I took TrimSpa a few times. It works ok, but I got scared of it, cause I heard it swelled up in your stomach, so I have not taken anymore of it.

I have the gas problem. My stoma has stretched and I was told that alot of air goes through with the food. The gas pains are horrible.

I had similar problems 6months post-op that was thought at first to be a hernia.... turned out to be a baseball size abcess... nonetheless I ended up with surgery to lance this after undergoing several ER lancings that didn't resolve the problem at first.. they ended up putting a drain in... When your body isn't getting the right amounts of nutrition it doesn't heal fast sometimes heals from the outside in rather than the inside out and an abcess can result and eventually infection... How are your eating habits? are you taking your vitamins regularily? Hope this helps.... Janelle

I had my surgery in January of 2002. I have lost 116#'s and am very happy that I had the surgery. I have been having a problem for about the past 4-6 months and have attributed it to the surgery, but in going through all the postings here, I haven't found anyone else with this problem, so I don't know if it's from the surgery or if it's something I should go to my primary doctor about. I have been experiencing pain in my stomach (it is tender to the touch), my stomach is distended (I look like I'm about 7 months pregnant) and rock hard. This is not all the time, but often enough that it is very uncomfortable! I also experience a lot of gas pains. I have tried to keep a diary of what I eat, to see if this is triggered by certain foods, but I have have not been able to detect a pattern. When I am experiencing this problem, it feels like someone has stuffed a basketball in my stomach and it really hurts. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? My primary physician doesn't know a lot about this type of surgery and because it has been over 2 years since I had the surgery, I would have to re-establish myself as a patient (with the doctor who did the surgery) in order to be seen. I have "put this off" for a number of months now, hoping that it would just go away, but that doesn't seem to be happening. If I knew that this was surgery related, I could just wait it out, it's the not knowing for sure that has me concerned and wondering if I shouldn't just ignore it and hope it will go away...

I want to have reconstructive surgery. Its been a while 2.5 yrs. Only lost 100 lbs. Looking for info on surgeon for surgery. Got a lot of hanging