Same thing happend to me. 2 times scans show nothing - yet both times herna was found during surgery. (2 surgeriies,  11 months appart)

 im currently going through the same symptoms......i had surgery when i was two days old on my bowels.....ive experienced stomach pain, back pain, bloating, bouts of diarrahea and constipation, nausea and vomiting all throughout my life.....i was dianosed with irritable bowel syndrome and spastic colon.....i also have problems with ulcers and kidney stones.....i recently had a EGD and kidney stone removing done.....they put clips on my ulcers....and put me on protonix and carafate with zofran......i just had a UGI done and got the results back that i have a bowel obstruction or internal hernia or maybe both,...they are talking about doing surgery on me to repair them.....its the same surgery i had when i was two days old......i have no clue what to expect or how they do the surgery....do they open your stomach up or use a scope to go down your throat like they did for my ulcers......i am scheduled to have another ct scan done friday to make sure what it is.....please feel free to leave me comments or messages letting me know what i should expect.....they also said it maybe the reason why i dont gain weight.....im 26 years old and i have three set one is a set of twins and i weigh 94.5lbs....the only time ive gained over a hundred was when i was pregnant or from all the fluids they give me when i go to the hospital.....also diagnosed me with celiac disease....

 I have a feeling you will be hard pressed to find ANYONE with VSG regrets...I had it eight months ago and the only regret I EVER heard was that they had not had it sooner....sometimes people complain about how they can't find a protein shake they like...but other than that...nothing..
go to the VSG boards and ask people there...they're supportive and honnest...good  luck...
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I had my RNY in August 2001. I started at 313 and went to 176 over the course of 3 years. In 2004 I started experiencing what I now know to be low blood sugars. I also started gaining weight back beginning in about 2005 to present. Today I struggle to keep from going above 210 lbs. After experiencing seizure like episodes beginning in 2004, I was incorrectly diagnosed with first a brain tumor and then following a brain MRI was told I had damage to my brain due to suffering from multiple mini strokes. Only after doing much research myself and borrowing my sisters glucometer did I find that my blood sugars were out of whack and going from a low of 29 to a high of 264 within an hour. I had a three hour glucose test about 6 weeks ago and was notified the next day that I had registered a 'critical' high of 264 followed by a critical low within an hour where my glucose level fell to only 46 during the test. I was told I have 'reactive hypoglycemia' caused by my gastric bypass and set up with an endrocrinologist for the first time last week. She is doing a full blood work up on me and I see her again in 2 weeks. In the interim I saw a nutritionist who told me to eat no more than 150 gms of carbs a day. I am a carb junkie and am struggling greatly with this. I do not like meat other than chicken and some fi****oo noticed tingling/numbness in my lips and tongue during episodes, disorientation, irritability, confusion, sweating, etc. I actually lost consciousness only once but have come close a couple of times. Not sure where I go from here. I understand this issue is becoming common for folks that had the RNY and that research is being done on it. Not sure where it will lead but understand from all I've read that each episode causes injury to the brain that cannot be fixed. Scary stuff.

I m so very glad to see your common sense response to people.  I too have had a disasterous response to a DS.  Two years out, I ended up in hospital in Toronto.  I  spent 25 days in hospital on TPN before surgery could be performed to increase my Common Channel length by 100cm.  No on knows yet what the long term health effects will be for me, and I try not to think about it.  Did you start a seperate support group for those of us who have had great difficulties?  Could you email me, if you have, at

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Many thanks;
Anne