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ok it began sunday i woke up and my chest was hurting and so i thought ill just lay here a little longer so it will get better. it didnt. i got up and walked around and it only got worse i had to call my mom crying telling her to get home that something was wrong. when she got home i took a pain pill left over fom my surgery six weeks ago. it didnt even touch the pain. she said go lay back down n see how u feel well at 6 oclock and i was still crying went went to a local er and they did all the heart test and a ct scan and said everything was fine and sent me home still in severe pain (they said to call my surgeon the next day) i called my surgeon they said that it didnt sound like anything was too bad but to come in the next day...i live 2 and a half hours away from that hospital. oh and i was not able to even drink Water because it hurt soooo bad so i hadnt had anything to eat or drink in 3 days bc i had eaten any supper saturday because of a party that i had to go to and there wasnt any food that was in my diet plan....anyway i get down there and the surgeon said u just need to be unfilled and u will be fine they did an unfill and i was still in severe pain so they did a upper gi and everything looked ok.....by this time im saying how ca everything be fine but im still in soooo much pain well they said that they would do a scope down the throat and see the inside. well it showed that the lower part of my stomach was VERY swollen. the surgery said he had never seen that before and had no clue what would cause it. he gave me steroids and sent me home. i got home and looked and my stomach and area under my left boob is notciably swollen. im still in pain has ANYBODY ever had this heard of this or anything. i dont know how much longer i can stand this pain please help me.

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I am sorry that I don't have an answer for you. Dont let your doctor off the hook. Keep calling him until you get answers. I hope you feel better soon.

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I dont know, I havent experienced anything quite like this, but I have experienced some severe bouts of awful pain when I've eaten something very cold, and it lasts for hours and no over the counter medication even touches it.

I guess muscle spasms and the like can be very strong and painful.

But noticeable swelling, eek, that's a bit worrying. Still, steroid medication will probably calm it all down and you can only hope it doesnt happen again.

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Your meds will calm down the swelling, no wonder you were in pain. The biggest question would be what caused it and how can you prevent it from reoccurring.

Could it be some kind of allergic reaction? Did you eat anything unusual before the pain started?

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saturday i hadnt had anything but like Cereal (special K) maybe eggs but nothing out of the ordinary. my doctor called a few mins ago and ordered some more i think blood work. i am sooooo sick of this im in the middle of my student teaching and id rather be with my babies which all sent me better soon cards last night which made me feel a lil better but im just physically and mentally drained from this.

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