I had the gall bladder removed in March for gallstones, I had the symtoms for over a year but I didn't know what was going on. Anyway, so ever since then I've had a real deep pain right below where the rib cages spread apart, no burning or anything. It's intermittent, no problems for a week then the next week is painful hell. I've been to ER for this 3 times now becuase the pain got so bad I couldn't function or do anything. First they said it was pancraettitis, then gastritis. They usually did bloodwork, CAT scan, here's a few pain pills and I'm let go in like 4 hours. I got the feeling if it's not obvious they want you out of there. I finally got a referral to a gastro specialist, he started me on Protonix, Bentyl. I have been taking Prilosec and Pepto Bismol and Mylanta for months now. But not getting anywhere, I feeling worse each month, losing a lot of weight, on strict diet, practically quit smoking. Had an upper GI endoscopy over a week ago, all they found was inflammation of the stomach lining along the bottom and took samples. In the mean time I feel like hell and the meds they got me on aren't helping the symtoms, the pain is there regardless whether or not I take them.
I have a few Lortab left and thats the only thing to bring relief to this pain, but it doesn't fix or diagnos anything, it just takes the edge off for a few hours. I am getting really frustrated, I feell like somethings being missed, like the Dr's have gone so far down the digestive cause maybe soemthing is totally different. What the hell, I'm at my wits end and I'm tired of feeling sick all the time, I want my life back.
I have a few Lortab left and thats the only thing to bring relief to this pain, but it doesn't fix or diagnos anything, it just takes the edge off for a few hours. I am getting really frustrated, I feell like somethings being missed, like the Dr's have gone so far down the digestive cause maybe soemthing is totally different. What the hell, I'm at my wits end and I'm tired of feeling sick all the time, I want my life back.
Just to sum up the symtoms and stuff: The pain is a real deep ache right in the middle just below where the ribcage spreads, sometimes it migrates or spreads to the right. Occasional diareah also. Little or no appetite, lost about 25 pounds in the last 4 months, no heartburn or acid reflux, no bloating or gas unless I eat fat free ice cream. Meds: Bentyl, Protonix, Pepto Bismol, Donnatol, mylanta, prilosec. Lortabs are the only thing that seems to help through the worst (of course). Strict diet, I've stuck to the low fat diet givin to me by the dietician after I had the gall bladder surgery.
I'm getting the feeling something has been totally overlooked.
I'm getting the feeling something has been totally overlooked.
Castlebravo -
It's been almost 2 years since your post on gastro problems. I just read your article and I am currently on the exact track you were on, including having the gallbladder removed and everything. Did you find anything out?
It's been almost 2 years since your post on gastro problems. I just read your article and I am currently on the exact track you were on, including having the gallbladder removed and everything. Did you find anything out?
i have gastritis i got mine from many years of stress and gun show wound in Vietnam , i had mine ok, and stated drinking protein shakes again with water, i was fine but stared drinking to many, now i have pain in my stomach i have not had in 7 are 8 months, i had endoscopy to look at my stomach it was healed , but it never heals, i lost 55 pounds of muscle because i kept getting sick and i had to look up on the computer what i could eat and not eat !!!no milk ,. no ice cream , no fat, no beef, no pork , chicken with out the skin, turkey , no skin, fish, no skin and no cat fish its to much oil , no oily fish , i eat salmond with out skin , no oil in pan , do not over eat, eat a little and wait to eat again ,small meals , i had mine not bothering me, i wanted to gain wait and do gym, i tried to drink to many protein shakes, i lost the 55 pounds and if you lose weight , you can get gall stone , no one told you that did they, and you did not look it up ???? they wanted to take my gall blatter, i looked it up if its not a stone , you can take userfack , to get rid of the gall stone it take about 6 month of medicine to do ii, i still have my gall blatter, you need it , it will drip acid into your stomach, they did not tell you that did they , you need it, they told me i did not need it, i researched it on the computer, yes you do need it, it drips acid, my Lawyer had his taken out he has all kinds of problems with stomach now !!!!! but when my Gasritis is bothering me i skim the water of oil on the food i boil , i eat lots of rice, bananas , fruit , but nothing with acid, !!! you cant have a low fat diet !!!!!!!!!!!! you cant have fat !!!!!!!!!!!!! look it up on Gasritis , if you go out to eat, good luck , eat rice and boiled egg are eggs with no oil !!!! no more fast food !!!!!!!!!! when it heals you have to be care full !! take Sucralfate 1 gram 3 times a day before meals it coats your stomach !!! dicylomine helps relax your stomach and good luck , now your on diet !! at first 4 years ago, i would go out and eat, and keep hurting, i would eat at home and hurt, !!!!!!!! tonight, is the first time i have really hurt in 7 are 8 months, i messed up , but will not do this again !!! i ate dinner tonight , i could not eat much with out my stomach hurting, it hurts if you eat to much small meals , my gum has , green tea in it, it has not been hurting ,me until today the green tea hurts, from the gum , when its healed it does not, you have a computer look it up !! the diet women does not have gasritis !!!!!! good luck !!!
Can perocet 10 help with the pain if i take bentyl and protonix