GASTRIC BYPASS GONE WRONG

I had Gastric Bypass Ruen Y surgery 6 years ago and have had nothing but problems ever since. I weighed 360 lbs at the time of my surgery and now weigh 150 and am 5'10. I have gotten as low as 125 and with the extra fat and skin my actual body weight was probably around 95 lbs and my friends and family are extremely worried. About 6 months after my surgery I was hospitalized and went from a size 26 to a size 20 in a hospital bed. I suffer from extremely bad ulcers. I am hospitalized atleast 2x per year. I take carafate and protonix daily. But due to the recent economy I no longer have health insurance. I throw up quite often...no rhyme or reason. I try to follow the specific diet and do as I am told. I try home remedies health food stores etc.. Now my teeth are breaking off..left and right due to the acid, I eat tums drink maalox etc... It has ruined my life!! I am in constant pain.. There is no need to try to describe it to anyone because if you havent felt it you just could not Imagine. It is excruciating and often sit and debate with myself whether it is time to return to the emergency room which I cant pay for due to no insurance and have even more against my credit. Now what do I do with my teeth, cant afford that either... I am not a speaker for gastric bypass...at all.. I had seen others who had it done and had been fat and teased all my life I just wanted to be thin...pretty.. But no teeth and a nice figure??????and in constant pain.. No life, depressed about how bad I feel and when will it ever go away or what do I do if it doesnt. I am 40 years old and feel as though my life is already over. Doctors cannot explain or figure out why the ulcers are so bad and will not go away. If you have not had any of this...Thank god. Please dont keep going under the knife for the quick fix.. Enjoy being able to get up and walk without doubling over. Enjoy being able to eat a raw carrot without teeth breaking off when you chew. If I could do it again I would have put down the fork and joined a gym. I know we all think its not because of the way we eat or how much we eat...but we all no that it is...!!! Dont take it for granted.. Love yourself and you will find others who will love you no matter the size. Find a support group that wants to help you be a HEALTHY you no matter what size. Be happy and healthy.

MY HEART BREAKS FOR YOU,IT TRUELY DOES. I LITERALLY CRIED READING YOUR POST BECAUSE I SEE MYSELF IN YOU. IT HAS BEEN 2 YRS SINCE I HAD RNY 11/05/2007. IAM SO DEPRESS AND REGERT HAVING DONE THIS SURGERY. ALTHOUGH I DON'T EXPERIENCE DAILY PAIN I AM IN PAIN AT LEAST 3 TIMES A WEEK. I AM NOT SURE  IF I HAVE AN ULCER LIKE YOU DO, LIKE YOU, I NO  LONGER HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE. IM 48 YEARS OLD AND FEEL LONELY AND REGRETFUL. MY WEIGHT HAS DROPPED FROM PRE SURG 312 TO 134. I LOOK HORRIBLE. MY FAMILY THINKS I LOOK SICK. IAM DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO REGAIN 20LBS FAST. I EAT TUMS AMD DRINK MAALOX JUST LIKE YOU THEY DO HELP SOME. THE GAS PAIN AND CONSTIPATION IS UNBEARABLE. AND GUESS WHAT? ALL MY UPPER TEETH ARE GONE! I HAD A DENTURE MADE YUCK! DISGUSTING. I WISH I HAD STAYED FAT. I ASK GOD TO HELP ME JUST TO FEEL HEALTHY AGAIN. I WILL ALSO PRAY FOR YOU SINCE WE SEEM TO HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON, I DRINK ENSURE PLUS 2-3 TIMES ADAY TO HELP ME REGAIN SOME WEIGHT SO I DON'T LOOK LIKE A CRACKHEAD! BEFORE WHEN I WAS FAT I FELT THE WORLD WAS STARING AT ME, NOW I'M TOO SKINNY AND THINK THE WORLD IS STILLSTARING AT ME. DAMED IF I DO, DAMED IF I DON'T. GOD BLESS U

i know its an old post but i hope u still log in from time to time i  know what ur goinf through i am loosing the weight so  fast and its been nothing but trouble i am 10 weeks out and have lost 60lbs  down froma a 24 to a 14/16 im always in the hospital i am malnutrition and because of that i have deep vain thrombosis (big blood clotts lots of them) due to the picc line i had to get in order to saty alive sometimes i just wanna die but the rest of the time i think of my 4 children and husband and know that i have to fight to be here with them. now i have to have another surgery in april to see what the obstruction is coming from and to top it off i might have to have a revision or reversal of the ryn how sad!! everything im going through to be healthy and 4 what my health is in more jeperdy than it ever was to start, so yeah i know what u feel, felt. i hate the carafate and all the other meds. ill have to take for the rest of my life just to get by day by day.  im sorry that u have gone throught this and hope that u have improved since ur last post. i pray and know  that god will get me through this.

I am scheduled for my bypass on april18,after reading your post im so undecided I have soo many medical issues wich is the main reason for me doing this,my stomach doesnt empty properly its very slow digesting,i have bad ulcers because of it,i have reflux,an esaphageal hernia and a stricture,my drs have told me this is the only way to fix these issues,i am about 75 lbs overweight also.I feel so bad for you and i will say a prayer for you that you get better soon,hang in there :)

My daughter had gastric bypass on 2003 because her dr said it would help with her obesity and illnesses. Not only did she not loose all the weight, she gained it back. But she has had so many more illnesses after surgery! She has been under severe pain for months already and nobody can tell her what is wrong. I researched and many more people that had the surgery have the same problem. The pain comes with spasms all over her body. Please do not have this surgery! I suggest you exercise and follow a diet that will help you loose the weight in a healthy way!  

A very concerned mother

 

I've also been having problems since surgery 18 months ago. Everyday is pain but recently I feel like it's never going to end. Been in hospital 3 times this month. They cant figure out whats wrong with me. MRI, Catscan, bloodwork, and they just give me pain medication and send me home. Only to feel so horible again the next day. I'm excausted and so fustrated that I cannot get help in this matter. I wish I had just controled my eating habits and worked out instead of surgery. I look great now even at 60. But I cant go out and enjoy life cause Im allways sick and in alot of pain. I'm not going back to the ER. I hate waiting 8 hours for someone to tell me now that the pain is gone u can go home. I'm not a drug addict and I dont want to become one because of this.  I hope everyone else that is suffering gets more help than I do. Cause I know in my heart now that they need it bad.

I also feel like they are dropping me cause Im not doing well. Which makes u feel even more helpless. Then you start thinking maybe I should just die and they can all be rid of me. But why should I feel that way when I seeked them out for help and still just asking for help. I rather hear that nothing can be done than they avoiding my begging them to help me.
Im where u are and Im doing this prayer because I feel alone too. I'm hopeing if nothing Prayer will take over and help me.

The Miracle Prayer

Lord Jesus, l come before You just as I am. I am sorry for my sins. I repent of my sins, please forgive me. In your name I forgive all others for what they have done against me. I renounce satan, the evil spirits and all their works. l give You my entire self, Lord Jesus, now and forever. I invite You into my life Jesus. I accept you as my Lord, God and Saviour. Heal me, change me, strengthen me in body, soul and spirit.

Come, Lord Jesus, cover me with Your precious blood, and fill me with Your Holy Spirit. I love You, Lord Jesus. I praise You, Jesus. I thank You, Jesus. I shall follow You every day of my life. Amen.

Mary, my mother, Queen of Peace, St. Peregrine, the cancer saint, all you angels and saints, please help me. Amen.

This prayer is from Father Rookey who I've seen as a healer since 1970.

What type of surgery did you have?

I hear you and I completely empathize with your situation. I had my original gastric bypass in June of 2005.  Everything was on track with exception of daily nausea ( i could live with that). Eight months later, it began, the first bowel obstruction to be followed by the gall bladder removal, more bowel obstructions, intussuceptions, and finally the emergency gastric bypass reversal to LITERALLY save my life 16 months ago. Now, eleven surgeries later and my stomach and gut torn up for the rest of my life. This has psychologically devastated me, cost me a relationship, and cost me a great job.  What I thought was the best decision I had made to change my life has turned my life upside down and my life has been spiraling downward ever since.  I am in a desperate situation.  This time last year, I weighed approximately 135lbs. Today, I weigh 238lbs.  I am devastated over this.  The doctor that saved my life has reviewed my file and has let me know that my condition is too risky to try another form of surgical weight loss again.  If I were to try the lap band or gastric sleeve, with my history with the bypass, I would likely die fairly quickly. I am in the depths of depression with NO where to turn for THIS problem. NO ONE cares and the original weight loss center was all too quick to wash their hands of me because of all the complications. I NEVER mentioned malpractice or anyting of the sort.  It was another surgeon from another hospital system entirely who saved me when I literally had a few more hours to hang in here.  I pray that you will find the help that you so desperately need and for me too.  It's amazing how quickly they drop us when our cases don't fall into their success statistics.  If there's ANYONE out there that can help, Please help!  I would be so very grateful.