A week post op

[Aleighc90]

Okay I’m a week post op from gastric bypass and I should be starting purée tomorrow. But I have been in constant pain, abdominal cramping, bloating and terrible stomach aches. And it’s not from the incisions it feels like “diarrhea” pain. I’m so miserable and don’t know what to do. I tried Imodium with no relief, I tried ginger tea and nothing. I’m just so miserable and can’t concentrate on anything but the pain. Any suggestions? Does this get better?

 

[ojichan]

I am on day 9 post op from gastric bypass and have not had any pain except around day 3 when I drank too much too fast. But even that pain did'nt last long after I laid down. My advice is to contact your surgeon or bariatric team. They or the hospital should have also given you a discharge packet and in that should be a telephone #. It is probaly something easy to remedy but I would play it safe and call them.

No one should have to live in pain.

 

[Kcuster83]

If you are having that much discomfort you should contact your surgeon. Hope you feel better soon.

 

[Laura M/]

I had a lot of gas pain from the protein shakes after surgery which definitely gave me pain in my abdomen and they gave me a bit of diarrhea too. Check with your surgeon to see what they think. I think I became a bit intolerant to some of the shakes after surgery.