ML, I’m glad to hear that you are starting to eat better but sorry that you have to take enzymes. I don’t know anyone who has been through this same surgery so I just tried to find things on the internet about it.

I can tell you that I continue to have phantom pains in the area of my diaphragm periodically. They were very painful when I initially would have them and luckily they only lasted a couple of minutes. So painful that I would cry. Now I have them infrequently and I can feel when they are coming on. I use the Lamaze breathing technique and they pass in less than a minute. I can go weeks without them and then sometimes I will have three in a day. I’ve read about other people having these and some last much longer but there doesn’t seem to be an answer as to what causes them.

Was your surgery done laparoscopically? My surgery was done that way. It did take me about 8 months before I felt comfortable and strong enough to try getting back on a tennis court.
I hope you continue to improve and get to where you feel like yourself soon. It does take awhile but you will get there.

One other thing. I did have two infusion sessions to get to where I wasn’t so fatigued. My ferritin was low and the infusions helped a lot.

Take good care of yourself and you may reach out to me any time for whatever.