Pain In My Sternum Area

[brittneyly 22]

Someone please help. I've already called my nurse but haven't herd back from her. Yesterday I was eating a Popsicle around lunch time and started geting a pain every time it would go down. Well the pain continued to come off and on even when I wasn't eating. So I tried to eat some Soup last night and the same thing happened. So I took my pain meds and went to bed. This morning I tried to eat my hot cerial (I made it very soupy this morning) and I still got the pain. I even get it when I drink my Water. Im 9 days out. It will come and go for a couple of minutes even after I'm don't taking a drink. It's like a throbbing pain or like something big is going down. I'm not sure how else to explain my self but it hurts and I can't eat because of it.

[Joni 94]

Did you have a hiatal hernia? I had spasms like what you described, but I thought it was from the hernia repair. They eventually got further and further apart and then stopped. I'm glad you put a call in to your nurse. Call her back if you don't hear because you should be advised by them what to do. Oh, and a heating pad really helped me. Sorry this is happening to you. Good luck

[brittneyly 22]

Did you have a hiatal hernia? I had spasms like what you described' date=' but I thought it was from the hernia repair. They eventually got further and further apart and then stopped. I'm glad you put a call in to your nurse. Call her back if you don't hear because you should be advised by them what to do. Oh, and a heating pad really helped me. Sorry this is happening to you. Good luck[/quote']

No I didn't have one. I was fine up until yesterday. The pain does stop eventually but the second I go to take a drink or eat it comes back. thanks for your input.

[brittneyly 22]

No one else has any suggestions. I finally talked to my nurse and they told me to drink mylanta 2 before I eat and it would help. Well all the stores here were out. Hmmm who would have thought. Target pharmacist said there was a shortage..... So I got the closest thing to it. It did not help. So I'm still having the pain. I'm thirsty.

[Joni 94]

I'm so sorry no one else has responded. If I were you, I would post again cuz I think a whole new group of people would see it.

[4ALongerLife 329]

Sorry I just saw this. It only happens whenever you eat and lasts longer thereafter? I am not in the medical field, so I'm not sure; however, for a minute, I called my dr.'s nurse as I was having this "wringing" affect in my tummy. Each time I would eat, it felt like a washrag was being wrung - that rag was my tummy. Dr.'s nurse thought I had a stricture. That's a narrowing of an opening, in my case, my tummy. I decided to attempt to slow down eating and whammy, that feeling went away.

Are you eating/drinking more than you should at a given time? If possible, slow down. Do 1 oz every 15 mins, 4 ozs of liquid an hour. When eating, chew chew chew (if applicable at 9 days out, it was only liquids for me then but IDK about your dr's guidelines, if they are that different).

Sorry ... dunno if that helped at all, but was trying!