Hello,

As of Monday, I was two week post op. Had my follow up visit on Monday with no issues and was moved to stage 2, mechanical soft. On Tuesday afternoon, I had pain and pressure in my chest. It kind of went in waves. No burning that I could tell. Still had it pretty bad today, when I called my surgeons office she told me to got the ER. Of course I was petrified of what it could be. ER ruled out some things such as blood clot. They really couldn't tell me what it was. I asked if they think it was GERD but they didn't say for sure. They just suggested I talk with my PCP to get a stress test. Not sure where that came from. I am currently take Prilosec, one a day.

Thoughts would be appreciative.

Thanks

2 hours ago, Rene' S said:

Hello,

As of Monday, I was two week post op. Had my follow up visit on Monday with no issues and was moved to stage 2, mechanical soft. On Tuesday afternoon, I had pain and pressure in my chest. It kind of went in waves. No burning that I could tell. Still had it pretty bad today, when I called my surgeons office she told me to got the ER. Of course I was petrified of what it could be. ER ruled out some things such as blood clot. They really couldn't tell me what it was. I asked if they think it was GERD but they didn't say for sure. They just suggested I talk with my PCP to get a stress test. Not sure where that came from. I am currently take Prilosec, one a day.

Thoughts would be appreciative.

Thanks

I've had pain in my center chest since surgery. It's subsiding now and I can drink water without feeling like I'm having center pressure pain.

I did eat some cream of wheat and I had severe pains in my stomach. One come to believe I ate too quickly. Is your pain associated with eating or just a constant pain?

I had bad acid reflux for the first month after surgery but it's gone away now

18 hours ago, gabybab said:

I've had pain in my center chest since surgery. It's subsiding now and I can drink Water without feeling like I'm having center pressure pain.

I did eat some cream of wheat and I had severe pains in my stomach. One come to believe I ate too quickly. Is your pain associated with eating or just a constant pain?

Hello,

The pain goes in waves, worst after I eat.

When I would eat to much or if the food got stuck it would hurt in the middle of my chest.

For a couple of years now there have been reports of the danger of heartburn drugs/PPI blockers like zantac that are commonly used to help with the side effects of gastric surgery.

Today Canada officially recalled these drugs due to their link to cancer.

Personally, I am completely dependent on these drugs due to the acid reflux side effect of my gastric sleeve. If you use these prescriptions daily, I strongly urge you to contact your doctor or pharmacist as soon as possible.

https://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2019/70989a-eng.php?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=77363999&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8zLyVDfQD8I8hCu3-XeY7Fh97rFTkpD6v27F37TI29RzLKaNdKiDz_TiM1BKOzRo_NfiS6IqmuYpTuPc_HRfMUlmpaxA&_hsmi=77363999
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