Im Sick.....all The Time

[Origical 0]

I had VG on 3/1/12. First week went pretty well. Since last week, I have been really sick. Nausea/vomiting, cant keep fluids down and cant eat anything. Ended up in the emergency room last week for dehydration. Now im taking reglan, zofran, prilosec morning and night, and pepcid in the afternoon. Started to feel a little better last couple of days, but today it all started again. I dont know what to do. Did anyone else experience this?

[sasicas 194]

Have you been to your surgeon and talked about getting a scope done on you? It sounds to me like you might have a stricture. Or you could have increased swelling. I had both, as well as a few other issues in the first few months of my sleeve. Definitely not somehting you want to put off.

[Origical 0]

Hi sasicas, thanks for responding. I have seen my surgeon's PA several times. I also had a series of abdominal x-ray's done in the ER because the doctors suspected something was going on. The x-rays showed nothing abnormal. Lab work was fine too. Maybe I just have to wait it out, but I feel so awful.

[CHELL 41]

Can u explain what at stricture is?

[needachange 15]

I've had a stricture and I am still trying to recover. I am four months post op. I have only lost about 60 pounds. Anyways this can be very serious. I had severe pain in my left shoulder and NOTHING stayed down. It went say and came right back up just as it went down. I stayed nauseated and did good to keep liquids down. I had an esophagus dilation feb 16. It lasted maybe two days. I then went back and has a barium swallow and it showed my stricture I had another dilation with a bigger balloon march 13. It is some better. More things are going down. I lacked Protein serious and wanted to stay in bed. Pure exhaustion. My doc is watching this closely. I am the first in his practice. Of course leave it to me! It's frustrating and overwhelming at times. Get it treated!

[sasicas 194]

Can u explain what at stricture is?

A stricture is basically a narrowing in your sleeve or esophagus. For me they took me to the GI at the hospital, put me under a light sedation, stuck a tube with a camera down my throat and when they saw the stricture they ballooned it open. Sometimes the dilation works on the first try, sometimes it takes several times. With my first stricture, it closed so much that I could no longer eat or drink, so it's important to have it checked out.