f/u to Sick from Subway

wendalsue

So it's been 3 days since I got sick from eating the sub and I've still got a horrible pain in my left side just below my ribs.  It gets worse when I eat so I haven't eaten much.  A couple hours ago the pain began to extend down into my left ovary area.  It's a sharp, stabbing pain.  It makes it hard to stand up straight or exhale completely.  It only feels better when I lay down on my left side.  I finally called the OB and am waiting for them to call me back.  I thought about going over to the ER, but don't want the expense of that if it's not necessary.  I'm not bleeding or cramping, so I'm still pretty sure that it has nothing to do with the LO.  I'm not worried about that, I'm just worried that something is wrong with my stomach/digestive system.  I'm getting it checked out today.  This not being able to eat is getting old really quickly!!

heddy79

So sorry you're not feeling well.  I hope you hear back from your dr soon.  

jackie9480

  Sorry to hear that!  Food poisoning is the worst.  FX that you get it figured out today w/ your doctor. 

wendalsue

Well, I waited all day for the OB to call back and at 6 pm I gave up and went to the ER.  After 4 hours there, I got bloodwork and a quick u/s.  LO was totally fine.  Bloodwork was fine.  Diagnosis was that I'm either constipated, or I "pulled something around my lower ribs".  So my treatment plan is Miralax, even though this all started with a whole night of diarrhea.  They say that this pain is probably unrelated to the food sickness.  So...now I'm just taking comfort in knowing that LO is fine, and hoping that this mystery pain goes away soon! Not much else I can do.

wendalsue

Grace0609:

Does TUMS help the pain?  I didn't read the original post from when you got sick (somehow I missed that!), but after vomiting a lot you can be left with some gastritis which is often shooting pains on the left or mid abdomen.  You've probably already tried an antacid, but, if not I would try that (TUMS is safe during pregnancy).  And, it could be very likely that if you were vomiting you could have pulled a muscle/ligament which would make it hard to stand up straight at times (like RLP). : (  Tylenol might help a little with that.  But, Miralax usually doesn't hurt anything either : ).  I love that drug : ).

I hope you feel better really soon, and I am glad the baby is ok!

Thanks!  I haven't tried TUMS, but they did give me Zantac in the ER and it didn't do anything.  I didn't vomit when I got sick from the food, I just had diarrhea really bad!  But, I took the day off today and have been laying around, and haven't had any pain all day.  This makes me believe that it quite possibly could have been a ligament strain around my ribs.  When the dr. was touching the area on my left side right below my ribcage, I was jumping off the table, so it's something in that area.  There are no major organs there, so it sure seems like ligament pain.  Not sure how I would have gotten that bad of a strain there...but strange things happen in pregnancy!!  I feel a little foolish for making such a big deal out of it, but since it happened right after the food sickness, I couldn't help but worry that it was something to do with my stomach.  Anyway, I'm finally feeling better today with rest.  I am going to take the Miralax...it has to help with this bloating.  I think the rib pain was getting worse with eating because I get so bloated when I eat that it was putting pressure on it.  Oh well...I can relax now that I know it's nothing serious.