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eyhornmom    36

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I am a little over a year out from surgery. A couple weeks ago, I went to the ER with nausea and pain in my abdomen mostly on the right side and wrapped around to my back. They took blood, urine, and did a CT scan. They said nothing came back abnormal. The on-call surgeon from my surgeon's office talked to me and they determined it is "probably" an ulcer. They sent me home with protonix and carafate.

I had to stopped taking the carafate after a couple of days because the pills were getting stuck in my throat. I'm taking over the counter antacids instead, but still taking the carafate.

Anyway, today the pain and nausea are back. I do have an appt with my surgeon tomorrow, but I'm concerned about the dr at the ER just assuming it's an ulcer. I've never had an ulcer before, so I don't really know what it feels like. I haven't had any problems with acid reflux since surgery until the last couple of weeks. Anyone else have a similar experience? Any suggestions on things I should ask the dr. at my appt tomorrow to make sure this gets completley taken care of?

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eyhornmom    36

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No, I don't have my gallbladder.

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4u2nvyme    96

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Im going through the same thing now. A bit different,Really sucks, I have this pain in the top of my stomach and when i drink pills it hurts soooo much. I had to get liquid and chewable Vitamins and now they put me on a 14 day treatment because I have h.pylori which can later on lead to an ulcer if I dont do the treatment.

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And the treatment also has meds to treat the gastritis which is what gives me pain on the top of my stomach.

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@RealScoobyDoo    94

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Carafate should be dissolved in a small cup of Water. It works great, but it expands in your esophagus if you swallow it whole.

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