sarah50

A few changes for you too see. Starting weight 17 st 9
Currently 9 st 10

Hi all, im new to this site but open to suggestions ,
So my story is , i had a gastric bypass in April 2017, weight loss great, all my medical conditions settled , but i had pain in the insides of the left rib area from quite early on, i couldn't get to the pain by touch, i had the camera and CT scans , i was later informed i had ulcers in the new pouch, i was relieved to find out i did have something wrong and this pain would go away , so in 2018 i had a bypass revision to have the ulcers removed , my new pouch had lengthened (stretched due to acide reflux) , so i had further surgery to shorten this and the ulcers were taken out.
Further complications arose, as they removed the ulcers they caught my bowel , more surgery was needed and i lost 5 pints of blood, recovering from the surgery , 5 months later I'm still in excruciating pain on the left side, pain killers don't help at all, and my GP said it was my 'Back' i knew this wasn't what was wrong with me and i felt i had no support or getting anywhere with my condition. The hospital were also at a loss what was happening with me, and tried to diagnose me as depressed, the only depression i had was pain and not been believed.
i took it upon myself to do my own research and i have came up with Bile reflux, not acid, the GP listened to me and agreed to try me on some medication, as i wa passed myslef by this time, after 5 days of been on the medication , at last i'm getting some relief ,i cant explain the pain i have been in, i thought i was going insane at one point as all the tests were negative, scans all clear , pain that i couldn't get too, yet it had me drinking bottles of strong pain relief to literally put me in bed .
My question is ? has anyone else had this complaint of BILE REFLUX and if so what was the outcome as i understand the medication can only be take short term?

A few changes for you too see. Starting weight 17 st 9
Currently 9 st 10

A few changes for you too see. Starting weight 17 st 9
Currently 9 st 10

If you have Wikipedia on your computer or phone you can look it up. I wonder if your rny was faulty, I always was told the reconnection was far enough " downstream" that such a thing was pretty impossible and DS were more likely to exhibit it. And Wikipedia does admit it is not a "fun thing" to have happen to you.

I'm so sorry you've had to deal with so much pain. I don't know anything about bile reflux but I hope they find some answers for you. (hugs)

I'm shocked that your surgeon can't get this under control for you! Maybe a second opinion from another bariatric surgeon? My GP admits that she has very little knowledge about bariatric issues and she sent me right back to my surgeon when things were going off of the rails with my band and sleeve.

Hi all, im new to this site but open to suggestions ,
So my story is , i had a gastric bypass in April 2017, weight loss great, all my medical conditions settled , but i had pain in the insides of the left rib area from quite early on, i couldn't get to the pain by touch, i had the camera and CT scans , i was later informed i had ulcers in the new pouch, i was relieved to find out i did have something wrong and this pain would go away , so in 2018 i had a bypass revision to have the ulcers removed , my new pouch had lengthened (stretched due to acide reflux) , so i had further surgery to shorten this and the ulcers were taken out.
Further complications arose, as they removed the ulcers they caught my bowel , more surgery was needed and i lost 5 pints of blood, recovering from the surgery , 5 months later I'm still in excruciating pain on the left side, pain killers don't help at all, and my GP said it was my 'Back' i knew this wasn't what was wrong with me and i felt i had no support or getting anywhere with my condition. The hospital were also at a loss what was happening with me, and tried to diagnose me as depressed, the only depression i had was pain and not been believed.
i took it upon myself to do my own research and i have came up with Bile reflux, not acid, the GP listened to me and agreed to try me on some medication, as i wa passed myslef by this time, after 5 days of been on the medication , at last i'm getting some relief ,i cant explain the pain i have been in, i thought i was going insane at one point as all the tests were negative, scans all clear , pain that i couldn't get too, yet it had me drinking bottles of strong pain relief to literally put me in bed .
My question is ? has anyone else had this complaint of BILE REFLUX and if so what was the outcome as i understand the medication can only be take short term?

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A few changes for you too see. Starting weight 17 st 9
Currently 9 st 10

A few changes for you too see. Starting weight 17 st 9
Currently 9 st 10

Congratulations. You look amazing!

Wow, sarah50, you look awesome! What an inspiration you are!

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Here is mine :-) I'm 5mths post op and down 114lbs :-)

Today's makes 8 months since I was sleeved I started at 213 and am now 143. I am currently in the maintenance phase

This is the first time posting any pics. I am a couple days shy of 2 mos post op. Down 46lbs.

Wow awesome!

I had surgery almost 10 months ago. Hubby is just eatting better

A few changes for you too see. Starting weight 17 st 9
Currently 9 st 10

A few changes for you too see. Starting weight 17 st 9
Currently 9 st 10

A few changes for you too see. Starting weight 17 st 9
Currently 9 st 10

A few changes for you too see. Starting weight 17 st 9
Currently 9 st 10

I hope you get answers Sarah! I’ve never heard of it either. I can only imagine how bad it is based on what GERD feels like (and this definitely sounds worse). Keep us posted !!