I
am mostly recovered from my surgery but I still do have some lingering
gastrointestinal stress. This can
manifest itself in very bad gas pains, both in my chest and abdominal
area. I have not identified a particular
food or time of day that could be the cause of this discomfort. Sometime it lasts for 5-6 hours before going
away. I occasionally have massive
diarrhea, similar to a colonoscopy prep that is quite disruptive and
disturbing. I had this twice in December. I know the first
time was because I ate too much fatty food, but the other time I did not so
couldn’t identify the cause. I have not
had the really bad diarrhea in January yet so hopefully that problem has
passed. Dr. Chan suggested I try Prilosec
this month to see if it alleviates the gas problem.
All
in all, I’m doing ok and today marks my new CT baseline.
This is great news Beth! I hope the other issues resolve. I had the same problems but not the diarrhea! Gas pains that would come on without warning and almost bring me to my knees... I've never heard of "fat stranding" either.
ReplyDeleteDo you still have the gas pains that almost bring you to your knees? It not, did they just go away as you recovered or did you do something to alleviate them? Thanks for any insight!
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