I had my surgery on March 11th. Until tonight I have been feeling fantastic. Eating and drinking well. Walking 2-3 miles per day.

Today when I was walking I got a sharp pain under my big incision on my right side. I slowed down and it changed to a full ache. I took it easy for the rest of the walk. It still ached when I got home so I took some of my liquid pain meds. That did the trick. I ate dinner without any issues.

I work nights so I went to work at 9pm. I was feeling fine, and at 12:30 I drank a Protein shake. Shortly after I started sweating and my heart was pounding. I took my pulse and it was 120 bpm. After half hour it settled down to 80. Through the rest of the night I had no appetite which hasn't happened to me since surgery day. I had some discomfort in my left shoulder and in my back

A couple hours later my heart rate went back up to 110 bpm and has been there for an hour or so. I called my surgeon when I got off at 5:30 And he suggested I go to the ER. So here I sit hoping and praying it isn't a leak. Please send positive thoughts my way.

Get betta . Keep updated

Clots are no fun. Hopefully it's nothing serious.

Praying for you...

CT scan and blood draw were negative for blood clot. I asked him about a barium swallow and he looked confused and said he would call over to radiology and ask about it. This hospital has no bariatric program so I fear if it is a leak in in the wrong place to get it diagnosed.

I've never been to a hospital that wasn't equip to o barium swallows.. And I've been to several that weren't part of a bariatric program. Hopefully yours is equip. Good luck and glad the clot was ruled out.

They have a doctor from a (somewhat) nearby hospital on his way here to do the barium swallow. The ER doc here feels pretty confident it isn't a leak because he said he could see part of my abdomen in the CT scan he did and didn't see any pockets of fluids, and the fact that I don't have severe pain in my abdomen. I figure better safe than sorry. I'm wondering if maybe it was some sort of dumping syndrome? I've had those shakes lots of times before but maybe I drank it too fast? Anyone have any ideas?

Hi Pepperpaul,

The same thing happend to me a few weeks after sugery, when I thought I was getting better. Anyways, it hurt so much that I thought is was my appendix. I went to the doctor, he checked me out and it turned out and said it was nothing. So, I just toughed it out. Im sure you will be fine too!

Well they just did a barium swallow and didn't find a leak. They are discharging me. I'm hoping its just an isolated incident! I was sure glad to hear they didn't find a leak or a blood clot though! Trip to Arizona is still on for now. That's great news because I wasn't looking forward to telling my 8 and 10 year old girls that daddy ruined spring break.

Hope all is well.

I'm glad that everything checked out! Have a great Spring Break!

Get better hope you and girls have great spring brake

Enjoy your trip I'm glad it wasn't noting serious sir..

Thanks everyone for the support. It was pretty unnerving but I'm glad it turned out to not be something serious. My big incision hurts a lot today, more than it has since surgery. I'm thinking I've been overdoing the walking this last week, as I've been walking 2-4 miles per day. I'll take the next couple days off since we hit the Grand Canyon on Tuesday and I'm sure ill be doing a lot of waking there. As a side note, I'm down 35 pounds since starting the pre-op diet on February 25th!

Hey if your driving to the canyon be sure to stop at least ever one to two hours get out and walk for a few minutes then go again. Be safe!!

When I have dumping my heart rate jumps for about 20 mins and I'm shaky. Sometimes I hve loose bowels and sometimes I just have nausea.