Re: Could this be a stricture?

June 22, 2003

Might be your gall bladder? WLS patients can often develop problems

with the gall bladder after surgery. At around 14 months out I

started to have excrutiating pain after some meals that included the

areas you mention. The back pain was the worst for me. It took four

different doctors including two Emergency Room visits over a period

of several months to figure out I needed my gall bladder removed! An

ultra-sound revealed I had hundreds of gall stones.

in Washington

Lap RNY Sept 2001

Minus 200 pounds

333.5/133.5

> Hi all. I have a question. I am just about 19 months out, lap

rny

> on 11/02/01. I haven't had one single complication until

recently.

> I have an appointment on July 3rd and will try to hang on until

> then. Whenever I eat, I get this tremendous pain just below my

> breastbone, yet above my navel. Then my back kills me. I am

> thinking it could be a stricture or trapped gas. It hurts to the

> point where I MUST lie down until it passes. When working, I take

> teeny tiny bites to avoid this pain at all costs. Before this

> happened, (it's been about 10 days now) I never had the first

> complication. Is anyone relating to this? Thanks so much for any

> feedback. Max

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