I'm in the hospital day 3 after surgery. I'm being given broth and crystal light ..the cramps are like contractions except in my esphoagus. Its really painful. The nurses are giving me platonics to treat my pain but its not working. My Dr cant be reached when I call his office. Every extention is invalid. Has this happened to you? Should I do my shakes instead? I'm afraid to be discharged and suffer at home.

first of all, have your nurse page your doctor through his office exchange. There is ALWAYS someone on-call for post op surgical patients, if they are having an issue. Your surgeon or an associate will also round on you daily, so you could ask him then.

what are platonicx? Do you mean Protonix?

Yes its called protonix..their lines were down ..every extention was invalid and it would say "exiting system goodbye" I had my brother deliver a note for me..2 women called me promising me the Dr will come after business hours.

Why are you still in three days post op? Has your surgeon rounded to see you at all? That seems very odd to me. My surgeon gave me his personal cell number while I was in the hospital.

I'm sorry you are in pain. Perhaps try liquids that are room temperature instead of hot or cold. Too cold makes my stomach feel like it's spasming.

I had spasms in my stomach the first day on liquids. I was told it was normal.

I have had stomach cramps on and off since I had surgery on 9-10. It's really bad with plain water. My doc wrote me a script for Levsin also known as Hycosamine. Its for stomach cramps, melts in your mouth and tastes like mint. It helps a huge amount....takes the cramps away. Also, I have Ativan for a back up for stomach cramps Good luck

I am 9 days out. I stayed in for 3 days because I couldn't hold down anything. Then went home for a day to return to hospital for a read mission for dehydration. The first 8 days were to true. I felt the pain would never end. When we suffer it is hard to see beyond pain. Pain is all consuming. But we are gifted with imagination and here is where you need to us it. Speak your WLS dreams out loud. List the reasons you wanted to live a different life. List the positive (things to come). List the negative things ( all that you hate about being fat and how it limits your life). And do this over and over and over and over and over and eventually you will survive what feels impossible to survive and you will soar!!!

I had those for the first two weeks or so, they got better as I healed. Just make sure to do small sips. It still happens if I take take big of a gulp.

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Ditto....had the same problem. My belly didn't like the acid of Crystal Light, or anything sour or tart. It didn't like too sweet, it like warn or room temperature. No ice! Just take small sips...it gets better!