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That's my situation. I had the sleeve in November 2011. If has what they call a stricture so the only way to repair is just to bypass it. Any suggestions? I'm 92 pounds lighter than when I started this journey mostly because I can eat nothing. Comes back up because it can't travel down the stomach. Ready but nervous!

I have a Stricture too a large one! I have been stretched 3 times. Not much relief. We are doing a revision bypass in August to go around this problem. I was sleeved in November 2011. I have lost right at 92 pounds as of today. I hope after u get this fixed I can Make the scale move more an use my tool as it was designed to use! Good luck. You know ur body better than anyone. When something is wrong let them know. Keep pushing until u get answers

Thanks everyone! My exercise is walking on my treadmill and I did a boot camp in may. I have been really fortunate for no real saggy skin

Hey everyone just wanted to share a Comparsion pic from June 2011 to June 2012. Had surgery in November but was loosing weight iny pre op stages here.

Yes hiatial hernia

I had a hernia repair the same time I had my sleeve. They said it was a bigger than normal size hernia.

Went for my upper GI this morning as I lay there talking to the radiologist we are discussing my stricture and how closed off it is and he said oh u have a hernia. I said well they fixed that with my initial surgery. He said well you got it again. Really? Anyone heard of this? Do I just have all the bad luck

Your story sounds like mine but I live in Texas and had it done in Texas. I had my surgery in nov 2011 and started having complications in January. We stretched my stricture in feb and again in march. Did an upper GI. It showed as pretty as a picture. He kept wanting me to wait it out to see if it would resolve on its own. It hasn't. I went back yesterday and pretty much told him it was time for surgical intervention. I am pretty sure we are going to do a gastric bypass now to go around the stricture. I go again in the morning for another upper GI to get an exact picture. Let me know how u r doing and I will do the same. Good luck!

Ok, so I have posted I had surgery in November 2011....I have a stricture....imagine that.....anyways, I have lived miserably with this for months and the surgeons solution was to dilate or stretch with an upper GI....the first one no success....the second maybe some change....NOW nothing works for me....anyways followed up with surgeon today and told him basically you are going in to fix this.....two options: bypass the stricture which will make me a gastric bypass patient now or try to cut around the stricture and see how that heals up and see if it will tighten again......I am nervous but want this fixed....I am leaning towards the bypass, but UGH.....any comments or thoughts....

Thanks Delta! Yes it is a nightmare and no one understands unless u live it. He wanted to stretch it again and I was finally like NO. So I have an appt on Tuesday and I'm gonna make him go back in. Did u have to do the whole liquid thing again after they redid urs?

I've been stretched twice and need it again. I'm not sure it ever gets like it should. I pretty much can't eat anything I'm suppose to without throwing up. Good luck. Stay on ur doctor

I am out since November of 2011 and still can't do chick fil a. My kids love it but it always comes right back up. I think it has something to do with my striction or maybe it just doesn't like me anymore. I sure did love the flavor

In Tyler Texas. I'm not sure who around here could do a second opinion. I could go to dallas I guess. He was like well you have has a complication so that slows things down. I hate to do surgery again and it leave more scar tissue You just never know what could happen when you go in for multiple surgeries. I think if I could increase my calories my body would move out of starvation mode and lose weight. I've been saying that for 3 months though. My scale hasn't budged since end of march first of April. And it was we can stretch ur esophagus again but that's ur call. Let's see how ur feeling. Really? I'm pissed cause I spent all this money and efforts and for this?? How do I think I feel? I was told my strictures were caused from scar tissue from my large hernia. He said it was quite large. Digestive guy says cut the tissue out. WL guy says let's we what happens ?

Protein just doesn't stomach well for me or anything else. Pretty much as soon as it goes fine in throwing it up again. Some small bites of chicken sometimes works. Crispy bacon water and unsweetened tea is pretty much my diet. I've tried tuna and salmon that's a nope. Sometimes shrimp works sometimes not. Just depends on how tight my stricture is feeling that day. No bread makes me feel like I'm dying. No pasta ever. Sometimes bites of a baked potato Eggs never Go. Cheddar cheese sometimes. Doc said well if some sliders r working for u like crunchy pretzels then keep those at least there r some calories.

K I was sleeved in november of 2011. Since then I have lost about 82-86 pounds. But I had a complication. I had a striction. I had it stretches once in feb and then two weeks after that again! The last stretch has somewhat helped until now. I can't seem to keep anything down. I have visited withb my doc and of course go figure in his very first striction. He wants to keep stretching it or even wait. He said he UNDERSTANDS the weight loss has stopped but I don't. I'm pissed. I didn't do this for it to stop and let's just wait and see crap! I can't do the protein and never really have been able too! I can't even eat feaking soft scrambled eggs. I'm lactose intolerant now. It it weren't for Lipton tea and water I would be up a creek. It's like a chore to eat. Any suggestions? Do I go demand they go back in and fix this or stretch again or WTH? I'm even doing a boot camp at 445 am and nothing is happening! HELP!!!!

I just started a b12 injection. I am almost six months out. I give them to myself. I am in shock I can because I am terrified of needles. They make me feel much better! You will not regret taking them.

I am 5.5 months out and have lost about 86 pounds. I had a complication. I had a stricture. The first one my doctor has had in all his practice. I'm holding at the same weight now FOREVER. It won't move for the life of me. I have started a boot camp an my food intake is very low still have some problem with my stricture. But he does not want to do surgery or stretch again for another two months. The thought of eating almost makes me sick. Why bother really? Anyways any tips for scale movement .... I know I should not be a scale watcher but after being big for so long you die to see a small number. Shows me proof I am being a success. Help!

I use to be the one dripping tubs of sweat all the time. I was sleeved in November 2011. Now I FREEZE all the time and I live in Texas. I can no longer sleep with the fan on and rarely turn on the AC. I wear sweat shirts and turn on the heat in my classroom. I can't wait to get to my car in the afternoons to get warm. I sleep in pants and long sleeves now. My husband likes the cheap electric bills. LOL. Hope it lasts!!

Started at 264 now 179. Sleeved November 2011 Before

Good morning! I am four months out and been at a screeching halt for about 3 weeks. I am eating protein and taking in liquid but nothing Any suggestions on how to make it move again? Getting frustrated thinking maybe I am at a stopping point. I have lost right at 63 pounds.

I've had a stricture and I am still trying to recover. I am four months post op. I have only lost about 60 pounds. Anyways this can be very serious. I had severe pain in my left shoulder and NOTHING stayed down. It went say and came right back up just as it went down. I stayed nauseated and did good to keep liquids down. I had an esophagus dilation feb 16. It lasted maybe two days. I then went back and has a barium swallow and it showed my stricture I had another dilation with a bigger balloon march 13. It is some better. More things are going down. I lacked protein serious and wanted to stay in bed. Pure exhaustion. My doc is watching this closely. I am the first in his practice. Of course leave it to me! It's frustrating and overwhelming at times. Get it treated!

Thanks everyone! It's just so frustrating. I keep thinking well, I'm done with the weight loss. It is a stricture or striction. I thought restriction too but no I was wrong. Hopefully this last esophagus dilation did it. I'll keep hanging in there! Thanks again! The protein is the hardest to get in! Most makes me sick. I still have a problem with nausea and my smell is so strong now that most things turn me off!

Good morning! I was sleeved late nov 2011 and have lost right at 58 pounds now. I have has a stricture which has caused me more misery tha it's worth. I think that's finally fixed bit the scale is not moving at all. I am getting frustrated. I think I an loosing inches. My body is in starvation mode and holding onto everything it gets. Protein is hard almost impossible to get in. Any suggestions ? I feel like I might be finished loosing or could this be a stall in the whole scheme of things?

I had a major hernia he fixed. We had no idea I has it until he went in. It was making my stomach pull right up under my diaphragm and stick out. I also had my gall bladder removed. It was "hot" he said. Probably the reason why I felt bad all the time he said. He also found some abnormal lymph nodes he cut out and sent to pathology. All ok now. My hernia is still giving me fits and I was sleeved in November. The scar tissue is so much it is trying to wrap around my esophagus I have a striction they call it. This week makes two of having my esophagus dilated to help stretch that scar tissue ao hopefully he won't go back in and cut it back. I hope you recover quickly. It did take me about 2 weeks to feel "good". I am down 62 pounds now. Good luck

My doc finally sent me for a barium swallow test yesterday. I asked them please don't make me drink a lot of this or I will get a horrible pain and have to vomit. I started to drink and he told me to stop. We watched it on the screen just come to a complete stop and bubble. It finally moved on through. He knew I was miserable and let me stop. So I have a striction. The first one my surgeon has ever had. Go figure right. So they brought to my work some juice like protein drinks and scheduled my second endoscope. He wants to stretch again. Let's hope this works. I've been like this for about a month now. Anyone heard of one or had problems with a stricture?