 [ Symptoms ] my husband got a appendectomy about a year ago and has been going thru some abdominal pain again whats wrong  he is been having similar abdominal pains vomiting and nausea he is been taking alka seltzer to help the pain [ Disease ] this probably a back myositis or muscle strain try cold packs then hot packs rest and ultra sound massage will help if nothing helped after all then get a mri done