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As promised, I will continue to post alerts that especially pertain to health issues for long term post-ops - this was on the Main Board:
Post Date: 4/12/10 6:21 am
I had surgery August 2003. I lost weight and gained back weight. They did not take out my Gall badder when they did they Bypass. August 2008 I had to have the gall badder removed. I have more sick days than I do good days. Now they are telling me that I have scar tissue causing problems. I am taking Thoracic Sympathetic Injection Blocks to stop the pain & sickness. Thoracic Injection Blocks are only temporary relief. They are now considering me a Canada for a TENS Stimulator. TENS would interrupt the signals to the brain.
This has been no walk in the park. Because of the bypass, the Gastrologist cannot do an ERCP to remove sludge and stones. I developed Pancreatitis March 2009 when a stone became lodged in the common bile duct. They have had me taking Ursodol to dissolve the stones and sludge. Surgery is not the answer here. Any more surgery would create more scar tissue.
If I had the opportunity to choose Lap Band over Gastric Bypass, I would have gone with the Lap Band. When I had my surgery, they were only offering the Gastric Bypass. Gastric Bypass does not allow the use of a scope reaching the entry point of the ducts. Therefore, a procedure to clean out the ducts of sludge or stones cannot be done. Those ducts are accessed through the duodenum which has been bypassed. The only way now to access those ducts is to make an abdominal incision and an incision in the intestines.
I have an appointment April 16th to meet with a representative from the St. Jude foundation. I will learn more about the stimulator then. I sincerely hope that anyone considering Gastric Bypass understands the downfall to bypassing the duodenum. Yes you will absorbe less calories, but, if you delelope stones and sludge, then other complications can occur. Ursodol is bile acid which you must take from 6 months to 2 years to dissolve Gall Stones & sludge.
I am wondering if anyone else has encounter dealing with Cholecystectomy, sludge, stones and scar tissue. This journey has been a difficult one to endure.
Post Date: 4/12/10 6:21 am
I had surgery August 2003. I lost weight and gained back weight. They did not take out my Gall badder when they did they Bypass. August 2008 I had to have the gall badder removed. I have more sick days than I do good days. Now they are telling me that I have scar tissue causing problems. I am taking Thoracic Sympathetic Injection Blocks to stop the pain & sickness. Thoracic Injection Blocks are only temporary relief. They are now considering me a Canada for a TENS Stimulator. TENS would interrupt the signals to the brain.
This has been no walk in the park. Because of the bypass, the Gastrologist cannot do an ERCP to remove sludge and stones. I developed Pancreatitis March 2009 when a stone became lodged in the common bile duct. They have had me taking Ursodol to dissolve the stones and sludge. Surgery is not the answer here. Any more surgery would create more scar tissue.
If I had the opportunity to choose Lap Band over Gastric Bypass, I would have gone with the Lap Band. When I had my surgery, they were only offering the Gastric Bypass. Gastric Bypass does not allow the use of a scope reaching the entry point of the ducts. Therefore, a procedure to clean out the ducts of sludge or stones cannot be done. Those ducts are accessed through the duodenum which has been bypassed. The only way now to access those ducts is to make an abdominal incision and an incision in the intestines.
I have an appointment April 16th to meet with a representative from the St. Jude foundation. I will learn more about the stimulator then. I sincerely hope that anyone considering Gastric Bypass understands the downfall to bypassing the duodenum. Yes you will absorbe less calories, but, if you delelope stones and sludge, then other complications can occur. Ursodol is bile acid which you must take from 6 months to 2 years to dissolve Gall Stones & sludge.
I am wondering if anyone else has encounter dealing with Cholecystectomy, sludge, stones and scar tissue. This journey has been a difficult one to endure.
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