I had a successful surgery in July 2012 but have suffered with pain every time I have eaten ever since.

4 Months post op I had an ulcer that has since healed, but the pain every time I eat has never gone away.

My surgeon stated that the surgery was a success ("Textbook") and referred me to a GI Group for follow up.

My weight plummeted from 236 to 103 pounds.

Forcing myself to eat I have recovered my weight back to 115 pounds.

The only thing the GI docs were able to do was prescribe opioides for pain management telling me that I have functional pain.

FOUR YEARS post surgery with no relief in sight.

Has anyone on this site ever dealt with this issue?

Please, any help is appreciated.

Omg that is terrible.

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@@jggauthier65 I would certainly get a second, third or fourth opinion. This is not normal and someone needs to figure out what is wrong. Hope things get better!

3 years out, I feel ill in one way or another about 80% of the Times I eat.

That’s reality for many people.

How long ago did you see them? What kind of tests did they run? I have had 3 CT scans and 2 gastroscopies for various issues and that seems to get to the root of the problems quickly. There are a lot of people who suffer from varying degrees of pain but I wonder if they get it checked or just live with it. My last bout was kidney stones and a few weeks later high constipation caused by the surgery for the stones and pain meds. So many things are possible.

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bellabloom- Care to elaborate?

This sounds like my life since Jan of this year. I had so many tests done and each one came back normal. My Dr. told me sometimes fat gets stuck in certain places and causes pain. I had surgery 2 weeks ago for them to see what was going on with me. Turns out I had several lipomas (like a tumor made up of fat). Even had one attached to my belly button that hung like a string. I still have some pain from the surgery, but I'm not feeling the same pain I had before every time I ate. Be consistent with them, you shouldn't have to live in pain like this. Hope this helps someone. [emoji18]

bellabloom- Care to elaborate?

It’s really hard to explain it exactly. But I will try.

When I eat it hurts if I don’t chew my food into pure mash. Which can be really hard to do especially in the company of other people- im talking and forget to chew for example.

Even if I do chew it still doesn’t feel great to eat and swallow. It feels like I have a straw in my stomach that is small and tight and it feels like food has to fight its was down. There is a tight kinda stuck sensation and often like a stabbing just below my rib cage. This is especially the case with dense protein.

In addition after I eat most of the time i just feel ill. Either slightly dumping or full dumping or slightly shaking or nauseated. Tired and like I need to lay down for a while. Just spent and Ill and sick. This is the case for me about 75% of meals I eat.

The whole point of the surgery is to make it physically difficult to eat a lot. Well, that’s exactly how it works.
You trade the ability to overeat with a lifetime of discomfort eating. That’s my situation anyway.