Question:
I had my surgery on september 17, this year , after i came home the first 3 weeks was

great, i was walking 20min a day feeling great, then all of a sudden i can't eat or drink any thing i get real nauseaus, and throw up. i landed back in the hosipital 2 times because of this it is real bad. this time they sent me home with a pickline in my arm so i can hook up to an iv bag everynight. but i still am throwing up i can't hold any thing down even lquids are hard to keep down they told me i only have to be on the iv's for a couple of weeks.has any one had anything like this happen to them . please let me know. margie    — margaret B. (posted on November 16, 2002)

November 16, 2002
I had almost the same thing happen to me. I had my surgery on the 25th of September and was fine for the first 4 weeks and then all hell broke loose. What happen to me was the opening to the stomach had gotten so small (3mm) that nothing could really pass through it. They did a procedure called endoscope, where they run a scope down your throat to see what's going on. Turned out it was very irrated and small, so after running the scope through the opening a few times they were able to widen the opening. Since then I've gotten better everyday and now I'm feeling pretty much like I did pre-op. Please have them do an upper gi and see if there is something else wrong than just what's obvious. I wish you all the best, if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask. :-)
   — Melissa S.

November 16, 2002
This is exactly what happened to me. I had a central line and intravenous feeding for a couple weeks. I had an endoscope and they are able to insert a small balloon device into the "outtake" of pouch. They inflated the balloon which increased the size of the opening. Since that everything has gone well. Read my profile if you would like more information and please send me an email if you've got questions or something. It's good that you've got some medical attention. I didn't report my problem for almost a week and I ended up very sick from dehydration and malnutrition and landed in the hospital for a week. My surgeon said he couldn't do the endoscope until at least 6 weeks after surgery, so that's probably why you haven't had a resolution yet. Good luck, this will pass (no pun intended).
   — Scott L.

November 17, 2002
It sounds like you may have developed scar tissue on your stoma, closing the opening. It's not uncommon. Did your doctor prescribe an antacid like prevacid for you post-op, which would help prevent your gastric juices from scarring the stoma? I'm surprised they haven't sent you for an endoscopy yet. If the problem is a closed stoma, they can do an endoscopy and dilate it in a matter of minutes.
   — sandsonik