I'm just wondering if anyone else has been diagnosed with that, what they've done to treat or correct it, and how they are doing now?  I was diagnosed in January after suffering for years.  They diagnosed it after having an enteroclysis.  I was referred to Dr Ditslear, who is a bariatric surgeon that specializes in that syndrome.  I had surgery in August to correct it.  He ended up removing about a foot of bowel and redoing my Y of my roux en y.  I'm doing well so far.

Blind loop is where you have a section of the small bowel that for no known reason decides to stop functioning and becomes paralyzed.  Bacteria grows and causes an infection.  It can lead to partial obstruction, nausea, and vomiting.  When it would stop I would get terrible spasms that started around my belly button and would sometimes go to my right and back.  For years they told me the spasms were from adhesions.

I am almost 8 years post op and have had my share of other complications.  I've had 10 surgeries since my original bariatric surgery.  I'm hoping this last one will be it for me!  Power of positive thinking!!!

Thanks!
Stephanie

Deb,
Congratualtions on your plastic surgery.  That would be a dream come true for me and I have'nt even had the surgery yet.  Hopefully in early Dec.  How did you like Dr. Lee?  I've always heard that the lower lift is the most painful of all the plastic surgeries.  Do you only go to the support group on the 4th Tuesday?  Pam

I was told I need to get an accountability partner for a food journal.  I would like to do it by email daily, but am open to any suggestions.  I'm not getting in enough protein.  Let me know if anyone is interested!

I am almost 8 years post op from a roux-en-y.  I just had a revision of the Y done and they removed about a foot of bowel.

Thanks,
Stephanie

I wish I had kept my hose they gave me, but I didn't. Today I stepped on the scale and I am 7/10s away from my pre-op weight, so the extra fluids are just about gone!

Dr Inman is worth the wait.