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[sweetsmith78 60]

Hello to all!
for those of you have seen me pop up here and their over the course of five years. The past year has been hell. So I had a gastric sleeve this has been confirmed by other mri’s / ct scans years ago. I have had sever diarrhea . When I eat food sits right under the sternum. Well I went to ER for diarreha , dehydration along with stomach and flank pain. They dismissed as nothing was wrong when I got home the ct scan states “Bowel: Postoperative change of stomach and jejunal loops, Roux-en-Y surgery changes. I did not have this done. I’m Still in rough shape Any one have any thoughts? I know some of us are not dr’s . I just need insight.

[catwoman7 11,223]

I'm guessing whoever did you scan isn't a bariatric surgeon, so they might call any weight loss surgery an RNY (?). Not sure. If what you got is a sleeve, and it was confirmed by other MRI's and scans, then I'm guessing that's why that person put "RNY" on your summary. He or she just isn't familiar with the various WLSs.

[RonHall908 131]

10 hours ago, sweetsmith78 said:

Hello to all!
for those of you have seen me pop up here and their over the course of five years. The past year has been hell. So I had a gastric sleeve this has been confirmed by other mri’s / ct scans years ago. I have had sever diarrhea . When I eat food sits right under the sternum. Well I went to ER for diarreha , dehydration along with stomach and flank pain. They dismissed as nothing was wrong when I got home the ct scan states “Bowel: Postoperative change of stomach and jejunal loops, Roux-en-Y surgery changes. I did not have this done. I’m Still in rough shape Any one have any thoughts? I know some of us are not dr’s . I just need insight.

I would definitely go to a Bariatric doctor to get any confirmation. My surgeon gave me a run down on issues where a regular doctor doesn't know the things a bariatric doctor does. Maybe you have a twisted bowel and by knowing you've had bariatric surgery they are assuming rather than confirming. I know someone that had a twisted bowel and it gave them a lot of problems. One of them was diarrhea. This doesn't mean that is what you have. But simply a suggestion from someone that isn't a doctor. See a Bariatric doctor ASAP.

Edited May 12, 2024 by RonHall908

[ShoppGirl 5,061]

I second seeing a weight loss surgeon. I would ask ahead of time for them to send you the release to sign so the dr will have the images during your appt