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LEFT SIDE PAIN UNDER MY RIBS

LEFT SIDE PAIN UNDER MY RIBS

I WROTE A FEW DAYS AGO ABOUT PAIN UNDER MY LEFT RIBS AND HOW THE ER TOLD ME IT WAS UNSPECIFIC ABDOMINAL PAIN. OK ON THE 13TH I RETURNED TO WORK. I DISPATCH AT A CAB COMPANY  AND I MUST ADD THE BEST CAB CO. IN TOWN.  ANYWAY 1 1/2 HRS BEFORE MY SHIFT ENDED HERE COMES THE PAIN UNDER MY LEFT RIB CAGE AGAIN.  SHARP STABBING  PAIN THAT WONT STOP.  I CANT SIT, I CANT STAND.  SO OFF TO THE ER I GO AFTER I CALL IN THE NEXT DISPATCHER IN.  I GET IN QUICKLY.  THE ER DOCTOR GIVES ME A SHOT OF DILADID  IF THAT IS HOW YOU SPELL IT.   THE PAIN IS GONE AND I THINK I AM GONNA LIVE AGAIN. I HAVE BLOOD TEST DONE AND A CT DONE.   TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT MY BLOOD WORK CAME BACK NORMAL, BUT THE CT SHOWED WHERE THE SURGERY WAS  SEWED SHUT SOME HOW SOME FLUID GOT INTO IT AND THAT IS WHAT IS CAUSING ALL MY PAIN. THEY GIVE ME ANTIBODICS AND VICODIN TO TAKE AT HOME AND I GOT TO SEE MY SURGEONS PARTNER IN THE MORNING.   OK   ILL DO WHAT EVER TO MAKE THIS STOP.   I TAKE ONE VICODIN AND LAY DOWN.  2HRS LATER I WAKE UP IN THE SAME F---ING PAIN AS THIS MORNING.  SO OFF TO THE ER I GO AGAIN.  THE SAME OLE STUFF AS THIS MORNING. ONLY DIFFERENCE IS  THIS ER DOCTOR GAVE ME MORE VICODIN (20) THAN THE FIRST ONE DID (6) AND SAID TO TAKE 2 AT A TIME UNTIL I SEE THE SURGEON IN THE AM. I GUESS THE SURGEON HAS TO GO IN AND TAKE THE LIQUID OFF.   HAS ANYONE HEARD OF THIS?   I HEARD FROM THE ER DOCTOR IT HAPPENS WHILE THE SURGERY IS GOING ON.   HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE?   WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MY SELF INTO?  I JUST WENT IN FOR  AN ILEOSTOMY. WHATS NEXT?
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