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Posted 7/11/2012 8:54 PM (GMT 0)
Hey guys! My name is Rachel and I am 21 years young. I've been reading a lot of the entries on here to get some support and answers.

For roughly 7 years, I had GERD that progressively got worse. It started to affect my heart and my life. I couldn't run without chest pain or nausea and I had to leave college to come back home. The doctors kept putting me on more medicine and kept doing tests. My mom ran into one of the new bariatric doctors in town and found out about the Nissen surgery. I made an appt. with the doctor and decided to go ahead with the surgery. At the end of November 2011, I had the Nissen Fundoplication done. I had immediate relief. I felt better than I had in years! I even went to Hawaii for a month. At about the 5 month mark, I started to have problems with nausea, getting full fast, not having bowl movements. After more tests, it was determined that I had gastroparesis. I was put on medicine to fix that but nothing was happening. The next step was to be scoped which showed that my lower stomach valve was too tight to push the food through. So the following week I had a pyloraplasty.

Its been roughly a month since my surgery. about a week ago, I started to get rib pain that goes from the very top near my diaphragm to a little above my belly button. Over the past week, it has gotten way worse. It hurts when I sit up, I can't wear a bra, I can't stand for a long time. It's a stabbing pain that has made me go back to my pain medicine three times a day. Is anyone else having this problem or know what this could possibly be?

Thank you in advance!
Posted 7/13/2012 2:04 PM (GMT 0)
Ugh, I am so sorry you are going through this. I have no idea what is happening with you as I have not had surgery but you should contact your doctor and be persistent. You seem like you have been through a lot. I hope you have a good support system.
Posted 7/13/2012 2:09 PM (GMT 0)
It sounds like scar tissue. I had something similar after my Nissen. It got better on it's own after a while.

I did go to ER three times for morphine though.

Posted 7/13/2012 4:23 PM (GMT 0)
I went to my doctor yesterday and found out its costochondritis which is the inflammation of the cartilage between the ribs. This was caused by my stomach being so bloated after 2 surgeries and me having extremely loose joints. I was prescribed a steroid dose pack. I realllllyyyyy hope this helps and allows me to get back to work and running!

Ericapeace2000- I was diagnosed with GERD, reversed bile (or something like that), IBS and I'm supposedly lactose intolerant. My reflux was the worst part and that's been fixed so I am 110% grateful for that. If only my stomach would get back to contracting and working properly... Doctor just said I need more time. Thank you for the support darling!
Posted 7/13/2012 5:27 PM (GMT 0)
2Young4This,

I am sorry to read of your pain but glad your Dr. is taking  good care of you.  You might try  placing warm compresses or a heating pad to the painful area several times a day if this is OK with your Dr.  Keep the heat on a low setting.

And above all be patient as this may last for awhile. 

Kindly,

Kitt

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