Question:
Has anyone who did not have ulcers pre-op get one post-op?
I am a little over 3 weeks post-op lap rny. I was having pain and my doctor ordered an upper GI. He said that I have an ulcer. How can this be if there is no acid in the new pouch. Has anyone else experienced this? — tulagirl (posted on August 14, 2002)
August 14, 2002
Tammi. My surgeon says he has had this problem enough that he test
everyone for the acid that causes ulcers before surgery. It seems if you
have the acid before you will most likely get an ulcer soon after surgery.
He requires two weeks of meds to get rid of the acid before he will do
surgery if you test positive for it. Good Luck
— Pam G.
August 14, 2002
Did he refer to it as a marginal ulcer? Right in the new stoma? I had
several of those before I was transected. They are more common with
distals, than proximals, but they are not rare. Presumably he has tested
for h.pylori, but that did not cause mine. If there is any compromise in
the staple line (as there was with mine), there can be a little drizzle of
acids & such back up into the pouch. Very annoying. I was one who was
subject to ulcers previously, BUT down in the bottom, not near the top. A
marginal ucler is very specific.
— vitalady
August 15, 2002
i did not have an ulcer before surgery - i did not have one that showed up
when i had my first 2 endoscope's (?) but on my 3rd endoscopy my doc said i
had an acute ulcer and now i take meds for it. i never had any symptoms
that i noticed but, i never had one before so who knows?
— Susan B.
August 15, 2002
I wonder how many staple lines your dr used? I saw an article that compared
the risk of ulceration for different numbers of staple lines. The risk for
4 rows was pretty minimal but there was a big jump in ulceration when the
surgeons used 8 rows. It seems that the more trauma is introduced to that
area, the greater the risk of ulceration.
— ctyst
Click Here to Return