Question:
Anyone with bowel obstructions after having rny 5+ years ago at BTC (Bariatric Treat

ment Center)/Barix in Wylie, Texas which has closed? I have just gone through several weeks in the hospital with extreme pain, surgery, etc. I sure want to know if others have faced this. I am not going to try and sue I promise. I just want to know how others have coped and if there are others who have had to survive this. Dr Julie Leverton did my original RNY surgery March 2003. Thanks for any guidance in healing from the surgery.    — AnninTX (posted on June 26, 2008)

June 26, 2008
My RNY was 06/15/07, GB removal on 02/15/08 and a double small bowel resection on 06/14/08. Scar tissue grew around the small bowels in two places and decided to act up the day before flying out on vacation. Emergency surgery was done and I'm home now recovering. I guess you can get bowel obstructions at any point. Good luck in your recovery.
   — Anna C.

June 26, 2008
I just got home from hospital with a scar tissue obstruction. did not get surgery lot of pain. my rny was july 2005
   — sybiliowa

June 26, 2008
I had surgery on 3/4/08. Formed scar tissue by 3/20/08. Had to have a revision on 4/1/08. Simply Shit happens. have the revision to remove the scar tissue and move on. Noting the doctors could have ever done to prevent this. Linda
   — Navada L.

June 27, 2008
If you want to locate her now, do a yahoo and google search(I did & found all kinds of info on her) and put her name in the search box on ObesityHelp.com.
   — ladyveteran

June 27, 2008
A bowel obstruction is a potential risk for anyone who has had prior abdominal surgery because of scar tissue/adhesions, not necessarily WLS. My father has had 3 bowel obstructions, 2 in the small bowel, 1 in the colon as he has had multiple prior intra-abdominal surgeries. 2 had to be operated on, 1 cleared up after a lengthy hospital stay that was not so fun. Shit, or lack of it happens... sorry to say for all of our sakes. A very young lady in our support group had RNY a few years back and is at goal, has had all of her plastics and is GORGEOUS. Finally able to get pregnant and have a baby and had a small bowel obstruction just a few weeks ago with surgical repair. You never know. Good luck to you, Dawn Vickers, RN, BLC, CLC
   — DawnVic

June 30, 2008
i had a strangulated hernia and obstruction april of 2006. it was excruciating pain that i wouldn't wish on my worst enemy!! to make matter worse, i first noticed the symptoms when i was 8 months pregnant with my 2nd child and no doc would even look for a possible cause. they all assumed since i was a bypass patient whose gall bladder went bad. they wouldn't even do an ultrasound to see. so, they just told me not to eat since i was in horrible pain 10 mins after eating anything at all. i also had my surgery at a BTC (in illinois). i also know of another person who had the surgery from the same clinic that had the same complication. when my baby was 4 months old, i had the attacks again and refused to leave the ER until they fixed it. i was vomitting, heaving, and pain pills were doing nothing. they FINALLY did at CT scan and saw that my intestines were so swollen that i was on an operating table 15 mins later. they were worried that at the obstruction, the swelling was about to make my intesting rupture. thankfully it didn't! my only advice, TAKE IT EASY!!! best of luck to you!!!
   — christielyons

July 20, 2008
something we talk about often on yahoo grads list, so many of us being more than 5 yrs out now. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG
   — vitalady

January 2, 2009
I have just had my second surgery in 3 months. something similiar intusseption of the bowel. They are finding it to be a late onset complication greater than 1 year and greater than 100 pound weight loss. I am a neonatal nurse so intusseption of the bowel is common for our NICU kiddos but not an adult! I had my first surgery with a manuel manipulation to the bowel and bowel tacking but still had significant pain. I had my second surgery on December 26th of 2008, a bowel resection. It was a laproscopic procedure and I am now home recovering. I have a wonderful surgeon in Denton, Texas if you are interested. I think there will be alot of complications with WLS that we will only learn as we all get out a few more years. I know I was one of the first Lap RNY in the dallas area back in 2002. so, I think keeping ourselves knowledgable and up-to-date on the research and follow up are so important. Not just when we are having problems but when things are going well, too. I hope some of this info helps you. have a blessed day. Thresa Looney
   — tlooney

November 16, 2009
I just had 2 emergncy surgeries for bowel obstruction. I almost died. I had my surgery in Plano at Presbyterian. Doctor said it was an complication from my RYN 3 years ago.
   — LSTRIC

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