upper right side pain....GERRI

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Gerri!

What type of surgery did you have DS? RNY? I have to agree with

you...the pain I experienced in my upper right side was so bad I

wanted to die. No meds, not morphine, not demeral, nothing helped

even a little bit. The pain of my gallstones a few years ago or the

pain of delivering my daughter didn't even compare. So, I know what

you mean! It was the worst pain I have ever felt and I hope I never

go thru anything like that again! The good thing is I have very

little intestine left for that to happen to!

How did your docs find your situation? Were they properly reactive? I

was misdiagnosed at the first hospital I went to so this issue really

concerns me for other women. What we had is rare but I think not

enough ER docs are trained to spot this possibility.

Are you having a boy or girl with this one?

Good luck!

STEPH

>

> Steph,

> This is exactly the kind of thing I was trying to describe a couple

> of weeks ago to someone else! I was lucky enough that I did not

have

> to have any portion of my intestine removed but the docs told me

that

> it could be a complication of an internal hernia left untreated. I

> had to have the same surgery(repairing this internal knot in my

> intestines) twice so far(pre pregnancy). I can only HOPE TO GOD it

> never happens again, as it was some of the worst pain I have had in

> all my life! I have had 3 children, 3 c-sections, a gastric

bypass,

> surgery to have a pin inserted in my ankle and am on my 4th

pregnancy

> and I am quite sure nothing will ever compare to that pain.

> Gerri

> 37 weeks

> Boston, Massachusetts

> .......

> >I was rushed into surgery to have a third of my intestines

removed.

> The pain

> > I was feeling was the beginnings of what would become 8 feet of

> > completely dead intestines.

> >

> > I really don't want to alarm you because all of us have such

> different

> > situations, no two stories will be the same. But I thought I would

> > encourage you to ask for the Catscan if the ultrasound does not

find

> > the solution.

> >

> > Good luck and keep us posted..I am very curious what the docs

find.

> >

> > STEPH