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Danniella P.
on 1/26/13 2:42 am - Va Beach, VA
Topic: RE: Stomach pain after hernia repair?
something similar has happened to me. I had my RNY8 years ago. I have had several hetnia repairs with mesh. over the summer I became very ill and was in the hopital for 2 weeks, many test, low blood count, infection, low iron and sevetal other systoms. no one could fiqure what was going on. I know the abdominal pain was awful., not even pain m would last long. finally before the holidays the fiqure it all was possibly caused from the mesh in my abdominal. I bwen telling them something was wrong. because I co fe knots and pins. things that didnt feel normal. well 10 days ago I had open hetnia repair and mesh removal. they went in and that top mesh was a mess. it was folded and buckled. now I not sure if is the mesh that has a recall. I am still in enormous pain. I fell like more than when I was in the hospital. I sm passing gas, but have so much pressure. cold and hot sweats. I have a belly binder it helps alittle. I just want the pain to go.
gamergamer
on 12/29/12 12:49 am
Topic: RE: 6 months post op, not losing weight properly, had major complications. Is this normal?

Sorry I don't have any answers for you but I would recommend that you post on the main board forum or the RNY forum.  This forum isn't used much.

elanesse
on 12/28/12 6:24 am - Denmark
Topic: 6 months post op, not losing weight properly, had major complications. Is this normal?
Hi everyone. I just joined, and I have a question I've been dying to get answered. I had rny July 12th 2012, and my surgery went horribly wrong. I had internal bleedings, and my doctors didn't react fast enough, so I ended up having 2 surgeries the same day, and I almost died on the table. I was at the hospital for 18 days. I was in such much pain, and I got this enormous blood accumulation on my left side. Even though im almost 6 months out, I'm still blue and black all over my stomach, in a lot of pain, and I still have an infection. I haven't been losing weight like I should. It is very slow! slower than anyone else I've ever heard of. I was told back then, that the weightloss will pick up once my body is no longer in shock. I haven't been able to find anyone else who's had complications, who is also experiencing really slow weight loss. Is this normal?
Elaine J.
on 12/16/12 8:12 am - Indianapolis, IN
Revision on 12/13/12
Topic: RE: Candy Cane Roux Syndrome
Just had surgery, outcome of viewing 'shadow' behind afferent limb. It was also the candy cane bowel obstruction with hernia. I had dismissed all the symptoms, as my roux en y was about 20 yrs ago. In retrospect, I did suffer from pain that felt like bowel was in a knot, constipation, which I had never experienced before, and before that, diarrhea, and gas that was at times what is called sharts. But, I never linked all those together. My surgery was scheduled, but with the acute pain under left shoulder blade the night before surgery, I would have been in the emergency room, but probably with no diagnosis. The surgeon removed numerous adhesions and had promised to restrict the size of the opening. My pouch had not changed much in size, so that limb was causing my weight gain and hunger after all those years. Recovery has been a bit more than expected... Painkiller in hospital raised my blood pressure to 180/130. Rather than 23 hours, I was there four days. Clear liquids again, and I'll see Dr. r
Rosemarie Jones in Indianapolis on Tuesday.
Sandy21
on 12/13/12 11:34 am
Topic: RE: reverse gastric bypass
Hi Kim I am thinking of having my surgery reversed, how are you doing? And how was the surgery? I had so many complications so if you could please email me at [email protected] to exchangesome info with me I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you and I hope all is well.
-Sandra
lorie bolden
on 12/12/12 12:37 pm - marydel, MD
Topic: RE: severe complications with stomach pain post op. Anyone else?

found you! just 8 months later! Wrote you privately with phone number to text me. Really could use that friendship. Things went from bad to worse since last posting.

wendlady
on 12/12/12 2:24 am
Topic: RE: 3 years out& in pain
My guess would be your gallbladder or a hernia. The hernia will likely NOT showup on tests they had to do an exploatory surgery to find mine
 WENDY
                 
reversedgrace08
on 11/24/12 3:29 pm
Topic: RE: TPN-feeding tube-complete revision...?
After 3.5 years of unresolved pain, memory loss and a myriad of other seemingly unrelated to rny symptoms, I had my surgery reversed/takedown. Most of my issues were resolved or lessened post takedown.
PM me if you would like to talk and know more.
I don't wanna litter the site with my whole long story. I do want to inform anyone who suffers from seemingly odd, nonrelated medical issues, that, despite normal tests, and multiple doctors insinuating it's "all in your head" type attitude, they are not alone.
Grace
Imamiracle2008
on 11/9/12 9:00 am - Tinton Falls, NJ
Topic: RE: TPN-feeding tube-complete revision...?

Wow! Just on the up side you are number 9!!! When I went to the Mayo Clinic they told me I was one of 8 people that they had seen with these problems so you must be number 9. Anyway, when the first surgeon that I had put me on TPN also and just left me there. He wouldn't return any of my phone calls or the other doctors phone calls. If you lived in my state I would swear we had the same doctor. When you had your revision did you get a gastrectomy? I did. I have chronic pain everyday. Either from the scar tissue from the surgery or scar tissue from the feeding tubes. I as you did felt better for about 7-8 months then I began vomitting in my sleep. I'm not sure if tat is happening to you yet. And because of that that I keep getting aspiration pneumonia. Dr. Raper (the second surgeon) went back in to do another revision hoping that if he lengthened my limb that gravity would keep the vomit down which would prevent the aspirations. It worked for a short while and then since July it had been getting worse and since July 31st through second week in October I was hospitalized for aspiration pneumonia. Dr. Raper is one of the best gastrosurgeons in the country and he is at the University of Pennsylvania. He has a reputation of fixing other doctor's mistakes. He sat down with a group of 14 doctors to discuss me!! And the only two solutions that they came up with was 1. Sew off my esophagus and give me a permenately feeding tube or 2. Sew off my vocal chords and give me a permanent tracheotomy. None of which sounds appealing or fun to do.

my primary doctor thins that if I go on a high protein low carb no sugar diet and lost weight that would put less pressure on the diaphragm and it won't push on the chest cavity causing me to aspirate with continuing to sleep elevated and no eating 4 hours before bed. We don't know how that will work because we don't know how I gained this extra weight since I don't eat much and I have no stomach or duodenum. Since August I have only lost 5 pounds which is depressing but I have to keep taking steroids for the pneumonia and I retain fluid on that and it's a vicious circle not to mention that the prednisone has given me cataracts and insulin-dependent diabetes. But on the good side I haven't aspirated. So we think that maybe my body doesn't know or doesn't remember how to digest carbs. And I also have been diagnosed with central sleep apnea, different from obstructive sleep apnea. The specialists feel that when I was in the coma I must have had a small stroke that caused that. So she feels that by using a bi-pap machine at night that too may stop the aspirations. 

Im so sorry that I wrote you a book but I've been through so much and done so much of the testing that if I could save you from getting one more test or if you can learn something from my experience to help you, it would make my searching for answers worth something even if it can't help me.

good luck and please keep me updated. I haven't seen any posting from you in a while and I was really worried. 

Danielle

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jewellee9
on 11/5/12 2:49 am - IN
Revision on 09/13/12
Topic: RE: TPN-feeding tube-complete revision...?

I'm having almost the exact same problems. I had my first RNY  in April. About a month after surgery is when the problems started. I couldn't eat anything solid, some days not even water would stay down. My surgeon finally did my revision in Sept( after 5 months of hell)! Its been 7 weeks since the revision and the symptoms are coming back! Only now I cant get my surgeon to do anything to help me. So I'm wondering what you had done and if it was successful?

            
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