Stretched stoma

Hi everyone....I've been having a hard time with depression and anxiety lately despite a slew of anti-depression and anti-anxiety meds.  I found out at the beginning of October that my stoma is stretched.  Dr. Peters did another EDG because even though I wasn't experiencing the symptoms I'd had previously from ulcers I felt like I was NEVER full and could always just keep eating.  When he did the EGD he did indeed find anoher ulcer but found the stretched stoma as well.  Well, o say the least I'm really upset...still.  I measure my food and have gained back 8-9 lbs of original loss and am around the 160 mark.  Does anyone else have a stretched stoma and if so, any words of enlightenment?  I feel like I've done something wrong or that I didn't truly deserve to be healthy.  My DH (bless his heart) says I'm beautiful no matter what but I'm totally afraid of gaining back everything I've worked so hard for and that's hard for him to understand.  Don't know what to do and feel like I'm falling apart. HELP!!!!

There's a surgery to fix the stoma.  A lady over on Quixoticwls just had it done.  Pop over and check it out.  You are not a failure!!!!!  You did nothing to cause this.  Sometimes this crap just happens.

Thanks for the support...I really appreciate it.  I hate crap!  sunny1

Thank you for your honesty!!!! I want to tell you how much I admire your corage!  I am so proud of you!  First of all, you are doing the right thing---talking about it. What does Dr. Peters want to do about it?  I do know there are revision surgeries that can fix that, I am not sure if Dr. Peters does that or wants to do that in your situations.  I do know of a doctor in Philadephia that Dr. Irgau knows and other people in our support group have used.  But, first see what he wants and maybe email me personally or call me.  I am not sure, how it happened, there are many different ways it can get stretched.  Can Dr. Peters do a revision to cut out the ulcer, which inter will make the new tummy smaller. 

This is where the life becomes a reality and that this surgery is just a TOOL, it is NOT the majic solution. I am proud that you are going to nip this in the butt.  Your metabolism has been messed up with losing the weight so fast, so that is something to keep in consideration.  So your body may not need as much food as it used too.  Also, this is when you need to journal your food, what the carb intake and in disagreement to the doctors.....CONTINUE YOUR PROTIEN DRINK SUPPLEMENTS.  I have seen alot of patients who are told by the doctors that they can cut out the extra protien drink or cut back to 2 a day or what ever.  Continue what you did right after surgery.  The reason is that when you cut the protein drinks out, you tend to eat more as the protien curbs the appetite and your body is craving the nutrients that is in the protien drinks because you don't absorb all the nutrients out of regular food.  You can ask around, but what I have seen people start gaining weight when they cut back or cut down on they protien.  Then by journaling everything that goes in your mouth keeps you honest with yourself.  It is so easy to con ourselves.

I also just read this last week in the reader digest that taking IRON can cause ULCERS.  WOW!  I don't know if the doctors know this and if this is just new information out, but that could explain why people all of the sudden get ulcers after the gastric bypass.  I want to research more into this. 

The other thing is SLEEP.  How are you sleeping?  I have seen alot of people say their sleeping is not a long or as deep as it used to be prior to surgery.  I haven't figured this out yet. But I know that when we don't get enough sleep it causes our bodies to crave more carbs and more food in general. 

I hope this helps and hope it gives others things to think about.  I would love to get any feed back on these thoughts as well from others. 

Please know that I am here for you and willng to support you in any way---just ask!  Call me or email me privately.

Talk to you later

Nicki