Hi gang,
It's been awhile since I've posted and lots has happened.
I am 4 years post op RNY; lost 110 from the surgery and 170 overall. I'm down to 220 range which I know is not great, but it's okay for me for now. Anyway...

I've always had this ongoing problem of food gettting stuck. Many of you seem to have similiar problems...back pain, chest pain, nausea and finally vomitting. I've even been hospitalized recently with a bowel obstruction. I had my gallbladder removed (thinking that was the cause of the chronic nausea/vomitting) and adhesions taken down, etc. I felt fine for a while and now my pain is back with  a vengeance. I've had all the usual tests (ct, mri, countless endos with small bowel ft) and now I'm gearing up for a capsule endoscopy this week. After reading about the indications for this test I really don't think this is going to get to the bottom of my problems. My doc thinks it is just a motilty disorder that I may have to live with! Not exactly what I signed up for when I had the gastric bypass!

In addition to all this pain, I am not anemic from an iron deficiency. I 've already had one infusion and am getting ready with the hematologist to get another one and also possible blood transfusion from the severe anemia. My parathyroid hormone is triple what it should be and we're still looking into the cause. Right now I'm not calcium or D deficient although I've been put on 50,000 iu's of D until the cause of the elevated PTH is found

Help!!!

Anyone having extreme digestive issues and if so has anyone had a resolution to the problems?

Thanks for reading,
Toni

The anastomosis is the newly formed junction at the pouch. Something about creating that that causes ulcerations. My ulcer was finally cauterized, and I don't seem to have anymore problems, but I will be on Nexium twice a day for the rest of my life, as well as no chocolate, caffeine, alcohol, citrus or spicy foods. Good thing eating doesn't mean as much to me anymore!

The doctor's have not ruled out that there isn't ulcers in the rest of the intestinal track, and one surgeon seemed to think I had ulcers in my remnant stomach, which justifies Nexium twice a day.

Good luck, and I hope you get to feeling better!

Very familiar...I had the same symptoms for a year and a half, and had an Upper GI, an EGD and all sorts of lab tests with no signs of anything wrong. One day, after a particularly painful bout (I would have stomach pain so bad I would double over, joined by vomiting), I couldn't figure out why I was having acid reflux when the surgery was supposed to eliminate acid reflux. Three days later, I was bleeding to death. After transfusing me with four units of blood, they said I had an anastomotic ulcer, put me on Nexium and told me to stop citrus, chocolate, caffeine, alcohol and spicy foods, which I did. Six months later, I was fighting for my life again and was transfused five units of blood. All they could tell me was that the ulcer was still active, despite the fact that I was doing everything I was supposed to. They told me I was fixed. A week later, on a trip to Disneyland with my grandchildren, I hemorrhaged again, and had another five units of blood. This time, I saw a gastric surgeon, who said the ulcer was located on the equivilent of a varicose vein in the stomach. I later learned that not only can one develop ulcers in the stomach (the anastomotic ulcer occurs in about 13% of gastric bypass patients), but one can develop ulcers all along the digestive track. If I were you, I would first make sure there is no blood in your stool (the first clue of a bleeding ulcer), then find yourself a gastric specialist (maybe at a teaching hospital****il you are satisfied. Good Luck!

Hi Butterfly,

Can you kindly send me a friend request so I can PM you about a problem I am having?  Thanks I appreciate it. :)

-Lisa

Okay guys just looking for some answers have no place else to turn. I had lap ryn dec 08, have had 3 egd about 11 trips to the hopsital/ docs office/ and urgent care for iv fluids bc im so dehydrated i can not keep my head up. Needed as much as 8 bags one day, and i have had my gallbladder removed about 5 weeks. I have also had everything from ulcers to a stricture. My doctor does not believe me anymore my weight lose has been slow day of surgery I was 276 and today I weight 217, but I went from a size 22 day of surgery to 14. After gallbladder surgery my chest pain has stopped and I have been able to drink atleast 64-80oz a day. I still have pain in my stomach, more on my right side where my gallbladder was. I do not sleep at night maybe 2-3 hours a night if I am lucky and I do not know what else it could be, any ideas?