Good luck with your surgery, my surgery is in a couple of weeks! Here's hoping that we both have good results and can get the use of our tool back!

Good luck!!

I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else post-op?  I am 3 weeks post-op RNY and for the past few days I have been having frequent sharp pains in the left side of my abdomen.  I can just be sitting or even walking and all of a sudden I'll get this sharp pain that will double me over then it'll go away...then a few minutes later or even 10-15 minutes later it'll happen again.  Plus it still hurts my pouch when I drink or eat anything. So I'm in constant pain.

 I know, I know I'm a nurse and know that I need call my surgeon about this, but I have had nothing but issues since I left the hospital after the surgery.  I also have chronic abdominal pain, (right side) so I know that isn't the problem - plus I'm only able to take about half of my chronic pain meds so my pain level is even higher than my norm. 

So, if someone else has been through what I'm experiencing now please let me know what you ended up doing and what your end results were.

Thanks
Kim

HI LAURA THANKS FOR WRITING ME BACK. THIS THING CAN BE SO STRANGE. I WAS NEVER ABLE TO EAT FROM DAY 1. THERE IS NO RHYME NOR REASON. I HAD MY FEEDING TUBE 2 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. THERE REALLY IS NO GUARENTEE THAT I REVERSE I WILL EVER BE WITHOUT IT. I RECENTLY HAD A BOWEL OBSTRUCTION AND WORKED FEVERISHLY TO RESOLVE IT APART FROM SURGERY AND WE HAVE DONE THAT. I SPENT ALOT OF TIME BEING NAUSEATED AND COMPAZINE HAS BECOME MY FRIEND. MY LIVER HAS BEEN AFFECTED AS WELL AS MY KIDNEYS STEMMING FROM A PROTEIN MALNUTRITION. I HAVE HOWEVER MAINTAINED BETWEEN 140 AND 145 WHICH ACTUALLY IS WITHIN MY NORMAL RANGE I DIPPED ONCE TO 135 LBS WHICH I LOOKED ABSOLUTELY AWFUL. I CAN EAT SOME THINGS BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN MY WEIGHT AND THEREFORE I RELIE ON THE TUBE TAKING FEEDINGS AND FREE WATER FOR HYDRATION AT NIGHT.THIS ALLOWS ME TO WORK AND MAINTAIN SOME NORMALCY TO MY LIFE. I ABSOLUTELY DREAD THE THOUGHT OF A REVERSAL. I HAVE HAD 8 SURGERIES INCLUDING AN ENTIRE REDO OF THE RNY. I HAVE NO POUCH SINCE IT WAS EMBEDDED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LIVER AND COULD NOT BE REMOVED. SO, IT KIND OF GOES FROM MY ESPOGHUS THROUGH THE PROXIMAL ANASTOMOSIS DOWN INTO THE LIMB THE FOOD JUST SITS THERE AND MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I WILL EXPLODE. BUT, IT SURE TASTE GOOD GOING DOWN IN SPITE HOW AWFUL I FEEL AFTERWARDS. FOR ME I FEEL MY BEST JUST NOT EATING PERIOD. I STARTED COUNSELING BECAUSE A FEAR OF BECOMING A TRUE ANOREXIC FOLLOWING THE SURGERY OR PIGGING OUT AND GAINING THE 180 LBS I DID LOSE. THAT IS MY BIGGEST FEAR. I HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL AND WOULD APPRECIATE STAYING CONTACT WITH YOU. THERE IS NOT TOO MANY OF US OUT THERE TO SAY THE LEAST AND THANK GOD FOR THAT....HOPE YOUR CHRISTMAS WAS FILLED WITH HOPE AND LOVE....PATRICIA

Thanks!
My surgery is scheduled for January 12, 2010.  I have a pre-op consult January 4th & I have a couple of pages of questions to ask my surgeon. After he answers them I'll post the questions & answers as a reply to this post.  Unfortunately this is such a rare condition, to have both an ulcer & fistula there's not much info out there. Good luck to you also & God bless you. You'll be in my thoughts

I have the same problem as you and also looking for information.  My doc also said that i would need to have half of my stomach removed....I'm concerned about the surgery.  Please post any information that you find out and I will do the same.  Good Luck to you and God Bless.