Welcome ideas - longterm complications began 5 years after bypass & continuing now 3+years

[RhondaFinch 1]

Seeking any suggestions -- I, (50 years old at the time) had gastric bypass surgery performed June 2006, lost 150 lbs over next 2 years, then started gaining back but in 2011 complications began and now I am 145 lbs and health is steadily declining w/chronic almost daily severe low stomach pain w/eating (radiates into back) & frequent nausea; please see short overview below:

2011 - Internal hernia, trapped bowels (repaired by surgery)

2013 - Developed bleeding ulcer (now healed--took 9 months into 2014)

2014 – Since 2011; continue to have abdominal pain after eating and frequent persistent nausea; not always but more often than not & health is generally declining over time; becoming weaker and having more difficulty managing daily pain over last 3+ years (many endoscopic procedures performed with no findings or results – What now?)

2015- Just had a recent endo inpatient procedure with no results, saw bariatric Dr. today and was referred to a urologist -- almost at wits end, this is a final search for anyone who might have any information on someone with similar issues who found a solution.

Thank you, Mike

[James Marusek 5,244]

Mike

Sorry to hear about your problems and I don't really have any answers for you. Perhaps the problems that you are encountering are not related to the gastric bypass surgery. So maybe there is some underlying medical condition that needs to be identified and corrected.

About a year after my surgery, I had a severe case of stomach flu. I dropped about a pound a day in weight. Eventually I fell from my goal weight of 160 down (which I had maintained from the previous 6 months) to a new level of 150 pounds. I made a conscientious decision to try and maintain my new lower level.

As far as losing too much weight, I suggest focusing on the basics (Protein, Fluid, Vitamin daily requirements), increased caloric intake (primarily from Protein and fats), and softer foods (high protein chili and soups). For me softer foods produce less stress on my stomach.

If you step back a hundred years in time, individuals that had a little extra body weight were looked at as being healthy. This was before the age of modern medicine. The reason for this was that a little extra fat on the body provided a buffer against sickness. A person who was too thin would encounter a sickness and die whereas a person who had a little extra weight would lose some of their weight and then recover. So I guess what I am saying is try and maintain your goal weight.