Today I’m 6 days post op and I had an AWFUL afternoon. Stomach cramping, gas, nausea for hours. Pre surgery it never occurred to me that I would feel awful and not really have a particular reason for it.

I figured that just about everything but protein shakes give me diarrhea at this point but I’d been slipping in some yogurt and cream of wheat now and then. Today I had a bit of yogurt and I’m dealing not with diarrhea but all I described above.

I have no clue what changed- or even if it was the yogurt. Today was the first day I went out on a long car ride and a trip to the pet store- could it be that I physically overdid it?

Anyway, I really hope this clears up soon but I might never know why it happened so I can avoid it again. Frustrating!

Try staying away from any milk/whey products for a bit. You may have developed an intolerance.

Spear , you and I May be paddling that same canoe. Either that or I have developed a stricture.Seeing doctor tomorrow about something else, certainly,going to bring up these concerns.

Frustr8 did you do ok on the post op swallow test and then developed stricture after?

I am an RnY and they don't perform the swallow test on us. I guess I am going to have to "bite the bullet" and request an EGD. What I'm told differs from the one we have prior to surgery, they go in , puff it up , check for strictures, and if necessary they can inflate the balloon on the end and dialate my stoma between my pouch and my re -routed intestine. I have been hoping it was swelling that hadn't gone down. And now at 12 Am I am trying Butternut squash soup, just a small amount. Since cottage cheese, Greek yogurt. and thinly pureed meats aren't staying down. let's try something vegetable based. Can't even handle thin cream of cereals

I’m R N Y as well and I definitely had a swallow test. But I really hope you find a quick answer.

I’m feeling better today- but I’m going to stick to protein shakes today.

I was Band to RNY and also did not have a swallow test.

I second the adjustment in your diet, stay away from things that cause issues ... for now. I had issues with some foods while I was healing, I don't have issues with those foods now.

Separ, are you doing any better TODAY?

On 10/2/2018 at 10:44 PM, Frustr8 said:

Separ, are you doing any better TODAY?

I am, feeling pretty good and able to eat many more things than last week. Everything gut-wise is calming down. Thanks for asking!

Very happy for You!

Friustr8, have they done the EGD yet? Hoping you will get relief soon.

What is the swallow test supposed to check for? I am scheduled for RNY and they never did one.

How long did your gut pain and cramps/diarrhea last? I’m 4 days post op and having trouble with diarrhea but I stopped drinking milk two days ago and only having water and hydralyte. Got a sharp pain in my abdomen occasionally it makes me burp and goes away.

It was a good week but tapered off by 10 days

And I am waiting for my second attempt at releasing my stricture, Dr Noria, my Dr Needleman's partner who is very skillful at endoscopy, , to quote Duck Dynasty, it is her "bang zone", attempted on October 12 to release it, dicovered I now have 5 new ulcers, around the stoma opening and on the back wall of,the jejunem, I have been on Carafate around the clock every 6 hoursc(6am-Noon- 6pm-Midnight) and doubled up my omeprazole to twice daily, told me to maintain vitamins, Zofran, minerals, and of course the Carafate, and omeprazole, which I was on when my first ulcer, Hector, was discovered back in December 2017, I don't believe for,me it is gastric-protective, but I will slog along with it. Liked Dexilent MUCH better but They are the specialists, aren't they? And the same liquid diet, what I Call Stage 2A, there are things on a true 2 Precious Pouch balks or refuses. Don 't add anything she has refused before, this includes plain Greek yogurt weak runny cooked cereal, cottage cheese, even a salted soggy saltine, I always could keep them down the only other time in life when I had so much emesis, pregnancy. She will try again October 26th, another EGJ, can't call it an EGD, because a bypasser's duodenum is no longer accessible. And this morning I woke up with right subcostal pain, the self-same pain that sent me to the gastroenterologist last winter. They thought then, it m8ght have been from Hector, my anteal gastric ulcer, that's why I underwent my EGD then. Took my Carafate as close as I could to 6AM, I had a rough night, got woke up about 2, couldn't get back to sleep until 4:30, then back awake for that dumb pill. Have to pour boiling water on it to melt it down and chug, well you know, what passes for a chug these days, the slurry. Tastes about as thrilling as white flour paste, but I do it,I do it. So now what, keep sipping small sips of water, go open a protein shake, or stop even putting THAT in? I've read , I've studied, I probably got as much book knowledge as a layperson can have, but still this surgery did not come with an Owners Manual. I am in Subjective, not Objective Mode. See my white flag waving? I SURRENDER! Bypass Surgery 150 Frustr8 Nil!
And yes, my bowels are working so I can't be full of?anymore.

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