Hello all!

I'm starting to get really discouraged and feel like I'm going to be in pain for the rest of my life. I had my surgery on 5/15 and have been recovering steadily. However, after I arrived home I began to get this pain that is now more and more frequent.

I figured out that it's happening either in my diaphragm or lower esophogus. I'm not sure which. It's random, not connected to when I eat for or sit a certain way. It feels like an intense ball of pain, then like bubbles on either side of it.

I'm still on the liquid diet, am supposed to starting working up to pureed today. I did have hernia repair (hiatal) with surgery, could that be causing this?

The pain is bad enough when it comes that I exclaim, and I'm pretty tough (I think!). I've been trying to relieve it with pain medicine, which does the trick by just putting me to sleep. Of course, who wants to be sleep all the time? I have been hoping it's gas/constipation and taking Mylanta and a liquid laxative. The Mylanta feels good going down, but it doesn't make any difference once the pain comes back.

Any advice? Should I call my doctor?

MaryumC

Banded by Dr. Lin in Atlanta 5/15

335/300/180

You need to call your doctor.....especially with the hernia repair. This probably is normal, but is nothing to guess about. You call your doctor right now....that is what you paid him for. Most of the time on this board experience is fine to draw from but when you are dealing with something the doctor needs to be aware of.....he needs to know.

Let us know how you are doing.

Lori Ann

Hello all!

I'm starting to get really discouraged and feel like I'm going to be in pain for the rest of my life. I had my surgery on 5/15 and have been recovering steadily. However, after I arrived home I began to get this pain that is now more and more frequent.

I figured out that it's happening either in my diaphragm or lower esophogus. I'm not sure which. It's random, not connected to when I eat for or sit a certain way. It feels like an intense ball of pain, then like bubbles on either side of it.

I'm still on the liquid diet, am supposed to starting working up to pureed today. I did have hernia repair (hiatal) with surgery, could that be causing this?

The pain is bad enough when it comes that I exclaim, and I'm pretty tough (I think!). I've been trying to relieve it with pain medicine, which does the trick by just putting me to sleep. Of course, who wants to be sleep all the time? I have been hoping it's gas/constipation and taking Mylanta and a liquid laxative. The Mylanta feels good going down, but it doesn't make any difference once the pain comes back.

Any advice? Should I call my doctor?

MaryumC

Banded by Dr. Lin in Atlanta 5/15

335/300/180

MaryumC,

I was banded 4/27/07 and I had this same problem. OMG!!!!!! It hurt like #$%^. I too feel like I have a high tolerence to pain and I kept on saying OHH, AWWW, and a few other choice words. :-)

I called my doc and he said try Pepcid complete and it was from my hernia repair. The Pepcid did not help I am sorry to say but my DH went and bought Prevacid (sp) and it REALLY helped. Sad news is it took almost 2 full weeks to get over, but it does pass and now I am not having any problems. I wish you lots of luck, I know how you feel. I thought something went wrong with my surgery I was so miserable. But thanks to the very nice folks on here they helped me calm done and wait it out. If I can be of any help, I will be more than glad to do so.