Question:
Is food supposed to reflux up into bypassed stomach?

   — Nut Picker (posted on July 8, 2005)

July 8, 2005
There those that are sensitive to some foods. You have to experiment with them. You may need to be on an antiacid like Prevacid for awhile. You don't give a whole lot of information here. How far out are you? Ulcers can be an issue with wls patients. Lactose, dairy products, can some times cause issues too. Since I really don't have any thing else to base my opinions on, I'll stop there. Check with your doctor is probably the best thing to do. Paula
   — shoutjoy

July 9, 2005
I'm not sure what you mean by this. The bypassed stomach is usually not attached to the pouch. Are you talking about refluxing back from the small intestine through the Y bypass? Or are you having esophogeal reflux problems? If you eat too much or the wrong food you might have some reflux, but the pouch produces very little acid so this is not very common.
   — Beatrice C.

July 9, 2005
Rarely a small bridge/tunnel forms between the pouch and the bypassed stomach. This allows food to enter the bypassed area. Usually if this happens your appetite balloons up and you don't dump. Check with your surgeon.
   — RobinNJ

July 9, 2005
Upper Gi's with small bowel follow thru show no staple line problems. And yes, the "food" is going through the pouch into the small intestine and reflux back up the other side. I have had ulcers sincy LAP RNY 9/03 -170, been limited to very few foods. The surgeon refused to see me in 3/04 when the ulcers were dignoised. I've seen 4 different GI docs, tests show Crohns, but they offer no treatment. I've been on 5 mg prednisone for two years due to RA. None of the doctors will answer the basic question, should there be reflux in the small bowel into the bypassed stomach? I have food "intolerences" also, that list has gotten a whole lot bigger since the RNY.
   — Nut Picker

July 13, 2005
NO, it should not be refluxing into the bypassed stomach. Keep going to docs until you find one that will help you. YOu may consider going somewhere like the Mayo Clinic. As for your Crohn's Disease, you need to go to a specialist that has expertise in that area of medicine. Do some web searching until you find one. They are out there. Good luck....debbie
   — debi327