Anyone Ended Up With Kidney Stones Or Pancreatitis?

[JillDisney 11]

Went to the ER yesterday with intense pain and fear that my band had slipped. After ultrasounds, bloodwork, and an upper GI I know that I have kidney stones and pancreatitis. They admitted me to the hospital and I'm having surgery in the afternoon. I didn't even think they did surgery for kidney stones... All I can say is TG it's not my band slipping or eroding!!!! Has anyone else dealt with these issues. Waiting until morning to talk to the doctor and to get more information on causes, etc... It makes it s little difficult to sleep!

[xlaurax 8]

I dealt with Kidney Stones proir to the band. NOT FUN. Good luck to you! I wish you the best!

[LarraineM 6]

Three months after my lap band I ended up in emergency room with extreme pain.

I had pancreitis also they said a stone got loose from my bad gall bladder. They had me on nothing my mouth for 2 days before surgery.They had to clear the infection before the gall bladder could be removed. My Lapband surgeon preformed the surgery using the same incision made during lapband. Everything turned out great no other problems.Some times gall bladders go bad with extreme dieting not uncommon with lap banders.

[JillDisney 11]

Thanks Larraine. That helps me! I'm sitting here not knowing what the heck is going on. Haven't seen a doctor since yesterday afternoon. Nurse this morning now says its gallstones... I questioned it because last night they said kidney stones and she said she just got on and she just read what was on my paperwork. I'm getting anxious not knowing anything. I was asking which doctor was performing the surgery and she said she didn't know... Hello! I also do t know what time.... Weird!

[Cocoabean 430]

Gallstones can happen with rapid weight loss. My surgeon puts patients on Actigall for 6 months post-op to help avoid the problem. Where is your pain? Lower back is kidney, by your shoulder blade is gallbladder. Pancreas pain I believe is upper abdominal. But I am not a medical professional.

I just googled weight loss and kidney stones..there is a correlation.

As a side note, when my appendix went bad, I did not meet my surgeon until about 20 minutes before surgery, after they had been paging him for 3 hours.

[laurenmj 0]

I've had three kidney stones since getting my lapband and one was so large I had to have it surgically removed too. A lot of things can cause kidney stones...what we really need to be careful of is too much Protein in your diet and dehydration. Check out this website it has some good info http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/kidney-stones/DS00282/DSECTION=causes

[Karma88 7]

I've had three kidney stones since getting my lapband and one was so large I had to have it surgically removed too. A lot of things can cause kidney stones...what we really need to be careful of is too much Protein in your diet and dehydration. Check out this website it has some good info http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/kidney-stones/DS00282/DSECTION=causes

Please watch what kind of Calcium supplements u take. Calcium carbonate, which most of us can find chewable at any grocery store, can be a big culprit for kidney stones and gout. Make sure your calcium is calcium citrate. I bought caltrate or something similar thinking the "trate" part would be citrate nope carbonate so not taking those anymore. Haven't found any over the counter chewable calcium citrate guess I'll order them from a WLS site. Hate spending a ton but if it prevents ks I'll do it