Burning pain in upper right side of abdomen

[Brandy36 3]

Hi,

Back after a few years but had RNY surgery in 6/09 and things had been fairly normal up until about a year ago when I started having bad fatigue, headaches and low grade fevers. Also ever since my RNY surgery have had chronic Constipation due to my Iron supplements. In November I began having stomach pains.

I went to my primary and to my bariatric group and was found to be somewhat low in iron but nothing too bad and they did an abdominal x-ray and found me to be full of stool. Due to the fatigue and headaches also saw eye doctor, ENT, pulmonologist, neurologist, allerigst, rheumatologist, hematologist, who gave me some iron fusions to see if they would help which they did not and then had a CT scan done of my abdominal region which showed a lesion on my liver and some cysts on my kidneys but they were not too concerned about those. Referred me to the gastroenterologist due to the fact I was 53 and still had not had my colonoscopy yet.

The gastro people looked over my blood work and CT scan and ordered more scans of the liver to make sure it wasn't cancerous before they did my colonoscopy and also are going to do an endoscopy. They put me on a Fiber drink and two colace a day in order to help with the constipation.

I still have two weeks until they do the colonoscopy/endoscopy but my stomach pains have gotten worse. It feels like a burning sensation in my upper abdomen and I'm trying to prepare myself for whatever I have to face but not sure if it's RNY related, possibly some type of marginal ulcer or maybe something polyp related once they do my scope. I still get pain in my upper right side but my gallbladder was clear and so I don't know what is going on.

Anyone have anything similar that they could share with me who has had their bypass for a couple of years now? Thanks in advance for your help!

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[DLCoggin 1,788]

Welcome to the forum! My first thought was gall bladder but they've ruled that out. My second thought was a "twisted intestine" which my surgeon advised me sometimes happens and can be quite painful. But I'm thinking (I could easily be wrong) they would have been able to identify that with the CT scan.

Please keep us updated on what they find. One of the benefits of the forum is that we can all learn from our collective experiences.

Feel better soon!!

[Dorian 683]

You said your gallbladder was clear. What test did you have that showed this? I suffered with pain that sounded familiar to what you are describing. I had an ultrasound of the gallbladder that looked good and then a colonoscopy that looked good as well. I was sent on my way with no answers. I had continued pain for about 2 weeks and finally insisted something be done. My pcp scheduled a HIDA scan which showed the gallbladder was functioning at 9%! It came out days later and problem was solved. Did you have this test? If not, ask the dr. Good luck!

Edited February 22, 2014 by Dorian

[Brandy36 3]

Welcome to the forum! My first thought was gall bladder but they've ruled that out. My second thought was a "twisted intestine" which my surgeon advised me sometimes happens and can be quite painful. But I'm thinking (I could easily be wrong) they would have been able to identify that with the CT scan.

Please keep us updated on what they find. One of the benefits of the forum is that we can all learn from our collective experiences.

Feel better soon!!

Thanks for your response, I think because of the scans I've had done they didn't see anything on the gallbladder and due to the liver lesion they seemed to concentrate on that. But I'm hoping with the colonoscopy and the endoscopy they'll finally figure out my issues. The fatigue is the worse of my symptoms and worrisome too because I think of cancer since everything else has been checked. I'll keep you all posted and thanks again!

[Brandy36 3]

You said your gallbladder was clear. What test did you have that showed this? I suffered with pain that sounded familiar to what you are describing. I had an ultrasound of the gallbladder that looked good and then a colonoscopy that looked good as well. I was sent on my way with no answers. I had continued pain for about 2 weeks and finally insisted something be done. My pcp scheduled a HIDA scan which showed the gallbladder was functioning at 9%! It came out days later and problem was solved. Did you have this test? If not, ask the dr. Good luck!

I first had a CT scan with contrast of my chest-pelvic region and in that report it said that the "gallbladder was seen and no gallstones". Due to the small mass on my liver they did an ultrasound and then a liver blood pool scan. During the ultrasound they also said that there were no stones or sludge. I tend to have most of the pain in the early morning on an empty stomach. Also due to my chronic Constipation that may be partially the cause. My daughter and a few other family members have had to have gallbladders removed and I remember the pain was much more consistent and worse than what I am experiencing. If nothing is discovered during my scopes I will have to keep on searching for other things but I'm very tired of this whole thing and pray that they figure me out by then! Thanks for your help!

[traumatrish2 1]

<p>Hi,</p> <p> </p> <p>Back after a few years but had RNY surgery in 6/09 and things had been fairly normal up until about a year ago when I started having bad fatigue, headaches and low grade fevers. Also ever since my RNY surgery have had chronic Constipation due to my Iron supplements. In November I began having stomach pains.</p> <p> </p> <p>I went to my primary and to my bariatric group and was found to be somewhat low in iron but nothing too bad and they did an abdominal x-ray and found me to be full of stool. Due to the fatigue and headaches also saw eye doctor, ENT, pulmonologist, neurologist, allerigst, rheumatologist, hematologist, who gave me some iron fusions to see if they would help which they did not and then had a CT scan done of my abdominal region which showed a lesion on my liver and some cysts on my kidneys but they were not too concerned about those. Referred me to the gastroenterologist due to the fact I was 53 and still had not had my colonoscopy yet.</p> <p> </p> <p>The gastro people looked over my blood work and CT scan and ordered more scans of the liver to make sure it wasn't cancerous before they did my colonoscopy and also are going to do an endoscopy. They put me on a Fiber drink and two colace a day in order to help with the constipation.</p> <p> </p> <p>I still have two weeks until they do the colonoscopy/endoscopy but my stomach pains have gotten worse. It feels like a burning sensation in my upper abdomen and I'm trying to prepare myself for whatever I have to face but not sure if it's RNY related, possibly some type of marginal ulcer or maybe something polyp related once they do my scope. I still get pain in my upper right side but my gallbladder was clear and so I don't know what is going on.</p> <p> </p> <p>Anyone have anything similar that they could share with me who has had their bypass for a couple of years now? Thanks in advance for your help!</p> <p>.</p>

I had that pain but it was within 2weeks of having my rny. Turns out my gallbladder had to come out. I never had any trouble with my gallbladder before. Once it came out i was better. But I'm Murphy's granddaughter and whatever can go wrong did.

[Brandy36 3]

<p>Hi,</p> <p> </p> <p>Back after a few years but had RNY surgery in 6/09 and things had been fairly normal up until about a year ago when I started having bad fatigue, headaches and low grade fevers. Also ever since my RNY surgery have had chronic Constipation due to my Iron supplements. In November I began having stomach pains.</p> <p> </p> <p>I went to my primary and to my bariatric group and was found to be somewhat low in Iron but nothing too bad and they did an abdominal x-ray and found me to be full of stool. Due to the fatigue and headaches also saw eye doctor, ENT, pulmonologist, neurologist, allerigst, rheumatologist, hematologist, who gave me some iron fusions to see if they would help which they did not and then had a CT scan done of my abdominal region which showed a lesion on my liver and some cysts on my kidneys but they were not too concerned about those. Referred me to the gastroenterologist due to the fact I was 53 and still had not had my colonoscopy yet.</p> <p> </p> <p>The gastro people looked over my blood work and CT scan and ordered more scans of the liver to make sure it wasn't cancerous before they did my colonoscopy and also are going to do an endoscopy. They put me on a Fiber drink and two colace a day in order to help with the constipation.</p> <p> </p> <p>I still have two weeks until they do the colonoscopy/endoscopy but my stomach pains have gotten worse. It feels like a burning sensation in my upper abdomen and I'm trying to prepare myself for whatever I have to face but not sure if it's RNY related, possibly some type of marginal ulcer or maybe something polyp related once they do my scope. I still get pain in my upper right side but my gallbladder was clear and so I don't know what is going on.</p> <p> </p> <p>Anyone have anything similar that they could share with me who has had their bypass for a couple of years now? Thanks in advance for your help!</p> <p>.</p>

I had that pain but it was within 2weeks of having my rny. Turns out my gallbladder had to come out. I never had any trouble with my gallbladder before. Once it came out i was better. But I'm Murphy's granddaughter and whatever can go wrong did.

Well the consensus here is it's my gallbladder but I still don't think so but I will let you all know after my "scopes" what turns up, lol. They used to take out the gallbladders here when they did RNY surgery but then stopped. I wouldn't worry about being Murphy's granddaughter "shite" happens to all of us! Take care and thanks for your help!

[Orama1985 1]

Had my gallbladder out 2 hernias in that area out no Constipation here 2 bad ulcers I take medication called protonics 40 mg daily morning and night blood work always is normal liver fine upper endoscopy always good and CT scan came back fine as always I still have pain. In upper right side upper abdomen stomach area the doctor has no clue they say sometimes things like this just happen and we don't know why well that's just not a good enough answer I mean who says this and he is my 2nd opinion doctor. I am as frustrated as you are so sorry you are dealing with this as well.

[Miss M 4]

the pain could also be adhesion pain from all the surgeries.

[Brandy36 3]

Had my gallbladder out 2 hernias in that area out no Constipation here 2 bad ulcers I take medication called protonics 40 mg daily morning and night blood work always is normal liver fine upper endoscopy always good and CT scan came back fine as always I still have pain. In upper right side upper abdomen stomach area the doctor has no clue they say sometimes things like this just happen and we don't know why well that's just not a good enough answer I mean who says this and he is my 2nd opinion doctor. I am as frustrated as you are so sorry you are dealing with this as well.

Sorry you too are having issues. I suffered with GERD and was on meds for that but bariatric people took me off of it because it messes with your Calcium absorption. So I have no clue what is going on inside me until they do the endoscopy and the colonoscopy in less than two weeks. Sometimes I think getting no news is not always better than bad news. Possibly the trouble is that the bariatric surgeons are good at surgery but not so good with followup issues that can affect a variety of different parts of our body once something as drastic as RNY surgery has been done. I'm hearing from different doctors that there isn't enough info out there on our health afterward and what we've done with this rewiring can be doing more harm than we initially thought. We all had this surgery for the same reasons and were pretty desperate to have it done but it's a crap shoot as to who will have problems and when. So good luck to all of us, I have three other relatives who have also gone through this surgery and so far it seems the younger the patient the fewer the problems so maybe they don't show their ugly head until we hit a certain age. Thanks for your response.

[Miss M 4]

brandy try drinking half a tea spoon of bicarb soda in a cup of Water everyday it will get rid of the gerd with no adverse side effects. it's working for me.

[Lisa's Hope 421]

brandy try drinking half a tea spoon of bicarb soda in a cup of Water everyday it will get rid of the gerd with no adverse side effects. it's working for me.

Where do you buy bicarb soda? I have severe gerd and on prilosec twice a day and carafate. Also have upper right side pain all the time with nutcracker esophageal spasms. I'm a sleeve patient.

[Miss M 4]

Lisa, I think you guys call it sodium bicarbonate in America, and it's normally purchased at the supermarket here in Australia so I'm guessing it's the same over there.