Hello all, I am about 10.5 months out & had my first real scare this weekend. I was having some pain & ended up going to the ER & had a CT scan done to see what was going on. There was no obvious internal hernia but the dye was backing up into my liver which is no good so I ended up having emergency laparoscopic exploratory surgery. I am feeling pretty good just 1 day out other then the medical gas making my shoulders & neck sore.

Anyone else have this happen to them? The surgeon said its common after losing 100 or so pounds which I have done. And he fixed what they call the "Peterson's Defect" a know defect after RNY however they can not fix it with the original surgery because they do not know if the intestines will survive the initial surgery.

100 lbs!!!! Oh my goodness! You are amazing!!!!!

Hello all, I am about 10.5 months out & had my first real scare this weekend. I was having some pain & ended up going to the ER & had a CT scan done to see what was going on. There was no obvious internal hernia but the dye was backing up into my liver which is no good so I ended up having emergency laparoscopic exploratory surgery. I am feeling pretty good just 1 day out other then the medical gas making my shoulders & neck sore.

Anyone else have this happen to them? The surgeon said its common after losing 100 or so pounds which I have done. And he fixed what they call the "Peterson's Defect" a know defect after RNY however they can not fix it with the original surgery because they do not know if the intestines will survive the initial surgery.

Hi, I had to look up Petersen's Defect apparently it is common but quite dangerous. I'm glad you are on the mend. I think they can't repair it with the original RNY surgery because it's not herniated yet? That's quite scary that blood flow to the bowel can be lost. May I ask where you felt the pain and what it felt like?