I had Lap RNY on June 25, 2008, everything went well with surgery, my problems did not begin until about a month post op, but they have yet to end and seem to be getting worse.

I had a stricture which dehydrated me so badly that I was back in the hospital for the first week of August. I came home with a case of pneumonia! That cleared up just in time for me to have a second stricture. They dilated it outpatient, and then I thought I was golden. I did fairly well for two or three weeks, and then all of this began.

I thought it was another stricture, but they went it to dilate and they said it really wasn't bad. They dilated me to 15mm, but now I'm good. All this cannot be a stricture any more.

I woke up after my stricture still very nauseous. It's been a few weeks and a lot of blood work later, and I'm still constantly nauseous. They thought I had picked up a viral infection, but it doesn't seem to be clearing up. Also, just for the record, they did do a pregnancy test, and it's negative.

"Unexplained Nausea" That's what my surgeon is calling it--- here's the symptoms

-I constantly feel like I'm going to vomit, the nausea comes and goes in waves, but never completely goes away (none of the 5 medicines- patches, liquids, pills, IVs- have touched it)

-I do "throw up" on average once a day, but I say throw up lightly because nothing ever comes up, even if I've just eaten, it's like convulsive dry heaving, burping, and a lot of saliva

-I have NO energy, I can sleep 12 hours a night, nap during the day, and still feel exhausted

-At one point I had three nausea medications through my IV and was ready to throw up, but they couldn't give me anything else for it, I was maxed out. I'm off all the medications, and have noticed no change at all throughout

-At its worst I'm also dizzy and beginning to have numbness across the right side of my face, abdominal muscle cramps, and I'm cold

-When I get up to do things around the house, or walk around it gets worse. I'm most comfortable when I am lying down, but I can't spend my life on the couch and I am still sick to my stomach lying down.

-I have SO much gas, burps and hiccups constantly

-At its worst, I almost feel like what they describe as "dumping syndrome" but nothing sets it off, it can occur 1st thing in the morning before I eat, or any time during the day. 

-I have to drink hot tea every morning to settle my stomach, and I've begun to eat only yogurt for breakfast and 1/2 a bowl of soup for lunch & dinner because these things don't seem to "flare up" the nausea. Some foods that I'm fine with one day, I can't eat, or even tolerate the next day.

-Anything and everything can set off the nausea, smells of food, thoughts (pictures) of food, seriously I feel as sick, if not more, as I was when I was pregnant (which was horrible!)

-If I go even an hour without anything to eat or drink and then I sip, it sets it off, I'm almost guaranteed to start dry heaving, even after a sip small enough to wet my whistle

-My mouth is constantly dry and cracked, my lips are so chapped, my mouth has the feeling you get when you drink something way too hot. It also has a sour taste. (I'm not sure that this is connected because I had this problem before the nausea even started)

I have complained and complained about this to my doctors, no one has any suggestions for me. My surgeon has told me that sometime nausea happens with this surgery, and they don't know what causes it but it goes away on its own. He did not have much to say when I pointed out to him that this nausea didn't even START until almost 3 months Post Op!!

I don't have a gallbladder, so that's not it. I do not have any other health issues that I'm aware of. I am only 27, I have a 3 year old daughter, and my quality of life has absolutely gone down the toilet since I had this surgery. I am DESPERATE for any ideas or opinions!