[kitcatcopycat]

For the last 2 weeks I have been having increased pain (sharp) in my upper left side of my chest when I eat or drink. I keep my food/water down and I have no digestion pain. I have not had any throwing up but on occassion I am nausous.

The pain is only in that area not anywhere else. I feel like the pain is in or under my upper left rib cage.

I am 3 years post-op in December. I will be calling my Surgeon in the morning to see what she thinks.

In the meantime has anyone had expereince with this? Could it be a hernia?

Side Note - I have never has any complications with my Bypass. This is the 1st time I am experiecing problems.

[DocSanae]

Possibly a hernia/gut torsion. Yes, please call your surgeon.
(((HUGS)))

[kitcatcopycat]

Originally Posted by DocSanae

Possibly a hernia/gut torsion. Yes, please call your surgeon.
(((HUGS)))

Doc - What is a gut torsion? Is this common? How & why does it occur?

[DocSanae]

Twisted gut. Hernia is the gut getting caught into the spaces left open after the fat melts away. Sometimes, the gut gets twisted along the way, not just getting caught.

[kitcatcopycat]

Thank you Doc. I will call my surgeon in the morning. I was concerned it might be a heart problem but then realized it was happening every time I eat or drank something. I also was not having any other symptoms for a heart problem.

[MyTurn2009]

Sorry to hear about your problem. Please keep us posted.
Nancy

[kitcatcopycat]

I'm scheduled for an xray tomorrow afternoon. I will see my PCP immediately after to discuss if they see a hernia.

My surgeon has put me on a liquid diet for a whole week. Eek .. that will be fun, not! Then I go in to see my surgeon next Friday. I am on Prevacid for some NSaids I have to take for my tailbone pain. They are thinking it might be an ulcer. If that is the case they will double the dose of my Prevacid & put me on an additional ucler med.

[dixieladybug]

Hope you are feeling better soon. Please keep us updated.