Anyone else have upper abdominal burn (not inside stomach)?

I have similar pain that is transient and is an outcome from lung surgery 8 months ago. So it’s nerve pain. It is much better and really only comes and goes briefly now. Gabapentin helps but I’m Not fond of it.

Have you had surgery where they could have cut through nerve endings that innervate skin and muscles in the area?

Yes, I have thought the nerve pain was a possibility but the drs. are thinking more that it could be a bile duct blockage, though I did have my gall bladder removed several yrs ago. My alkaline phosphatase level was very high and this is one reason they are doing the endoscopic ultrasound. I, too, take Gabapentin 600mg 3 times a day, but for other chronic pain (neck and urinary bladder). Like you, I'd rather not be on it but it is somewhat helpful.

@pb50 and @mmorley. question. why are you both not fond of Gabapentin? what worries you about it? very curious.

For me, it gave me psycho dreams. Weird as h*ll stuff. I’d rather hurt than have them type dreams.

I have no idea how”them type” shows up in the post of a self-described member of the grammar police, but the narrow window to edit the post has closed. Try not to shudder. 🙂

sorry to hear about your psycho dreams. i'm on 1800mg of Gabapentin a day. for over 7 months i believe. absolutely nothing like you. very interesting. you should talk to your PCP. if you haven't already. good luck, d

Thanks. I actually only had nerve pain to speak of for a brief period and only fleeting and infrequent since. Best of luck to you.

I'm also on 1800mg of Gabapentin daily for quite some time and don't seem to have any issues with it. What type of pain do you suffer from?

I spoke with doc before I quit the drug. He said there are reported cases of the psycho dreams.

😂. Thanks for the laugh! I would be mortified also if I couldn’t edit my grammar. Too funny!