4 years post-op and cannot eat ANYTHING help!
I posted this in WLS graduates, but then found this forum and thought maybe someone can help. Here is my story
Hey everyone! I am just over 4 years out from surgery. Since my surgery I have lost 260 lbs, I got too small and forced myself to gain 15 lbs back. I have been stable with my weight for about a year and a half now. I am starting to get VERY concerned though. Since surgery every once in awhile I would go a few weeks with eating problems, getting sick after I eat. It has always passed in the past. the last 2 months have been HELL. Every time I eat anything i get EXTREMLY sick. Cramping, nasuea, diarreah (almost immediatly), searing pain through my pouch and intestines, hard to breathe (pain under my rib cage), lethargic. It is very very painful For a little bit i thought it might just be dumping syndrome, because heck thats what all the symptoms sound like. Over the last 2 weeks this has been getting worse and worse. After 2 bites the sickenss will start and i'm miserable. Since my surgery I have been very strict about my eating, still to this say I eat high protein, low carb, I check everything I eat, If a serving has over 7 grams of sugar i wont put it in my body.
I know I should probably go see my surgeon, but we had a falling out about a year and a half ago and he said he will no longer see me for anything. I lost my job a few weeks ago and am unemployed and don't have any insurance. So i'm really at a loss for what to do.
I have been doing some reasearch and I think i am going to try the 5 day pouch test, mostly to see how i do with protein shakes (I dont seem to have problems with fluids other than soups).
Does anyone have any advice on what i can or should do? Im kinda lost at this point and its getting out of control and starting to affect every aspect of my life..
Thank you!
Hey everyone! I am just over 4 years out from surgery. Since my surgery I have lost 260 lbs, I got too small and forced myself to gain 15 lbs back. I have been stable with my weight for about a year and a half now. I am starting to get VERY concerned though. Since surgery every once in awhile I would go a few weeks with eating problems, getting sick after I eat. It has always passed in the past. the last 2 months have been HELL. Every time I eat anything i get EXTREMLY sick. Cramping, nasuea, diarreah (almost immediatly), searing pain through my pouch and intestines, hard to breathe (pain under my rib cage), lethargic. It is very very painful For a little bit i thought it might just be dumping syndrome, because heck thats what all the symptoms sound like. Over the last 2 weeks this has been getting worse and worse. After 2 bites the sickenss will start and i'm miserable. Since my surgery I have been very strict about my eating, still to this say I eat high protein, low carb, I check everything I eat, If a serving has over 7 grams of sugar i wont put it in my body.
I know I should probably go see my surgeon, but we had a falling out about a year and a half ago and he said he will no longer see me for anything. I lost my job a few weeks ago and am unemployed and don't have any insurance. So i'm really at a loss for what to do.
I have been doing some reasearch and I think i am going to try the 5 day pouch test, mostly to see how i do with protein shakes (I dont seem to have problems with fluids other than soups).
Does anyone have any advice on what i can or should do? Im kinda lost at this point and its getting out of control and starting to affect every aspect of my life..
Thank you!
do you eat the same type of food, maybe you have develeoped in intolerance to something you eat on a regular basis. I i know that certain foods like broccoli and a few other things do this to me now. could it be a milk intolerance or one of the vitamins you do. i do love my protein drinks, my dietican still rants on getting the correct amount of protein. i still do have a long way to go. are you drinking enough water. don't know how helpful this is for you but i can't imagine what you are going through especially without the help of your doctor. can you see a nutrionist free of charge somehwere.;good luck
Sorry for ur troubles.........and yes there are several things that can be done...HOWEVER..as you stated you're in a pickle...because your unemployed and w/o insurance!!! So no matter what we have in suggestion..without money or insurance there is little anyone can do..unless you fall in the hospital. That you had a falling out with ur surgeon is not a problem because my own surgeon quit on himself n practice, and then I had other jobs so that the insurance was not the same...however in due time I kept checking and waiting til I found my current surgeon - Dr. Wiljon Beltre. He listened and I ended being able to have a revision of my gastric surgery. Im still in recovery due to a few complications but the only thing I can tell you...is don't give up. Keep searching for that surgeon who will take you on, and the most important secure a job with insurance. Best of luck..
Ruth S.