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Hi Misty,
I haven't been on this site in over a year. I had a revision surgery in 2008 to an Extended Roux-n-y procedure. I became very malnourished and had to have it revised again to a Distal RNY. I still have symptoms of hypoglycemia and I haven't had a lot of them recently. I am over 8 years out and they have improved. My new bariatric doctor is concerned about them as he is very in tune to the affects of the pancreas putting out too much insulin, so I have to kind of keep an eye on them and let him know about how often they happen. I should be testing the blood sugar levels, but no dr. want to prescribe the testing strips for me. Hope you are doing ok. I will respond if you have questions.
Deanne
2004/2008/2010
RNY/ERNY/DRNY
I have just been prescribed this meds I'm having some of the same issues was wondering has it helped you?
Hi i have these issues and was wondering what type of revision surgery you had?
No question is stupid, we all need to learn from and encourage each other. I had a different surgery myself but my understanding is that the remnant stomach in a bypass is simply attached to another section of intestine. Hence the name RNY. The Y stands for the new shape of the intestines after surgery.
To the original poster: best wishes for healing & perseverance.
consult weight 241 (had not been accurately weighed for over 10 years, my medical records just said "wheelchair") high weight was probably closer to 260.
I truly hope you begin feeling better soon!!
I'm sorry to hear you're in pain. Here's my two cents, for what it's worth.
I had my gall bladder out in October 2008, RNY in August 2009, and gall stones in my common bile duct in February 2010. The stones in my bile duct resulted in sharp, stereotypical pain in my right shoulder blade, just where I had the pains from my first blockage in 2008. In 2008, it took about three days for me to stop eating, have dark urine, and have gray BMs. It took about a week before I became jaundiced. With the stones in 2010, it took about 18-20 hours for me to become so nauseous I couldn't keep down water, and about 27 hours to become jaundiced. My labs were extremely abnormal.
After that surgery, I kept having random pains that felt like biliary colic. After several tests, we finally discovered that coffee gives me biliary colic. Green tea does as well, but the reaction is not as bad as the coffee. I can drink black tea with no problem.
That said, my gastroenterologist started me on an elimination diet before doing any tests. I cut out dairy for two weeks (and thus coffee since I couldn't use even non-dairy creamer), then I cut out something else for two weeks (sorry, I forgot what), and then two weeks after that, I had to cut out tomatoes. Don't ignore the colic, if that is what it is, but it could be produced by something you are eating or drinking. I had tried tracking my foods but didn't see any patterns. It never occurred to me to track my drinks, too. I don't think it's common. The gastro said I was the first patient she had ever had that developed biliary colic from coffee. In fact, she normally recommends coffee to her patients because it's good for the liver. She said the other most likely cause (before finding out it was the coffee) was excess gas.
I hope you find a solution. Over the two years I was in pain, I had MRIs, CT scans, an upper endoscopy, and even open exploratory laparotomy (during which a hernia was found) before anyone even thought of trying the elimination diet. Good luck!
I had my gastric bypass on 6/24/13. In less than 2 months, I have been back in the hospital 3 times, and am now reduced to getting my primary nutrition from a feeding tube that goes into my old stomach through a hole just under my ribcage.
I have developed a stricture in my intestine, just past my stomach pouch, so I can only eat about 2 ounces of anything at a time before I am so full I have to stop. Once I do eat or drink something, it takes hours (Around 5 to 8) to digest it before I can eat or drink again. I was throwing up everything, even water. I called my surgeon, and he scheduled me for an EGD with Dilation. When they attempted the procedure they found my intestinal opening past the pouch had closed to only 4mm in size from the average 14mm. It was so small, they couldn't get the scoped camera through the opening. The doctor performing the procedure called my Surgeon immediately to inform him of the severity, and suggested a hospital stay and a more formal inspection. My surgeon declined saying this was still the least evasive procedure, even with the higher risks. During the attempt to dilate the stricture, my intestine ruptured. They didn't notice it during the procedure, and sent me home. On the ride home I ended up going to the ER because the pain was more than I could take. A Cat Scan in the ER showed the leak. I staid for 2 days in the ICU and 7 more in the hospital's bariatric wing before it healed enough for me to go home.
4 days later I was informed that I would have to get a feeding tube surgically placed into my old stomach to bypass that issue until a proper dilation degree could be achieved. I've had the feeding tube for a week now, and it is still painful. In 3 weeks, I have to go back in for another EDG & Dilation, then will continue to redo that procedure every 2 weeks until the desired intestinal opening is maintained. They said I will have to repeat the procedure at least 5 more times, as they can only dilate me 2mm at a time, and have cautioned me to the high likelihood that a repuncture will occur during the next few procedures, netting me additional stays in the hospital. I also need 2 EGD procedures before they will consider removing this feeding tube.
Every day I wonder how common is this... Why me? And every day I wish this were easier. I can hardly eat anything, and I don't dare to try solid foods of course. Date nights are much harder now because I'm always recovering, and now am additionally embarrassed that I'm not only fat, but have this alarming looking feeding tube coming out my side. It is not anything I can hide under my clothes, so I'd rather stay home. My husband understands, and he's been very good about this, but I need a night away from myself, I'm sure he does to by now. I just want a normal life again. No protein replacements through a tube in my side, no more IVs, no more hospital stays, no more struggling to maintain the basic functions of my day, no more bandages. Aside from being fat, I was otherwise healthy before bariatric surgery. Not anymore. I'm a medical nightmare.
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HI! I have vein envy too! However, I am overweight and mine are "hidden" underneath the adipocytes.
Anyway, don't worry too much about IVs. They can use your neck, hands, legs and feet. They dont like to (due to pain and difficulty turning patients and the chance of it being dislodged) but they can in a pinch!
L
