Possible internal hernia, gained 75 pounds in 9 months!
I went to the hospital in May with severe pain in my stomach, especially under my left rib cage. They admitted me and although finding a "moderate gastric fistula & intersusseption at my "Y" they chose to do nothing about it. I've gained 75 pounds, other health problems out of control (migraines, started having seizures again, severe osteoarthritis in hips, lumbar, cervical spine & shoulder) and my mental health has suffered.
Mind you, I've been at goal weight for 3 years, 4.5 years of from surgery. I'm angry! Why did they let me go so long?
At my yearly follow up, I was scheduled for a complete upper GI. They found nothing. Tomorrow I go on for the barium swallow test. If nothing there, they're going to do a lap exploratory. I really can't wait.
I've been constipated since I was a baby, on stool softeners twice a day since my surgery in 2011. With all this pain all over my body... Idk what's what. I just want them to find it and fix it. Idc what they have to do to me!
Technically, eating more is the only thing that can MAKE you gain weight.
A fistula ALLOWS you to eat more. The passage into your old, large stomach means you can fit more in without getting full. If the fistula gets large enough, it's like you never had surgery. And it can cause other problems as well.
But, it doesn't make you put more into your mouth to begin with. That part of it we can still control.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
