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donnaN
on 4/5/09 2:30 pm - Norwalk, CA
RNY on 12/18/08 with
Hi I need some help, Please !! Has anyone ever been this sick and what did you do to make it better. I am so sick!! I have been vomiting for the past 27 hrs. and can't keep anything down, including water or ice chips. I wasn't even able to take my vitamins today.  This past weekend, I was on vacation in San Francisco, and I know that I did over eat a bit, but didn't get sick. But then yesterday, I ate fresh boysenberries, (about 7 over a couple of hrs.) within a few hours, I was very sick and vomited up seeds all night long. Haven't slept or ate or drank anything all day, please help.
Katt M.
on 4/5/09 2:35 pm - Fontana, CA
I think you need to either call your surgeon or get to the ER. It's not good that you haven't eaten or drank anything in over 24 hours. Please do one of the 2two things that I've suggested. And make sure the ER knows that you've had gastric bypass surgery so if they decude to scope you, they don't do a blind scope. It can puncture our pouches.
 
    
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cabin111
on 4/5/09 3:25 pm

This is a copy and paste from a few weeks ago.  You probably have a stricture...
What is a stricture?  This question comes up weekly, if not daily on OH.  Below is a copy and paste from Wikipedia.  If you are a few weeks out post op from RNY and have problems keeping well chewed food (even water) down, you might have a stricture.  Very common and very treatable.  Also do not freak out if you have to go back a second or third time to get treated for one.  The Gastroenterologist will go just below the pouch and air up the "balloon" .  It is an outpatient procedure and you will be sedated.  Brian  PS Anyone have any other thoughts I would add for future reference?

As the anastomosis heals, it forms scar tissue, which naturally tends to shrink ("contract") over time, making the opening smaller. This is called a "stricture". Usually, the passage of food through an anastomosis will keep it stretched open, but if the inflammation and healing process outpaces the stretching process, scarring may make the opening so small that even liquids can no longer pass through it. The solution is a procedure called gastroendoscopy, and stretching of the connection by inflating a balloon inside it. Sometimes this manipulation may have to be performed more than once to achieve lasting correction.

Jean L.
on 4/5/09 10:08 pm - Seal Beach, CA
RNY on 08/20/07 with
Donna - I concur - Call Dr Alis office first thing this morning but until then keep trying to drink water for sure - you don't want to get dehydrated.....see if they want you to go to the ER or if they can get you into the office...Keep us posted on what his office says...I will be thinking of you...take care
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MadameJoy
on 4/6/09 10:15 am - Jamestown, CA
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