PB 55 makes me dump and I mix it only with water and my fistula

[Guest guest]

To those who have no problems with protein shakes I am jelous. I

seem to dump regardless on any type of shake. I hope this goes away

in a few months because I will be living on the shakes soon. I have

my date for my fistula repair its Friday May 23,2003. That's two

days after my 4 year anniversary. I can't wait to get back to

normal again because my fistula keeps reminding me its still there.

The pain, the acid reflux, the not being able to eat healthy, it

sucks. I hope that's why I dump on the shakes and not some other

reason. Fats make me dump too and I am only a short proximal I

guess cause we don't have a gallbladder right well I don't lost mine

before surgery. Sugars however no and that's why I am addicted to

them I can eat a chocolate bar with no problem even wash it down

with a soda.

I know I am bad I am getting help. I was told I use food as a drug,

take my anger out on myself, and have a fear of success. Now I know

why I have gained 50lbs back of course though I just want to blame

the fistula. I have been doing some reasearch and everything I

found says that once you have one your surgery fails because the

bypass bypasses the bypass. Really sucks in a way its like I never

had surgery except that I still can only eat small amounts and I get

sick unlike before wls.

Any questions just ask fistulas are rare and can occur with any

organs. I have heard of anal, vaginal,and intestinal but never

gastro-gastric that's what mine is. The old bypassed stomach

decided that it wanted to join back to the side of my pouch and form

a tunnel like connection. I am transected again I was told they

most likely occur right after surgery not 3+ years later. But again

I want to make this clear too I had to have my spleen out due to an

accident and I also had an ulcer at one time and we think that is

where the fistula formed. Fistulas form where there is a weakened

area of skin like due to an ucler or where there is scar tissue like

with my spleen.

Hope this don't cause too much confusion,

Kristy

[Guest guest]

To those who have no problems with protein shakes I am jelous. I

seem to dump regardless on any type of shake. I hope this goes away

in a few months because I will be living on the shakes soon. I have

my date for my fistula repair its Friday May 23,2003. That's two

days after my 4 year anniversary. I can't wait to get back to

normal again because my fistula keeps reminding me its still there.

The pain, the acid reflux, the not being able to eat healthy, it

sucks. I hope that's why I dump on the shakes and not some other

reason. Fats make me dump too and I am only a short proximal I

guess cause we don't have a gallbladder right well I don't lost mine

before surgery. Sugars however no and that's why I am addicted to

them I can eat a chocolate bar with no problem even wash it down

with a soda.

I know I am bad I am getting help. I was told I use food as a drug,

take my anger out on myself, and have a fear of success. Now I know

why I have gained 50lbs back of course though I just want to blame

the fistula. I have been doing some reasearch and everything I

found says that once you have one your surgery fails because the

bypass bypasses the bypass. Really sucks in a way its like I never

had surgery except that I still can only eat small amounts and I get

sick unlike before wls.

Any questions just ask fistulas are rare and can occur with any

organs. I have heard of anal, vaginal,and intestinal but never

gastro-gastric that's what mine is. The old bypassed stomach

decided that it wanted to join back to the side of my pouch and form

a tunnel like connection. I am transected again I was told they

most likely occur right after surgery not 3+ years later. But again

I want to make this clear too I had to have my spleen out due to an

accident and I also had an ulcer at one time and we think that is

where the fistula formed. Fistulas form where there is a weakened

area of skin like due to an ucler or where there is scar tissue like

with my spleen.

Hope this don't cause too much confusion,

Kristy