Hello to all who read this, although I'm new to the forum and this is my first post, I've been spying on you guys for a while. (Sorry! )

I still don't have a date for my surgery, I've been doing all the pre-op exams/blood work, et al. and get the results of my last exam in three days. I have some concerns about some of my results and am wondering if any of you have been through this.

I had my gastroscopy done 16 hours after my last meal (no liquids either), and the photos showed my last meal virtually intact (yes, I know I have to learn to chew more) still in my stomach -- 16 hours later! The gastroenterologist said I have an extremely slow digestive system, obviously, and that she could help me with medication. I have an appointment with her the day after tomorrow and I guess we'll discuss that, but she's not part of the bariatric doctors team who'll do my surgery. So I guess my question is, will I have to go through some lengthy treatment before surgery in order to fix whatever's making me keep all my meals in my stomach for hours on end? Will I get rejected for surgery because of my lazy digestive system? I can only imagine having to eat once a day after surgery 'cause my stomach will always be full... Or being declined for surgery, which would be an awful blow. If it were up to me I would have had the surgery two months ago.

So, has anyone else had an extremely slow digestive system?

If it helps, I'm 34, 5'5", 220 lbs and my metabolism runs at -10 mph as well.

I look forward to getting more involved in the forum, and thank you for reading.

Wow that's really interesting!! I've never heard of that! I wonder what type of medicine they will give you.. Sorry but I don't know the impact but maybe someone here will.

Oh and welcome ( even though your a stalker)

I had this problem and eventually I started throwing up my undigested meals...it turned out to be a bad gall bladder. Did you doctor say anything about your GB?

Laura, I too wonder what type of medication I'll get. I'll post it as soon as I know.

Bee, when they did the abdominal sonogram they found two very small gallbladder stones, yet all my urine tests are completely normal, and the gallbladder itself looked normal (except for the stones). I wonder if they have anything to do with my lazy stomach.