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Hi Y'all,
Just thought I'd add a list of bummer side effects I'm now plagued by years later following "reversal" of BPD in 89' (no DS involved, the BPD was performed in 85');
Osteopenia - Will soon have IV Reclast.
Impaired motility - Food moves through the GI tract ever so slowly.
Reactive hypoglycemia - Causing tachycardia (up to 120 bpm) and shakiness/weakness.
Bloating/flatus - Enough to fill the Goodyear blimp and clear out a stadium full of folks. This should be classified as a weapon of mass destruction.
SIBO - Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth syn. I still have a blind loop.
Intermittent burning in the throat - I have very little stomach left so, I assume this may be bile reflux...
Joint pain - Docs are calling this "Unspecified Connective Tissue Disease".
Infrequent runs - A couple times a month, at times more.
Bad skin - Fragile, dry, cracking, and breakouts similar to acne.
Insomnia - 3 to 5 hours of sleep per nite.
Frequent URIs - Have had at least 5 already this year involving junk in the chest and sinuses, up to 104 temp.
Fatigue - Duh!
Hemorrhoids - In the absence of runs/constipation (internal/external).
Swollen, painful salivary glands under tongue - Cyclical, not Sjogren's Syn.
Anemia - Comes and goes.
High Vit. B-12 - Without supplementation (it should be low). Also, some other weird lab values.
Oh, TMI, huh? There's more, but these are the worst ones.
I am a professional and am now only able to work PT due to these symptoms.
I have consulted so many other docs, some just assume I'm doc shopping (without reading the med. records).
There's a paucity of info re the condition of long term WLS "reversal" pts... Some WLS c a n ' t be completely taken down. Once you monkey with your guts, sometimes there's no going back...
At the end of this month, I'll be undergoing a DBE (double balloon enteroscopy) performed at the only facility doing this procedure on the west coast. It may be able to get into areas other scopes couldn't.
WLS digestive tracts can't always be completely visualized (especially the small bowel and blind loop) by other procedures.
I really want to hear from those of you who were "reversed" and how you are doing now. What side effects if any do you have?
Stephanie E
Here is where it stands with me as of today. I was scoped and the surgeon dialated my pouch, the narrowing to my pouch was extreme, no food could barely pass through, found an ulcer too! Says I'll probably have to the procedure again and blamed me for not coming in sooner. My iron was low, put 60mgs per day and now have to drink my ulcer crap 4 times a day. He says i should start to be able to eat meat and hold it down....we'll see? I'm still not convinced I want to continue with having it not REVERSED, but damn these surgeons don't want to talk about it.
Then all of a sudden one day, things stopped. I drank my shake and nothing happened. 3 days went by and nothing. I tried dulcolax and nothing and the next day I tried an enema. It was now Sunday night. I waited until Monday morning - now 5 days and lots of pain. Called my GI doctor and he had me come right in and sent me for a CT scan. Before I could even get home, he called to say I had to get immediately into NYC to my surgeon for emergency surgery - I had a bowel obstruction and internal hernia. That was the beginning a 5 months of hell and 4 surgeries = perforated colon, septic, illiostomy, illiostomy reversal. I haven't been same since.
I was told about 10 years after another abdominal surgery that I had a mild case of gastroparesis but it was always controlled with reglan. They took me off of the reglan when I had these surgeries this past winter though. Since all this, I am left with constant diarhea - no more constipation.
I don't know anything about the type of surgery you are having and how it will affect you but if you have any of the side effects that we get, constipation is definitely a problem for most of us and if you already have a motility problem, then I am not sure of the purpose
I'm new to this site.
After undergoing 4 revisions, I finally threw in the towel and had a "takedown" of my BPD in 89'. Most of the stomach was removed. I now have nasty physical side effects. I'd like to find out what other "reversed" people are experiencing. There is a lack of info about long term reversed WLS pts.
I don't have any suggestions, but I wanted to let you know that there are people who care about you. Take care, and I hope everything works out.
Consult:239 SW:217 1mo:195 2mo:182 3mo:169 6mo:139 9mo GOAL CW: +2 from underweight
Consult:239 SW:217 1mo:195 2mo:182 3mo:169 6mo:139 9mo GOAL CW: +2 from underweight
