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Hello all, I am new to this group, first time posting. I had gastric sleeve Nov 2015. About 3 weeks ago I became very ill. Unable to eat or drink anything without instantly vomiting accompanied with a constant feeling of nausea all day. On day 4 I had gone to the E.R for severe dehydration. I was given fluids and sent home with them thinking it was just a stomach bug. By day 8 I had returned to the E.R. and was admitted. My first 3 days in the hospital continued with without any change. Test after test they were unable to find out what was wrong. On day 4 I woke up and all my symptoms were gone. I was able to eat and drink again without any issue. I was sent home the next day with a recommended diet of no dairy and to have things that wouldn't irritate my stomach (dry toast, crackers, rice). I kept to that for 3 days until I was sure I wasent going to get sick again. I am now back on my normal diet however I feel like I am able to eat more than b4, I sometimes stop eating because I feel like I should be full even though I don't feel it. I have not yet returned to my exercising routine because my body is still sore and recovering from this whole ordeal.

Has anyone else ever experienced anything like this. I was doing so well before and I feel like this has made me mentally, do a complete 180.

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That was a textbook example of what happened to me. I was fine for 8-10 weeks, and then became unable to eat anything, felt nauseous/ill even smelling food, couldn't get down more than a bite before gagging. even Vitamins made me vomit. I was told it was likely a stricture or a gallbladder flare-up/gallstone, but I never needed to have the dilation done because the symptoms subsided after 3-4 days of hospitalization, Fluid, rests, and no solids (I think the stress/anxiety related to nausea/vomiting made it worse). Then, I gradually incorporated Peanut Butter crackers and very, very soft food (turkey so soft/stringy it fell apart, Soups, etc). Mostly, I lived on PB crackers for a month. My tolerance increased and the nausea vanished, although even at 7.5 months out, I seem to eat less than my sleeve buddies (I struggle to get 800-900 calories per day).

I've seen this happen with multiple people at 8-12 weeks. Doing fine, then suddenly nausea/vomiting and food intolerance. That fits the timeline for a late stricture (they tend to occur either right after surgery or 2-3 months out), but people seem to get over it regardless.

Definitely keep in touch with your doctor, OP, but don't stress too much about it.

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That was a textbook example of what happened to me. I was fine for 8-10 weeks, and then became unable to eat anything, felt nauseous/ill even smelling food, couldn't get down more than a bite before gagging. even Vitamins made me vomit. I was told it was likely a stricture or a gallbladder flare-up/gallstone, but I never needed to have the dilation done because the symptoms subsided after 3-4 days of hospitalization, Fluid, rests, and no solids (I think the stress/anxiety related to nausea/vomiting made it worse). Then, I gradually incorporated Peanut Butter crackers and very, very soft food (turkey so soft/stringy it fell apart, soups, etc). Mostly, I lived on PB crackers for a month. My tolerance increased and the nausea vanished, although even at 7.5 months out, I seem to eat less than my sleeve buddies (I struggle to get 800-900 calories per day).

I've seen this happen with multiple people at 8-12 weeks. Doing fine, then suddenly nausea/vomiting and food intolerance. That fits the timeline for a late stricture (they tend to occur either right after surgery or 2-3 months out), but people seem to get over it regardless.

Definitely keep in touch with your doctor, OP, but don't stress too much about it.

Thanks for your response. While I was in the hospital they did so many tests, cat scans, ultrasounds(to check for galstones) I had another endoscopy. And a hida scan(to check for galbladder functioning correctly). Everything came back fine so I never got a diagnosis. Although I don't know what caused it, I don't feel so alone now. Thanks.

That was a textbook example of what happened to me. I was fine for 8-10 weeks, and then became unable to eat anything, felt nauseous/ill even smelling food, couldn't get down more than a bite before gagging. even Vitamins made me vomit. I was told it was likely a stricture or a gallbladder flare-up/gallstone, but I never needed to have the dilation done because the symptoms subsided after 3-4 days of hospitalization, Fluid, rests, and no solids (I think the stress/anxiety related to nausea/vomiting made it worse). Then, I gradually incorporated Peanut Butter crackers and very, very soft food (turkey so soft/stringy it fell apart, soups, etc). Mostly, I lived on PB crackers for a month. My tolerance increased and the nausea vanished, although even at 7.5 months out, I seem to eat less than my sleeve buddies (I struggle to get 800-900 calories per day).

I've seen this happen with multiple people at 8-12 weeks. Doing fine, then suddenly nausea/vomiting and food intolerance. That fits the timeline for a late stricture (they tend to occur either right after surgery or 2-3 months out), but people seem to get over it regardless.

Definitely keep in touch with your doctor, OP, but don't stress too much about it.

Thanks for your response. While I was in the hospital they did so many tests, cat scans, ultrasounds(to check for galstones) I had another endoscopy. And a hida scan(to check for galbladder functioning correctly). Everything came back fine so I never got a diagnosis. Although I don't know what caused it, I don't feel so alone now. Thanks.

I never got a quote either! All the tests/procedures were inconclusive, and they just chalked it up to one or the other, no official diagnosis.

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