trip to ER=emergency surgery=INTERNAL HERNIA

Im 1,5y from my RNY lost around 130p, since Tuesday I was in constant pain, less or more intense. More intense after eating solid food, not so bad after drinking, no nausea, no vomiting, no constipation . On Thursday I was done with pain, so I went to ER(same hospital where my surgery was-St Joe Hamilton,ON) after X-R, blood work, urine,CT-scan, talking with my doc who did my first surgery-decision- surgery and I was like maybe next week? and he is like "No in 2 or 3 hours".

So I went from ER TO OR almost right away. They told me that probably I have twisted intestines, because of how much weight I have lost(when you loose a lot of fat there is more room and insides can twisted-the simplest explanation) and it can be easy or more complicated. My was easy laproscopic around 40 min and I was out in recovery room, went home today(saturday),I have a little bit of pain and nausea, but overall I feel good.

My advice is if you have pains(left side around your rib,pains that move from your stomach to your back, pain can be intense or dull- feels like a bad gas pain but gas-x won't help and overall you feel like crap do not wait too long go to ER.

So glad they caught it quickly. They doesn't always happen! Get well.

Heal quickly!

Yeap. Good cool. I had 3 surgeries over 4 years to fix that. The last one was because my intestines "flipped over" creating 2 kinks - spots that were too narrow for the food to pass without pain.

OMG, so scary. So glad your surgeon caught it in time and took care of it.

It sounds a lot like what can happen with standard poodles; they can get twisted intestines too and I always lived in fear of my dog getting it. I had no idea it could happen with us, too.

If it's OK to ask, did you start this off with severe pain that then became as you described. I am in the process of testing, so far everything but internal hernia or intussusception (usually a pediatric condition but something that happens to by-passers) has been ruled out :( In either of these remaining conditions, mine would have been minor and resolved itself, for now.

Hope your recovery is smooth and quick!

Yes it started with a severe pain I just finished my lunch when it hit me.It was bad for around 2 h then less painfull, got worse again when I eate

Thanks...so glad you're on the mend!!

Yes, I've had two surgeries for this. I definitely agree that pain should be evaluated sooner rather than later. Glad they got you fixed up!

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So sorry to hear this happened Feel better soon