Gastric Bypass episodes not any better.

Nov 02, 2009

11/2/09 - It's been awhile since I've been on here.  It’s been a rough 7 months to say the least. I have not lost any more weight since March.  Since then I began having these horrible episodes where I become dizzy/lightheaded, nausea, stomach pain, then chest pain that becomes very intense with sharp pain in the center, tenderness – I’m unable to place my hand on my stomach or chest due to extreme discomfort, hard to swallow, shortness of breath, unable to talk at times, and it even hurts to have a bra on due to the compression.   These started out as 2-3 a month and have since went to 2-3 a week and now I'm having a couple just about every day. 

I have been working with my gastric bypass surgeon on all of this.  We have tried monitoring it along with medication but nothing is helping.  Dr. C. sent me for an Endoscope on September 9 but the only thing that they found was a small narrow area which is where the esophagus goes into the stomach.  I had an EGD with balloon dilation on October 14. However, the doctor told me that he doesn’t think that it will help me because there is a kink in my stomach area. Dr. C. wants me to give it a couple of months to see if it eliminates my symptoms before we declare the gastric bypass as a failure.  I just hope that I can hold out that long because the episodes are worse now than ever.....;(

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