Re: Intestinal Blockages

[Guest guest]

Kinks seem to develop more frequently in

tall people because there is more room for the intestine to move

around. It can usually be discovered with an Upper GI series.

** I will totally dispute this one - every single person I know who has had

intestinal blockages were short - were the intestine is jammed up inside us.

sue

[Guest guest]

Sandy and ,

I, too, had an intestinal kink that occured 5 days post-op. The pain

was incredible and I was barfing non-stop. All that was coming up

was stomach bile, I was so dehydrated and delirious-rushed to

emergency room and emergency surgery the next am. Turned out I had a

hernia that was not repaired during the WLS, and with the rerouted

limbs, it sucked the small intestine into the hernia and kinked it.

Cindy

lap RNY 2/8/02

> > >

> > > In a message dated 5/28/2003 3:18:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> > > Graduate-OSSG writes:

> > >

> > > > The

> > > > blockages (kinking of the intestines) could have killed them

> > > > (literally). Problem is that it does NOT show up on X-Rays

or even

> > > > CAT scans, and only exploratory surgery can detect it. In

some

> > > > cases, the intestine gets caught up in defects (holes) in the

> > > > mesentery (the membrane that keeps your innards in place),

and the

> > > > blood supply to that section of intestine gets cut off,

leading to

> > > > the necrosis. In some of the cases, the intestines just

kinked up,

> > > > and the ER staff were able to coax them into un-kinking

(don't ask me

> > > > how).

> > > >

> > > > The instances I read of were all DS folk,

> > >

> > > I had LAP RNY 03/27/02 and I have had two intestinal blockages

> > > (kinking/twisting of the intestines/bowel). One was 3 weeks

post op,

> > (I also had a

> > > herniation of the Roux limb at that time) and the other was

just shy of

> > a year postop.

> > > The first one showed up on an upper GI and the second showed

up on CT

> > of the

> > > abdomen with contrast. Both times I required another surgery.

The pain is

> > > horrible - you cannot sit, stand, walk, lay down - nothing

short of

> > major doses

> > > of morphine or Demerol helps and even then it still hurts you

just don't

> > > care. It also feels that you are extremely constipated (well,

you sort

> > of are as

> > > nothing can pass the point of the twist). Medical attention is

> > critical. I

> > > have found that I had to eliminate foods from my diet that can

trigger the

> > > beginning of it - one being nuts and even creamy peanut butter

(oh how

> > I miss that

> > > in my shakes) as somehow, they cause it to happen for me.

> > >

> > > Sandy

> > > Boca Raton, FL

> > > postop ~ 03/27/02

> > > 265/131

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

> I have had three surgeries for Bowel Obstructions.

> They can tell by X-ray if your Intestines are

> distended, but the need a CT Scan to verify the

> blockage.

adhesions and even bowel obstructions can not always be seen on xray, ct

scan or other methods. some hide very well. I've had enough surgeries

preceded by xrays, ct scans and assorted tests only to cut and find the

adhesions and obstructions.

if you go to the hosp. and they do their typical bloodwork, xrays, etc. and

tell you you are fine - they want to wait and see - get the hell out of

there! I checked myself out twice and then drove the 2hr. one way to my

surgeon. one time my appendix was on the verge of rupturing and was obvious

by the bloodwork taken at the first hosp.

that hosp. and its quack surgeon were pissed though because I had

'rearranged my insides'.

sue