I'm 6 weeks out and have been having issues since week 3. food and liquids seem to have a hard time going down. First pain in my upper abdomen and then some times it resolves and sometime I have to vomit. This is not every time I eat or drink. Some times what goes down easily one day, refuses to go down the next. I am not drinking while eating, I am eating slowly, and I am chewing the crap out of each bite. I went to my surgeon and told him all of this. I could tell he was rolling his eyes at me and probably thinking I was eating too fast or not chewing enough. I asked for an endoscopy to rule out a structure.

Well....I had my endoscopy yesterday. The results were--my tissue had been rejecting the staples placed on the day of surgery. One of which was lodged in the opening to my new stomach. (Food was getting hung up on it) 11 more staples were also removed since they migrated away from where they originally were. I developed an ulcer (erosion from the staple sitting where it didn't belong) and therefore developed a structure. (The opening, according to my gastro, should be between 13-15 mm and mine is 8mm.). Since I'm only 6 weeks out, my gastro didn't want to balloon the opening yet. He placed me on carafate to help heal the ulcer, put me back on liquids (not like I could eat much more than that anyway) and will dilate the opening in "a few more weeks" when I'm more healed. If that doesn't work, he will place a stent and hopefully that will keep it opened. UGH! (If all else fails, I will be looking at a revision

The lesson here is this. Listen to your body. You know it best. Be your own advocate especially when you KNOW something is wrong.

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How awful for you! So sorry you experienced this. There are always exceptions to the awesomeness of gastric bypass or any WLS, and you unfortunately seem to be one. Hoping all goes well for you. Good for you on demanding that the surgeon do an endoscopy! You are so correct that we know our own body's and when something isn't right, we should be listened to by any doctor!

Hello I had my on April 21 2016... And about week 3 I could not eat or drink anything at all went to the hos a few time to get fluids... Finally last Tuesday I did a endoscopy and they found my opening was to small they did the balloon it helped but not 100 percent in able to drink now but I still feel sick but do not throw up and I totally under stand about the doc like not believing you... After weeks of bitching hah he has me drink Water and I throw up on the floor in the office then they said ok this is serious...

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Maybe I'll try that. Haha. They wouldn't balloon my opening yet (7 weeks out) because they said it's still healing .....I'm going to call him next week and beg. I'm tired of vomiting everything I eat and drink....

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Yes I would they didn't ballon me all the way because they said I was heal they will do it again in 2 week after that if that doesn't work I have to go back into surgery in 4-6 weeks

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Edited May 21, 201610 yr by Marie Ventrella

Did they mention placing a stent? When was your original surgery?

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April 21st and they did not mention a stent... What would that do?

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Less then a month ago

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A stent would hold the opening open for a few weeks and then they take it out.

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