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chronic nausea and epigastric pain one year post-cholecystectomy

by ERRN, Jan 16, 2003 12:00AM

Tags: chronic, nausea, epigastric, pain, gastritis, dysfunction, gastroparesis, sphincter, sphincterotomy, chronic, nausea, epigastric, pain, gastritis, dysfunction, gastroparesis, sphincter, sphincterotomy, Chronic Pain

HAVE HAD EGDS,COLONOSCOPY,ULTRASOUNDS OF ABD. AND CHEST,ESOPHAGEAL MANOMETRY,UPPER GI SERIES, TAKEN NEXIUM,PEPCID,CARAFATE,ROBINUL,REGLAND,PREVACID AND ALL TO NO AVAIL TO RELIEVE MY CHRONIC NAUSEA AND EPIGASTRIC PAIN. WORSE 2-3 HRS. AFTER EATING. SHARP INTERMITTENT PAINS RADIATING TO BOTH SIDES OF THE CHEST. AM BECOMING DEPRESSED DUE TO THE CHRONIC PAIN. EGD REVEALS MILD GASTRITIS AND HIATAL HERNIA. WORSENING PAIN IN THE LAST MONTH. AM AT WITS END. CANNOT WORK. AM 57 YEAR OLD MALE IN OTHERWISE EXCELLENT HEALTH. CAN STRESS BE A FACTOR. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP; MY LIFE IS ESSENTIALLY ON HOLD RIGHT NOW. THIS IS MY SECOND NOTE TO THE FORUM. GASTROPARESIS HAS ALSO BEEN RULED OUT. THANK YOU TO THE PREVIOUS CONTRIBUTORS TO THE FORUM SUGGESTING IT MAY BE GASTROPARESIS. WILL BE AWAITNG A REPLY.

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by schaeff, Jan 17, 2003 12:00AM

Two thoughts:

1) Read about "sphincter of oddi dysfunction" at:

www.joplink.net/prev/200111/04.html

http://hopkins-gi.org/pages/latin/templates/?pg=disease5&organ=3&disease=12&lang_id=1

2) Ask your doctor if you can try an antispasmodic like levsin SL

Hope you feel better.

by krisg, Jan 21, 2003 12:00AM

you can also do a search on yahoo or google.com under sphincter of oddi dysfunction. I too have it, although I am female. I have been suffering with it for almost 5 years and have finally (i believe) been properly diagnosed. A sphincterotomy is one of the cures if you have that. Another anti-spasm drug that I have been taking is Donnatal. I am told it is the strongest one on the market. It has been keeping me from the ER room since last July. I am waiting to talk to a specialist/surgeon about having a sphincterotomy done. Good Luck.

by JellyBeanJean, Jan 24, 2003 12:00AM

I had an ERCP/ scpinterotomy at the end of October. I felt great for 2 months and the pain came back.My gastro-doc suggested I try taking my Bentyl ( antispasmatic drug originally prescribed to me for intestinal spasms) and that is helping me.

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