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   — Tigs (posted on August 1, 2007)

August 1, 2007
That sounds similar to what I went through in the last year. Eventually they decided to take out my gall bladder because it wasn't functioning correctly, although I had no stones. I never believed it was my gall bladder because it always seemed like an obstruction to me - either scar tissue or a twisted intestine - but I was grateful for any chance at relief. At that surgery, the discovered what I think was the real problem - a gap had developed where the intestines were sewn together, allowing a portion of the intestine to loop into the gap and kink. It never showed up on any xrays or scans either and it would come and go, but seemed to get worse over time. My surgeon tightened it all up during that surgery and I've had no problems since; I wish they'd done the exploratory surgery much earlier but they tried every alternative first. He seemed to indicate that the twisted intestines aren't that unusual in patients who've lost a lot of weight, that they often can develop a gap where the the intestines were sewn together. While exploratory surgery might not show a twisted intestine if it wasn't twisted at the time, I think a good surgeon would be able to tell there was a problem.
   — sandsonik

August 2, 2007
It sounds like you are experiencing what I have experienced before. I am 5 years out from gastric bypass surgery and I have made it to my goal weight. As soon as I did, I had extreme pain in my stomach that lasted so long I went to the ER. People like us who have had surgery like this know what pain is so for us to complain it must be horrible. Anyhow, I have had these "episodes" a few times in the past few years and everytime they last about an hour and then subside. The doctors can't find anything wrong and tell me it's probably gas! Like I don't know what that feels like. Personally I think that since people having these surgerys is still fairly new, they don't know everything that can happen in our bodies. Going in there and moving things around is probably th reason for our pain. A few doctors have agreed with my explanation and unfortunately there is nothing that can be done about it. It is just one of the negatives amung a long list of positives for deciding to have this surgery. I hope this helps and I hope these episodes subside for you as they seem to have done for me. Good Luck, Mindy
   — poohgyrl80

August 2, 2007
I don't know why I forgot this yesterday! I to had episodes like yours this past January. Even sooner if you count the times I thought I was just having a horrible upper side cramp when I would do certain exercises. I started having those at other times and my surgeon did an exploratory lap. I was full of adhesions. The side cramp I was having was one of the adhesions. I came out clean on CT scans, but was having all this pain. Needless to say I was almost glad he came back with the answer of adhesions, I was begining to feel like I was crazy. The surgery to fix this problem was a breeze and instantly fixed the problem. Complete recovery was less than a week, hardly any pain. Good luck and remember you are your own advocate and know your own body when something isn't right. Insist on getting some answers! Goodluck and i you can let me know how this turns for you.
   — tazthewiz23