Violent digestive upsets after HM surgery

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Looking for some insight or advice from the HM veterans here.

My SO is six weeks out from her HM with Toupet wrap. She can eat now, and so far

no symptoms of reflux, which is great. But twice now (last night and a week ago)

she's suffered violent stomach upsets, with major pain in the stomach area,

intense belching, and nausea.

The first time, she was terrified, since she's never experienced anything like

this before. She had difficulty vomiting, which I understand can happen after a

wrap, and that didn't help.

I reached the surgeon covering for her doc, who did not see any red flags

requiring a trip to the ER. She said at five weeks out from surgery, it was

highly unlikely it was a surgical problem. Good call, since she did recover over

the next few days.

But the abdominal pain (seemingly right below the surgery site, across the top

area of her stomach) continued, though it has slowly abated since the crisis.

Than again last night she had another major painful upset with the same pattern.

It is improved today, but she's still pretty sick.

Both times, the upsets occurred at night, after restaurant meals at lunchtime

that she perhaps should not have eaten. Previously, maybe such meals would have

precipitated a mild problem, but nothing like this.

I've begged her to call her surgeon, which she says she will when she feels well

enough to talk with him. In the meantime, I wonder if any of this sounds

familiar to other people who had HM's.

I wonder if the residual abdominal pain could be from her diaphragm after all

the violent attempts to vomit the last time. I also wonder if the Toupet wrap

could somehow be promoting these upsets. She had a first-rate surgeon who has

done hundreds of these procedures with great success, so I don't suspect a

surgical error.

Thanks for any thoughts. I will also post back after she speaks with her

surgeon.