I'm currently in the hospital because I believe I had some food stuck in my pouch. Yesterday at work I had leftovers from the previous nights dinner for lunch. Now, it went down just fine the night before. I ate about 4 small pieces of the grilled chicken, maybe 2 oz total, and from that point on I had nothing but excruciating pain and I would vomit every time I tried to drink so much as a sip of water. I only ever vomited a handful of times in the entire year since surgery it was always a one and done deal, I tolerated everything very well and never had strictures or anything like that so this was a bit ridiculous.

I ended up leaving work (as an ER nurse) to go to the ER of the hospital I had my surgery done at and got a cocktail that relaxed things enough to let whatever was stuck pass. They admitted me because I was dehydrated and I still had residual pain in my upper belly. X-rays all showed that all pathways were clear so there isn't anything stuck anywhere else. I'm still here though because it hurts to drink more than 1-2tbsp at a time and I'm scared to try more because it hurts. Hopefully I can go home tomorrow, but while I'm here it's back to clear liquids. ?

I have no clue what happened for things to get stuck but it felt awful. Never imagined I'd be here with these issues over a year out (August 2019 was my surgery).

Hugs and all best to you ahillig! It does sound so puzzling this far out. Good luck and please keep us posted.?

I hope you feel better soon. I'm only 4 months out but I'm already regretting my decision. Its scary that this is happening to you a year out.

Hope they can figure out what the problem is, and get it corrected. Please keep us posted! Good luck!!

4 hours ago, Latanya said:

I hope you feel better soon. I'm only 4 months out but I'm already regretting my decision. Its scary that this is happening to you a year out.

oh man sorry to hear this. May I ask why?

Edited October 3, 20205 yr by Glowup Jess

At a year out this must have been as series of things that conspired to play gotcha. We're careful because we know the worst case is just this happens.

I' can't say I have such a bad experience of things gutting stuck, but my worst cases involved leftover chicken.

Good luck in your recovery, and take care.

Tek

So I'm still being held hostage. I am on full liquids now, but it takes me two hours to eat 2oz of soup and 2 oz of yogurt, that's the only way I don't have pain. X-rays and CT showed no obstruction so I'm having an EGD sometime tomorrow to see what my pouch looks like. They're thinking it might be pouchitis, yes it's a real thing apparently. They think that my severe vomiting the other day irritated it and that's what is causing the pain. I can drink about 2tbsp of water at a time now which is a vast improvement. Still get twinges of pain with anything in my stomach.

On 10/04/2020 at 20:14, ahillig said:

So I'm still being held hostage. I am on full liquids now, but it takes me two hours to eat 2oz of Soup and 2 oz of yogurt, that's the only way I don't have pain. X-rays and CT showed no obstruction so I'm having an EGD sometime tomorrow to see what my pouch looks like. They're thinking it might be pouchitis, yes it's a real thing apparently. They think that my severe vomiting the other day irritated it and that's what is causing the pain. I can drink about 2tbsp of Water at a time now which is a vast improvement. Still get twinges of pain with anything in my stomach.

This is scary! How’d everything turn out? I hope you’re home and much better now!