Here I go again

tootsie1
tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
in Colorectal Cancer #1
Came home this evening and started having the out of my head kind of abdominal pain again. I do NOT want to go to the hospital. Bill called the nurse line, and they advised me to go to the ER. I'm trying not to, but we'll see...The pain has lately been all over the abdomen instead of right where the resection took place. That makes me nervous. Why isn't it in the same place it's been for the last 3 years?

*hugs*
Gail

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  • AnneCan
    AnneCan Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #2
    I am sorry
    Gail,
    I am sorry to hear this; I don't want to hear of you in pain. I hope you feel better soon. Don't wait too long to go to the ER!
  • lisa42
    lisa42 Member Posts: 3,625 Member
    #3
    praying
    Hi Gail,

    I'm sorry you're experiencing pain & I'm praying right now that it's nothing serious.
    Take care of yourself & let us know as soon as you can-

    Hugs,
    Lisa
  • herdizziness
    herdizziness Member Posts: 3,624 Member
    #4
    Gail
    First off, let me say belatedly Happy Anniversary!!! And as to the ER thing, hon, if it's bad, you know you just have to go. Could be some bad food you ate!!!! At least that's what I'm voting for.
    Stay calm, you'll be okay. But if it hurts that bad and the nurse line said ER, hon, go to the ER.
    Your cute little hugs back at you,
    Winter Marie
  • Kathleen808
    Kathleen808 Member Posts: 2,342 Member
    #5
    Gail
    Gail,
    So sorry you are in pain again. I am saying a prayer for you. Please let us know that you are OK.

    Aloha,
    Kathleen
  • tina dasilva
    tina dasilva Member Posts: 641
    #6
    Kathleen808 said:

    Gail
    Gail,
    So sorry you are in pain again. I am saying a prayer for you. Please let us know that you are OK.

    Aloha,
    Kathleen

    Gail
    i'm so sorry your in pain but you need to go to the ER i will bw thinking about you lots of hugs Tina
  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    #7
    update
    Well, I am a bit stubborn, plus worried about money, so I did end up waiting until today and went to my doctor. He sent me for x-rays and bloodwork. Things turned out okay. The doctor wants me to think about going to a pain management clinic. Thinking about it!

    *hugs*
    Gail
  • Joy1216
    Joy1216 Member Posts: 290 Member
    #8
    tootsie1 said:

    update
    Well, I am a bit stubborn, plus worried about money, so I did end up waiting until today and went to my doctor. He sent me for x-rays and bloodwork. Things turned out okay. The doctor wants me to think about going to a pain management clinic. Thinking about it!

    *hugs*
    Gail

    Glad Things Turned Out OK
    I'm glad that the x-rays and blood work didn't show anything wrong, but I know that doesn't help the pain. I went to a pain management clinic at the hospital a long time ago for neck and shoulder pain. After a few months of treatment, I was painfree. Obviously, I'm a big proponent of them. At least you have a new option to consider.
    Joy
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #9
    In my bestest concerned mom voice!!!!
    Get thee to medical help!

    As my gastric surgeon said to me "After a few hours, it can get much worse, and lead to permanent bowel death"....scared the poop out of me! (Literally...lol).

    BIG dutch hugs, Kathi

    Day late....dollar short....read your first post, not your update before writing the above...glad you went to the doc....most obstructions clear themselves. I had 9 of them, and only the first one required hospitalization and surgery. And that was mainly because I had no idea what it was, having just been discharged 2 weeks before from my breast cancer surgery....I laughed at my breast surgeon's response after I called him first "You know, Kathi, the last time I checked my anatomy books, the breast is not connected to the bowel!"

    ROFLMAO!!!
  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    #10
    KathiM said:

    In my bestest concerned mom voice!!!!
    Get thee to medical help!

    As my gastric surgeon said to me "After a few hours, it can get much worse, and lead to permanent bowel death"....scared the poop out of me! (Literally...lol).

    BIG dutch hugs, Kathi

    Day late....dollar short....read your first post, not your update before writing the above...glad you went to the doc....most obstructions clear themselves. I had 9 of them, and only the first one required hospitalization and surgery. And that was mainly because I had no idea what it was, having just been discharged 2 weeks before from my breast cancer surgery....I laughed at my breast surgeon's response after I called him first "You know, Kathi, the last time I checked my anatomy books, the breast is not connected to the bowel!"

    ROFLMAO!!!

    Thanks for being concerned
    Oh, my. *L* Normal people don't laugh at the things we do!

    *Hugs*
    Gail
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    #11
    tootsie1 said:

    Thanks for being concerned
    Oh, my. *L* Normal people don't laugh at the things we do!

    *Hugs*
    Gail

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  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #12
    tootsie1 said:

    Thanks for being concerned
    Oh, my. *L* Normal people don't laugh at the things we do!

    *Hugs*
    Gail

    Ah, Gail...you know I'm there with you!!!
    One more thing (it just happened to me...lol). After all the rads/chemo/surgery I became lactose intollerant. Still, 6 years later, when I 'sin' and eat dairy (I'm right now in a country that specializes in delicious cheese...lol...can't always say 'no') I have TERRIBLE abdominal pain...and MUCH gas....

    I have accepted that I am pretty much the same as someone with IBS...so I try to be careful....just wish the Chippolata Pudding (a special dessert made with heavy cream and milk and and cookie crumbs and apricot liquor and...well, you get the picture) didn't taste so gosh-darn GOOD!!! ROFL!

    BIG dutch hugs, Kathi
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #13
    KathiM said:

    Ah, Gail...you know I'm there with you!!!
    One more thing (it just happened to me...lol). After all the rads/chemo/surgery I became lactose intollerant. Still, 6 years later, when I 'sin' and eat dairy (I'm right now in a country that specializes in delicious cheese...lol...can't always say 'no') I have TERRIBLE abdominal pain...and MUCH gas....

    I have accepted that I am pretty much the same as someone with IBS...so I try to be careful....just wish the Chippolata Pudding (a special dessert made with heavy cream and milk and and cookie crumbs and apricot liquor and...well, you get the picture) didn't taste so gosh-darn GOOD!!! ROFL!

    BIG dutch hugs, Kathi

    Im glad things came back to normality !
    And hallo my dear Dutch lady , miss your post !
    Hugs!
  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member
    #14
    sorry your not well dear
    oh gail,
    its kind of love and hate at once.
    on one hand who wants to goto hospital ? not me.

    that said when we need help, and you probably do.
    then off you go.
    try and smile at the nurses throgh the pain, they always have been so
    kind to me so far. I hopeyour ER visit and relieves your pain and is of short duration and
    that all is ok in your abdominal.

    hug,
    Pete

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