Complications -- Anyone had the same thing??

I had MGB surgery done almost seven years ago. I have had zero complications up until about eight months ago. I started having difficulty keeping food down, especially meats. I went to the ER several times and they said I needed my gallbladder removed. So off to the surgeon I went to have it taken out. After that, I was still having the issues of keeping food down. After I ate, I would be in excruciating pain for hours until I finally vomited. I then went to a GI doc and he diagnosed me with a stricture. My stomach/intestine connection was so tight he could barely pass the scope. So he has dilated my connection six different times with no luck.

I am so upset over this whole thing. I can hardly eat anything and have lost more weight than I care to. The weight loss surgeons around here don't want to touch me because they don't do the MGB and the surgeon who originally did my surgery left the state and went back to practicing general surgery. So I'm pretty much left out on my own unless I want to spend $18,000 out of pocket to go to Florida to have it possibly fixed.

I know there probably aren't many on here who have had the MGB, but has anyone had anything similar happen to them? The doctor I talked to in Florida said I need to have a takedown and revision done.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

Try Methodist they seem to be the only Professionals in Houston that can clean up behind other doctors that leave a mess. Shanda Blackmon saved my life she is a Thoracic Surgeon at Methodist Hospital in the medical center. Or her coworker Craig he is the head of the department they can probably lead you to a doctor.

A local surgeon here is going to take the bypass down and redo it like a RNY bypass.  The bile reflux is too much for me and is backing up into my old stomach.  Because of the "loop" design of the MGB, there is nowhere for the bile to drain out to.  Thanks for the reply, though :)