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Inger

By Inger, in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story

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Inger    1

Inger
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My name is Inger, and I life in the Netherlands and I'm 47 tears old. I had my Gastric bypass in may 2014. I lost 120 lbs so far. I felt great untill february of this year.

I'm in constant pain, I can't work at the moment and keep losing weight wich I don't want anymore because I'm not overweight anymore.

The doctors don't know what's wrong with me and I'm looking for answers. I can't eat if I don't take morphin to reduce the pain.

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shedo82773    1,236

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Hin Inger,

I also had the RNY or Gastric Bypass 3 and 1/2 years ago. I went below my goal weight in 6 months. I lost 132#'s. But I had problems with what is known as Strictures. It is like scar tissue and it closes off the opening to your pouch (I think it is called the Stoma) This started real soon after I started healing. I couldn't even hold down Water and yes it is painful. Have they checked you for that? So it is an easy fix, I had 5 Endoscopes with 4 Dilations. It started in Oct of 2013. My Dr wanted to do a scope to see what was going on. Of course, I just thought it was me getting used to my new pouch. So in Nov 2013 I had my first Endoscope and dilation. Again in Dec 2013. Again Jan 2014 July 2014 with my last one being done Jan of 2015. I also had an ulcer which took forever to heal. My Surgeon actually talked about moving my Stoma down to healthy tissue. I sure didn't want that. If your Dr hasn't checked for Strictures or an ulcer please suggest that they do. I am now going to share my stats my HW 249 SW 232 LW 117 CW 125#'s. I had just a 8 # gain which isn't a big deal as my DR and Surgeon both thought I was losing muscle. So anyhow I hope you get some relief soon. It is real hard to stay positive when you are in pain.

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Inger    1

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Thank you for your answer.

I know I don't have an ulcer, the checked that when I was admitted in the hospital in april. Strictures, the didn't check that. I will make sure tot mention it the next time I speak to my internist. She will also speak with the surgeon who operated me. I had my surgery done in Belgium so it's not easy to go to the hospital where he's at.

Thank you so much, maybe it's strictures and can ben helped. I hope so.

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I had contact with the surgeon and he wants to operate and look if I have intestinal hernia. It's not for sure that I have that but it's not always visible on scans.

He's going to call me friday for the date when he wants to operate me. That will be some day next week.

I'm anxious for anotther surgery but it's really difficult to life in constant pain.

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Odie    249

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Good luck Inger!! Please update us on how you are doing!!

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