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Abdominal pain
Hi. I'm 3 years post surgery now and doing pretty well.
Every evening however after eating my evening meal I get abdo pain for about 30 minutes. Does anyone else have this problem?
Also I am perpetually tired. Lacking energy, motivation etc. is this common?
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Have you already contacted your medical team to explore this? If so, what information and/or suggestions did they offer?
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For the stomach, Cepacol lozenges have done wonders for me. You might try Gascon or OTC Pepcid. It all depends on the cause...
Three years out here as well. No stomach pain but I have the same issue with being tried and fatigued all the time. Best way to describe it is like having the tail end of the flu and having to go out and mow the lawn. I can do it but when it's done I'm completely exhausted. I have have many tests. B12, Iron , Ferriten, ect. Doctors are saying this could just be the new normal for me, but I have dicided not to accept that idea. Since the surgery I have been sleeping upright and just don't get as much sleep as I used to. I think this might be the problem so the next step for me is to figure out how to get more sleep.