Ulcer

Please give my condolances to Rita's famiy.  If you all don't mind i have a question regarding ulcers and TPN ...has anyone gone through this.  my surgery date was 030209 and i am not doing real well...thanks

Holly, I just went through this in March. Gie me a little more info. What are your symptoms? Have you been diagnosed with an ulcer? What is your surgeon saying? Can you eat at all? I had severe nausea everytime I ate and actually went about a week without eating/drinking before I called the doc. Ended up in the hospital, they checked everything out and couldn't find a cause. Initially said they thought it was from the Lexapro, so they stoppe that. Sent me home and it didn't improve, still couldn't eat. I got my picc line the following Monday. Started TPN and was on it for 3-4 weeks. They eventually diagnosed me with an ulcer (though Dr. Evanson doesn't believe the ulcer was what was causing all my issues). I was finally able to eat again and was taken off the tpn. I'm doing fine right now. Dr. Evanson believes that it was a hormonal thing causing the nausea. He said they have seen it in women my age (30's).

Melissa

Good aftrnoon Melissa,

First off i had my RNY on 030209.  I have been complaining to my surgeon's nurse that i had problems with keeping anything down including water.  So I  had an endoscopy on 05/16/09 and was diagnosised with an ulcer.  My doctor prescribed 1 rx for the ulcer and another pill for my nausea.  On the 16th they also gave me 2 bags of iv fluid to help with my dehydration.  Nothing had really changed because i was still getting sick.  On 051909 i was readmitted to the hospital. i was really glad i went because they had said that i was very dehydrated and my potassium was dangerously low.  I stayed in the hospital for 4 days getting rehydrated but still unable to eat so my surgeon (Dr. Gupta) order me on TPN.  I am still having problems eating but i guess i am getting my vitiamins though the TPN.  I am just so tired of getting sick that i would rather walk around with an IV then to eat and get sick for hours at a time.  As far as the nausa being caused by hormons  i dont know but i am 49 and i think that your still a baby at 32 ...so we dont have the hormon thing in common.  

Have a great night
Holly

Holly we sound very similar as when I was admitted my potassium was very low and I hwas having arrhythmias. I assume you are feeling better with the TPN? I felt much better after about 1 week of TPN. I hope you find that too. Please feel free to message me if you have anymore questions.

 

Melissa

Thank you for posting... between you and melissa there is hope ...thanks again holly

sorry i havent been on here for a while but i just went thru all this too! i had my surgery in oct. and had a scope done in nov and they said everything was ok, and at the end of feb i started getting sick to where i was vomitting 15-20 times a day adn could keep nothing down.  at first i thought i had the flu and tried taking meds for that, and couldnt keep those down either.  anyway... i went to my local er and was treated for dehydration (march 15thish)  and went for another scope where they said i had an ulcer.  they gave me some meds and said for me to try that and i should be WAAAYYYY better in a couple days... the following monday (almost a week later) i was still vomitting.  i was still dehydrated, my potassium was low, all that jazz...i went back up and they put in a picc line and started tpn.  i was on it for a month... my first 3 weeks dr jones told me to ONLY  eat was ice chips and sugar free popsicles (and to not worry about trying to get my vitamins down bc i was getting them in my tpn).  then i started on broth and things like that.  i had to "prove" i could eat without the tpn.  i had it taken out at the beginning of may.  i am doing a lot better, but sometimes i still cant eat adn get sick.  it is a day to day thing.  there were a few days i litterally thougth i was going to die before they did the tpn, and i was asking myself why i went thru all this.. but now i am some better.  it is taking me a long time to get up all my strength and energy, but it is better!!!  i hope you are doing better and if you have any questions, feel free to message me back (i am going to be gone for a week so i dont know if i will have internet access).
have a great weekend!
cassie