So I’ve been getting stomach aches for a little over a month now. And yes, they are BM related.  So you are warned not to keep reading if you’re not comfortable with BM (or any other bodily function) talk.  Lol.

My first stomach ache was at the beginning of January.  January 6, Dia de Reyes for us Mexicans.  My sister made Tinga de Pollo.  This is shredded chicken in a Chipotle sauce.  I know chipotle chiles are HOT but I didn’t know she’d used an entire can of them!  I ate a few bites and that was enough.  Later that day, I had to “go” but since we weren’t at home I held it in.  Bad idea.  It was almost 10pm when we got home and I could no longer “go”.  About two days later, I got a pain on my right side just under my ribcage.  Ouch! I had these two pains at the same time for about a week. 

My second stomach ache started one week ago today.  This time it just happened, most likely because I haven’t been able to “go” on a regular basis.  I haven’t been holding them in… I just haven’t been able to “go”.  It started in the center of my abdomen, from bra-line to just below my belly button.  I mentioned it to my nutritionist and surgeon when I saw them on Monday.  Was told to drink prune juice and take Miralax to help me “go” and this should alleviate the stomach ache.  I hadn’t been able to go buy these things yet.  Tuesday morning I woke up with a pain on my left side just under my ribcage.  Same as last month’s, but on the other side!  So I had the center-of-my-abdomen-pain at the same time as the left-side-ribcage-pain. :-

Wednesday night I had INTENSE heartburn as soon as I laid down to try to go to sleep.  I could NOT sleep and spent a good portion of the night in the bathroom.  I had foamies and the heartburn and the pains at the same time.  It was bad.  I finally went back to bed and woke up much better on Thursday morning.  I felt better throughout the day.  Stomach pains were 90% gone.  Went to bed that night and had no more pain or heartburn. 

So glad I feel better.  I still have a strange feeling in my stomach, but it’s not really sharp pain anymore.  I had not had heartburn this intense since I was pregnant with my son, who is now 7 1/2 years old!  I hadn’t had heartburn at all since my VSG.  Hopefully, it does not come back!!