest X-ray and said it was all ok. Going to try and get an appointment with my surgeon on monday my pcp is the 6th.

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I think it's already been said, but I'm wondering is you are low on potassium. I hope it all gets figured out! It's weird that your abdomen and calf muscles hurt. Is it any better?

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My calf doesn't hurt as much it's more my chest now

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good luck thinking of you Call the doctor that did your sleeve....keep us posted

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Good luck and hope you start to feel better. Did they check your gallbladder? that's what happened to me. Had mine out 4 days later.

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They took a chest X-ray and he pushed into my side and said I didn't feel like it was my gallbladder.

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