Be Aware - internal hernia risk after LapRNY

I don't know how to repost, but would encourage anyone having abdominal pain and cramping, with or without nausea, especially if it's intermittent after eating, to please read my post on this topic on the main forum.  I have now had two surgeries for internal hernia repair and very much wish I had understood this risk and what to look for better.  It doesn't seem to get much press and is a serious complication! 

To clarify, it is posted on the RNY site.  This is primarily a complication risk for those who've had Lap RNY. 

I had an intasusseption last months...seven years after lap rny surgery.  Never had one b4.  thought I was well past any problems of this nature.

thank you for posting

This doesn't just happen with LapRNY. I had open surgery and had an internal hernia and unfortunately I think I have another one

I was told i have a herinated umbilical cord and it is only noticable due to pregnancy....Could that be what is causing me to vomit all the time?  It has been 2 years since my surgery and I relocated and there is not a surgoen here that will see me but my Gastro dr can't seem to figure it out...

Looked on RNY and couldn't find your post. Can you copy and paste or provide a link to the thread?

I posted a few months ago that I had an intassusception....turns out it was really the dreaded internal hernia....had repair surgery last week.  Saved my life.  Emergency room docs kept sort of blowing me off....did not recognize how serious the problem was and how common.

This is becomming a very common and deadly serious complication.

Last June had to have an internal hernia repaired and am going back in for a possible tear in it tomorrow.  I was told the risks and that this might be a complication so I have no regrets.

Only bad thing was that last year I ended up seeing 5 different surgeons for 6 weeks before I went to my bypass surgeon and was told that all I was was constipated and go home and take an enema.  If there is any doubt, go back to your original surgeon he knows what the hell is going on.

Lori

I totally agree with that.  When it comes to digestive issues, chances are good they are related to the surgery Don't waste time with other docs, see your bariatric specialist!  Same goes for having scans read by radiologists -- from what I've read and experienced, most don't know what to look for in us bariatric patience, so best to work through your surgeon and whoever he usually uses to read images!