More worries

Well, let's see, since I posted last:  I had the surgery on the 28th of December and learned I had a para-esophageal hernia that none of the doctors had even guessed was there. They pulled my stomach and intestines back down to where they are supposed to be out of my diaphragm, and he used stitches and mesh to close up the huge hole that allowed it to go up there to begin with. Recovery was painful, especially since he had to straighten my esophagus back out where it had been pushed to the side by my stomach.  I saw the doctor for a follow up at 2 weeks after the surgery and was having a lot of problems swallowing.  Every time I would eat, it felt like the food was getting "stuck" half way down and actually made me feel like I couldn't breathe and was choking. This I learned was swelling and irritation of my esophagus, so he put me on a soft food diet (which truly sucks), but I was told would get better with time. I have followed every rule the doctor gave me:  soft-food diet, no lifting anything over 10 pounds, this even includes my hefty 20 pound cats.  The swallowing issue did get better, but I'm still not really sure why last Thursday (the 26th of January, 4+ weeks after surgery), I got sick for no reason at all eating lunch.  No nausea, no stuck feeling, it just came back up (fortunately I was at home, otherwise this could have been really embarrassing had I been in a restaurant) and then everything in my stomach came back up and I vomited really hard...this unfortunately caused some kind of problem.  The same spot as before bulged out and hurt really bad, forcing me to push on it until it went back in...I still don't know what this is. My old doctor thought this was an abdominal hernia, but my current doctor ruled that out during surgery.  Needless to say, I am back to all the same problems:  nausea and constant pain..only this time, that spot where it bulged feels like someone has a knife stuck in there and is sawing away. Its actually throbbing just like a cut on your finger does...man oh man does it hurt.  I don't know if I broke some of the stitches or if the whole repair failed and I'm back to square one or what it is. I'm scared I'll have to go through the whole surgery again.  I see the doctor again on the 7th of February and am stuck dealing with this until then, unless it gets really, really bad, then I am supposed to go to the emergency room, since my doctor won't be in his office until after Friday.  This is so frustrating. for a short time there, I had no problems at all and actually felt better than I did before my original gastric bypass surgery.  So, for now at least, I am back to where I was before....pain and more pain. I'll keep you all updated.  Take care and say some prayers for me please.