No. He did my surgery in Dallas, Tx (I used to live there). He no longer is in Texas, though... in fact, he's no longer doing bariatric surgery either. He's in Oklahoma doing vein stripping. What I'd like to find out is why he no longer does bariatric surgery and if anyone else is having my kind of trouble.

 Sorry for not replying sooner YES YES YES YES many complications with holding food down its been a yr and a half and still cant enjoy foods i should have been a month or two after rice mashed patatoes pasta MEAT i can only eat cheese chicken apple juice fish and basically foods like that but rgular bread wont even stay down but hey i lost 240 lbs in a 11 months to a yr

Hey All, I'm new here. My name is Lisa and I had a gastric bypass in Apr of 2002. I weighed 230 pounds and wore a size 20 (I'm 5'3"). I rapidly lost weight that first year, ending up at 118 pounds/size 3. I'd love to say it's all been great since them... but it's been a rough road. I first began having severe stomach (severe epigastric pain that radiated throughout my abdomen and made my pouch feel full of air; I'd burp incessantly but it didn't relieve the pressure) months after surgery. The attacks happened randomly (not related to eating) and very infrequently. Other than the pain they caused, they didn't affect my life much. At 3 years out, however, I figured out how to 'out eat' my surgery, as they say and finally came to terms with my truth: I am a compuslive overeater and no amount of surgery will change that. After some scary regain, I finally got my butt to an Overeaters Anonymous meeting and I'm happy to say that I have been free of compulsive eating ever since. Life was good.... and then the attacks began to happen more frequently - daily, in fact - and were now accompanied with nausea, inability to eat and GI blood loss. Currently, I weigh 97 pounds and wear a girls size 12. I am weak as a kitten and my hands shake all the time. I'm a nurse on a busy med-surg unit but can only handle working 4 hours at a time. Dr Horrilleno isn't reachable (at least I can't find him) so I've been seeing a new surgeon who believes I'm having intussuseptions (twisting of the bowel) at my roux en y. It has happened so long that he believes the area has ulcerated (which explains the blood loss). Problem is, my BMI is 17 which means I am a poor surgical risk. So on May 4 I am having my remnant stomach scoped and, if all looks well, a tube feeding will be placed so I can 'buff up' for the real surgery. Can you imagine? I never thought in a million years that me, obese 'big-boned' Lisa would need a tube feeding! Anyhoo, I just wanted to know if anyone here used Dr H and had similar problems. It would sure help my new surgeon to know everything he can...

She hasn't had many residual effects since the tube has been pulled out of her stomach, with the exception that she can't eat much, her weight loss to her is slow when she compares it to mine.  I just think I lost more faster because I was heavier by 40 lbs.  She doesn't appear to have alot of pain just the limited amount of food she can eat but she is still learning her pouch...she has only had one episode of vomiting, she ate a bbq rib which she had prev but she may have taken one bite too many. She hasn't had any dbl you over pain...and I am sorry that you guys are still going through that and I pray for you.  I'm sorry that I am writing this for her she is NOT a forum participating type of person.  Which I think is a shame because she was on here reading to abstract information but not add her story and I believe it is just as important for her info to be posted on here as well to allow people who may have this now or in the future to know all possibilities for this condition...and dr's may read this as well.  I thank you so much for sharing with me and others!!!!!!!!!!!
 

I hope her symptoms don't return.  That is how I was...so bloated and distended I couldn't stand to even look at anything without the nausea hitting me.  Sorry I don't know how to do the ticker but I am sure if you post on the main board someone there will know.  Let your sister know to keep in touch with those of us that have on going issues.  It is helpful to know we are not alone and even if there isn't a solution we can share our stories and information.