Question:
I would like to know what the symptoms are of a stable line disruption.
— Lori J. (posted on July 5, 2003)
July 5, 2003
From what i read, i think suddenly you are able to eat much more. I
believe that is the main sympthom. Not sure tho. There is tons of info on
this in the site library.
— Delores S.
July 5, 2003
Hi, I'm not for sure, but from what I read and heard from other people who
have had this prob, they were able to eat alot more at one time almost as
like a normal person would be able to eat. I'm glad that hasn't happened to
me , but if you are worried about that please have your surgeon do some
tests to find out. Good Luck to you!
— Melodee S.
July 5, 2003
Well, there is no pain, at least in my case. And the able to eat more
happened gradually, not all at once. I still had some staples in tact so I
basically had two openings into the lower stomach. Sometimes the food would
"catch" on the portion that was still intact and I would have
pretty bad nausea and vomitting. Of course, I didn't know what was going
on. I didn't even know what a SLD was until I joined this site. I called my
surgeon and he ordered both a barium swallow and an EDG. Those tests
confirmed the SLD and luckily my insurance approved my revision. I had
gained about 90-100 lbs back at the time of my revision.
— Ali M
July 6, 2003
The only symptom I experienced was I quit losing and was able to eat twice
as much as I could when it was intact. I did experience a slight amount of
heart burn too. This was a new thing since I hadn't had ANY heartburn at
all for 6 mos. Are you transected? I wish all surgeons would stop messing
around and realize that SLD is very common and is a mechanical failure of
not being transected. It would save us all a lot of heartache and TWO
surgeries if they would just transect the first time! Sorry but this is a
sore spot for me and I keep seeing it over and over again. I understand
the disappointment and pain that one experiences with SLD. And it is
sooooooo unnecessary. SLD is not our fault but the mechanical failure of
the non transection. Good luck to you. Have an upper GI to find out if
you have Upper GI.
— Mylou52
July 7, 2003
I could not eat hugely more, but suddenly had a pouch full of acid.
— vitalady
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