concerned about my health

hello all ~

i had rny january 16th.ive done great with it.ive been going threw the stages just fine.as of today im 55 pounds loss.but heres the problem!!in the last 2 weeks ive been get sick {throwing up} and like my food has not been good.drinking anything sometimes makes me sick .so about a week ago i went back to soft foods and water.well that helped alittle but im freaking out that something has went wrong.can anyone help me out with some knowledge. im 8 hours from my doctor so that isent happening . why would i go backwards now?

let your surgeon know what's going on. It could just be that you're progressing too quickly with your food, or you could be getting a stricture. If the latter, they should be able to do an upper endoscopy and stretch the stricture out at a local hospital. I had two strictures - one at four weeks out and the other at eight weeks out. They usually appear in months one - three (they're very rare after the third month) - so you're in the right time frame for it, if that's what it is. I'd just contact your surgeon's office for starters and see what they think.

OR GET CHECKED FOR CANDY CANE SYNDROME 36 DAYS LATER OF PAIN AND THROWING UP HAVING SURGERY MONDAY TO REPAIR .....GOGGLE IT FRIEND HOPE THIS HELPS AND YOU FEEL BETTER ALL MY TEST CAME BACK NEG

I'm sorry you've experienced such a rare complication; strictures are much more common than Candy Cane Syndrome so the OP shouldn't immediately assume that is what she has. She needs to get proper medical evaluation and diagnosis by a bariatric specialist/clinician.

Christy2544: Why have you responded in ALL CAPS? It is coming across as if you're yelling at us, so it has been received negatively.

It may be a glitchy thing. I had a post that was half caps and I went back in to edit and it was the way I typed it but then when I went back out of edit, it was caps again.

Be careful with Dr. Google. Remember that it might return the most common answers (or the most talked about) and don't self diagnose.

As far as your surgeon being eight hours away: Not sure how rural (or not) you are but many times a doc or two will work directly with your surgeon. So you have a local set of eyes who can speak doctor-language. Have you been seen for this at all yet?

Because no matter how many of us weigh in, your best bet is still going to be a doc who can see you in person and talk to you.

Hope you find your answers and feel better soon.

Contact your surgeon's office. They will probably tell you to go to the ER of a particular hospital, probably where you had the surgery so that the emergency personnel are aware of post-surgery, RNY or sleeve. At least, that's what they told me when I had problems. I was over a year out though. Be sure you are tracking all you are eating. It may be your tummy is more sensitive and you need to slow down food progression or other problems but your surgeon will know more about it and if needed, order the necessary diagnostic tests.

I'm sorry, when I responded I forgot about the 8 hour thing. Still, call the surgeon's office. He/she should be able to refer you to someone much closer. Don't let this turn into an emergency, emergency.

I'm sorry, when I responded I forgot about the 8 hour thing. Still, call the surgeon's office. He/she should be able to refer you to someone much closer. Don't let this turn into an emergency, emergency.

hello all , Well things have not been so well.I was feeling really crappy so i decided to go to the hospital ER sat. evening.They did a CT and found that my stomach was narrowed going into the intestines.they said that i needed surgry asap.they were going to life flight me to OHSU .I did not have insurance so i declined.i was so dehydrated i had to wait to get a bag of saline in me and then we drive ourselves.it is a 8 hours.got there at 2;00 in the morning and they already had everything ready to go.no surgery until they did a scope down to my stomach.the results were a ulcer and narrowing that was servere.next day they went in and ballooned the opening.when i woke up the said it needs to be streach more.so next week i go back to have it done agian.im happy that i get to drink water and eat cream of wheat.i had to stay three nites to be sure i was gonna progress on.i feel way better and im not so scared because i can drink water.Im glad i listened to my body.thanks for all the help and was there when i really needed the push to go to the er.