I'm sorry for all you all are going through. I've developed food intolerances after the surgery, malnutrition, etc. and its been something else. The nice part was getting dumped out of my surgeon's practice because they've done all they can. You can't go to the other surgeon's practices, so I have no follow up care.

Gotta love it ... I am glad that so many people have good experiences, and I love what's been done and being thinner but this was NOT what I thought it would be like. Luck of the draw.

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Hi I'm Patti and I had my RNY on June 2 2011 and I have had stomach pain literally since day one. I've had so many endoscopies, CT scans, even surgery and they don't know what it is. I had my gallbladder out 7/3/11, adhesions and internal hernias fixed. 7 surgeries in 16 months. I went to Albany NY ti see Dr. Singh ,he said I had pouch erosion, an ulcer, and a dilated stoma from so much vomiting. I wen back for a follow up and he started talking about constipation... as if I didn't know when I was constipated. So needless to day I quit going. I'v done some research on staple allergies but my doctor in Saranac Lake NY says that's impossible. So like you I'm at a standstill and guess this is how I have to live for trying to get healthy.  I hope you can find an answer because no one is listening to me.

Hi what do u mean, that you had your surgery taken down?

I have this too and after the first couple times of it happening, I know exactly how my body feels when it's coming on.  When I start to feel that shaky feeling, the only thing to stop it is to EAT.  Trust me..eat some carbs when you feel this coming on and it'll subside.  Even if you just ate, eat again.  Then don't eat what you ate to cause it anymore or it'll keep happening.  It's definitely hypoglycemia but I'm not sure if it's a part of the dumping syndrome or not since I haven't really had dumping (3 yrs out now).  The only thing I do know is, eating will stop it..dont ride it out.  Having blood sugar 40 or lower could cause a seizure or worse.  Eating will raise your blood sugar and stop the decline.

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Hi Carol May here, been a member for 12 years, haven't been on in a while! I had RNY Gastric Bypass in 2002, lost most of my weight and kept it off for about 4 years, then started to gain a little at at time until I gained up to 174 pounds!! Then in 2010 I was chosen for a new procedure at Magee Women's Hospital called Stomaphyx (spelling?) the surgery worked and within 8 mo I again lost most of the weight I had gained but it was short lived, I soon gained all the weight back to around 174-178! Blood work is all good and no major problems other than joint pain on occasion( getting old Suddenly in August of 2012 I started loosing weight didn't notice at first until my clothing started getting loose, I started weighing everyday, I had a 10-12 pound weight loss each month and now today I'm down to 129 pounds!! I didn't notice at first but I'm having some issues, I'll be very hungry but after only a small amount of food I'm so full and I stay that way for about 4-5 hours I eat very little!! Somedays I can eat more but most days I eat very little!!! I've have a ton of blood work, MRCP of the stomach,EDG,Colonopsy,-with biopsy,Chest EXRay, Ultrasound of my Ovary's,mamagram,Pap test, All tests are normal! Why am I loosing so much weight! I have no other symptoms and I feel good! Sorry this is so long any advise would be great Email Carol at tckmay@gmail.com

Thanks
Carol May

Could be appendicitis.   When I had mine it was a dull ache that felt like gas,    When the pain increased and nausea kicked in I went to the ER.

Thank you for responding! I felt a little better the next day and my surgeon was out of office so I decided to wait on calling. Each day it has gotten better and it only hurts now if I move a certain way. Not sure what it was but glad it's better instead of worse!

Have your Vitamin D tested.....   My original surgery was in Nov/2009.  For a long time now, I had been feeling those sugar crash like symptoms, so I've been having everything tested.  We discovered that I was severely defficient in Vitamin D.  I was at an 8, and we went back to realize that two years ago it was only at 31.  The 'normal' range is 30-100 and they prefer us to be at 50 or above.  Anyway, in researching, my GP discovered that Vitamin D deficiency can cause extreme sensitivity to sugars, causing our bodies to overreact.  After nearly 4 weeks of high dose Vitamin D (along with magnesium and potasium, too).  I am not having near the sensitivity that I was. Other signs of Vitamin D deficiency include, tiredness, muscles soreness, bone 'pain', and sometimes depression. It's another one of those things that we forget to have checked... and sometimes, it's the simplest things to fix.  Best wishes to you!! 

I'm far enough out that this shouldn't be gas. Could it be a leak forming? No other symptoms at this point but I'm freaking out I plan to call my surgeon office tomorrow but was hoping to get some input here.