Re: Sorry I'm comfused and just venting

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Sounds like a fistula to me. I can't believe all those docs said

the same thing it was nothing wondering if they are looking at the

still films or at the active scan like the radiologist saw as the

test was happening. I have a fistula and it was visable on both

UGI's the filler material didn't work and he found it with the scope

the first time. My only option now is major surgery to fix the

pesky thing.. He said the definite symptoms would be pain and

weight gain have you gained any if you have made it to goal now I

see your 17 months out so I don't know. I had already lost all of my

weight by then. Maybe you haven't lost all of it because of this. I

know of a few people that haven't met goal because of a fistula.

Keep asking questions and bother your surgeon to get to the bottom

of this. Also if he says it nothing I would get another surgeons

opinion too. Were you transected or just stapled off that makes a

difference too. I was divided and transected and this was not

susposed to happen to me but it can. Let us know what happenens.

Kristy

In Graduate-OSSG@y..., " Hope " wrote:

> Hi, its been a while since I have posted, the last was about me

> maybe or maybe not having a hernia. I had a CT and it showed

> nothing, and I went into see my surgeon and he said that if and

when

> I have the pain again to call, so this past Thursday I had the

pain,

> and it was so bad, my husband called the Drs office and they told

> him to take me to the ER so off we go. The blood work started and

> they put in an IV (which I hate most of all) and we sat there and

> sat there, then they did and X Ray, they said it showed that part

of

> my intestans weren't working, numb so to speak. Then my surgeon

came

> down to see me and put me in the hospital. On Fri. the Dr. put the

> light down my stomach and seen a stich in my pouch, now I'm 17mos

> post op, so I didn't hear anymore about that, then on Sat. they

did

> an upper GI, and the main (Radi) stood right beside me while I

drank

> that nasty stuff and watched it all move down my stomach into my

> pouch and said that all was moving really well however I have a

hole

> from my pouch going into my old stomach, the dye was going into it

> as well, and he said he didn't think that that was what my Surgeon

> wanted it to do, so I thought OK now we are getting somewhere, I'm

> not crazy and this is real pain so I asked him are you sure and he

> said YES. Well they take me back to my room and I waited and

waited,

> the test was at 8:30am Sat. morning, didn't hear anything until

2:30

> that afternoon, my Surgeons Intern came in said the test showed

> nothing, HE SAID IT SHOWED NOTHING, so I told him what the other

guy

> said and he said that three Drs looked at the test and seen

NOTHING,

> well if I didn't feel like a fool then I sure do now. I really

don't

> know what to think, I know that I heard that man right cause I

asked

> him twice, so I have to go back to my Surgeon the end of the week

> and I'm praying that he will tell me that what I heard was right.

So

> they released me Sat. evening and I told my husband that if I get

> those pains again that I would rather suffer at home instead of

> those guys making me feel stupid. Sorry for venting so much, but

> this has me really upset.

>

> Hope