Received overwhelming, horrible, horrible bad news 4 days ago. Very stressed, not sleeping well, and MAJOR trouble with upset stomach, vomiting and nor for past couple of days I have black stools. Today there was bright red blood in my vomit (8 oz Water and last retch brought up about 2 or 3 oz of blood). Have been really on just Isopure, soft foods, lots of fluids since stomach upset/vomiting started. I don't smoke, drink or take ibuprofen or tylenol.

Called surgeon today...... he upped my dosage of RX prilosec from 20MG twice daily to 40MG twice daily......and said to stay on soft foods, drink plenty of fluids for a few days. He said the black stools are from bleeding in my stomach. He said, "no need to get excited about it and not going to scope me"..... told me to go to ER if I continue to vomit blood and they can get a blood count. He said it sounds like an ulcer on my suture line due to the emotional stress. he said will just have to watch it.

I am in pain too...my stomach hurts - sharp jabbing pain since today's vomit containing the blood.

Anyone else run into this? Thoughts? Please share.

Get better soon :-(

Thanks millergirl

Thank you Wags. I ended up not waiting. I went in. Long week. Got a new doctor, new meds (huge improvement), lots of IV fluids, taking it easy on stomach so ulcer can heal. ruled out perforation. Feeling much better now. Thank you again for your kind words.

Ohhh! I am so happy you are feeling better! This is such great news!! Many blessings to a continued healthy recovery for you :-) yay!!!!!!!

Well, I'm almost 7 months out and have something similar going on. It started maybe 3 weeks ago with incredible pain that ran from my stomach through to my back. Went to the ER, they did a CT scan, which showed stomach inflammation. Talked to my bariatric doctor's office about it and they recommended liquid diet for a few days. The ER doc gave me a prescription for Zofran, which helped a lot. I don't have a gallbladder, so we know that isn't it.

After that I went back on PPI's for acid for 2 weeks and it was fine. Last week it hit me again, and then again yesterday. I am pretty sure it is an ulcer, although I don't know why it didn't show up on the CT scan. I probably should do a scope. For the moment I am self treating with a longer term on Prilosec (8 weeks instead of 2), and using Ranitidine and Mylanta in the short term untilthe Prilosec kicks in. I've also altered my diet to avoid acid and high fat foods until I'm better.

I did not have the black stools or bloody vomit, though.

I am sending good thoughts your way. Let us know what happens.

I am so very sorry MNJG that you are going through that. My heart goes out to you. Sounds awful. I ended up changing doctors and that made all the difference for me. The new drug the doc put me on is Carafate (kindle also references that same drug "sucralfate" in her reply). Sucralfate on top of the double dose of prilosec is amazing. I learned a powerful lesson in that my original doctor was playing down what could have escelated to a dangerous situation for me (perforation). I hope you pursue further evaluation - even though that CT did not show ulcer that does not mean you don't have one. Thank you for sending me good thoughts I am sending them right back to you. Keep us posted please.

If he thinks it's an ulcer, why isn't he prescribing something like sucralfate to help it heal? I agree with the other posters that you should consult with someone else ASAP. Even if it is "just" an ulcer, it can perforate and then you are in real trouble.

Thank you so much Kindle. Wow you nailed it on the RX..... my NEW doctor did prescribe sucralfate (Carafate). It is making a huge difference for me - I can get down fluids. Long week but feeling better - it is an ulcer and not perforated. got fully checked out and rehydrated to boot. Thank you again.

Glad you got a diagnosis and are feeling better.