Please Help...has anyone had gluten intolence after RNY???
also posted on revision board
I will try and make this long story short!!!
Had Lapband placed May 2005...good results...lost 100 lbs...
Moved... started with different surgeon..(major mistake)...Feb. 2011 had port leak ... port replaced, thought we were back in running...NOPE port infected...one year of replacement..infected...removed...wound care...replaced...infected...more time in wound care...getting ready to replace again...changed surgeons again...(finally) she did an EDG found major erosion... after 4 weeks with pic line and antibiotics (mild MRSA...is there such a thing???)....AND LOTS OF MONEY...we finally got it cleared enough to remove band..
Jan 2012.... revised to RNY...they ended up having to convert to Open and removed gull bladder...they then also removed my spleen (it had been enlarged since having Rheumatic Fever as child...) so recovery a little slow just from the get go...also having problems with low blood sugars...
later it seemed that I was having lactose problems so started drinking Almond Milk...still having some digestive issues...16 months later...I have Good days and really bad days...started taking probiotics..(helped some)...but daughter and I have been doing some research and wonder if this is from gluten intolerance...
So that is most of the facts...i started my Journey at nearly 315...(2005) and now weigh 155-160 and wearing size 12...so I am happy with this part...just really NEED to get this digestion stuff under control...
Thanks in advance for ANY advise...I just feel like I am just taking shots in the dark as to what to do next...final part of story ...I now live in Knoxville TN and at a NEW Doctor (internal Medicine doc) again...I really feel that he is doing everything he knows to do ...have had lots of different test this past year... I need to find a new Bariatric Dr...
Lapband .. May 2005 .. Starting weight 311.6
Revision surgery Jan 2012 .. RNY .. 231
Currant weight 168
I don't know of any reason why RNY would cause gluten intolerance. If you were gluten intolerant before RNY, then you would still be gluten intolerant after RNY. But if you weren't gluten intolerant before RNY, having RNY shouldn't cause you to become gluten intolerant.
People often do become lactose intolerant after RNY and there is a specific reason for that. Our stomachs make an enzyme called lactase that we need to digest lactose and our tiny pouches make a lot less lactase than our bigger stomachs used to make.
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Thanks Kelly... I had heard about the Lactose issue and so that didn't surprise me...and I know that when I stay on the Almond milk it seems to digest much better...I still eat yogurt, mostly greek yogurt ... but as far as large cold glasses of milk...noda...
Besides the yogurts.... I also get plenty of other pro-biotics...also drink "Good Belly" which is a liquid pro biotic...doing all I know to do to help the "gut"
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."