Guest guest Posted July 12, 2003 Report Share Posted July 12, 2003 Excruciating pain requires a call to the doctor. I like to have my doctor tell the ER what to do. Do not wait. Get medical attention. Pay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2003 Report Share Posted July 12, 2003 Too many post-ops are getting twisted or herniated intestines, months and years after their WLS. That is a serious, life-threatening matter. Some people say that CAT scans won't pick it up and that exploratory surgery is the only way to find out for sure. Others have written that a CAT scan with contrast can pick up a bowel obstruction/twist/hernia (which can be internal). Many times, the problem can resolve itself (the bowel can slip back into position). I surely do not know the answers. But, if the pain is that bad, please see someone about it. Best, Steve At 1:33 PM -0700 7/12/03, S K wrote: >At some point this morning, I started getting a burning/aching >feeling in my stomach. Or rather, right under my incision from my >Open RNY (which I had 01/15/01). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2003 Report Share Posted July 12, 2003 Thanks Steve,,,,,, I do not have this problem,,,,but I have a friend and fellow travel of some years now who does and will probably not read this. She had a proximal,,,,then was revised to a distal cause she had a horizontal pouch that cannot be touched due to blood flow compromise,,,,,,yet,,,,she still,,,,a year later is suffering awful bowel pain,,,,hot baths only resolve, and she is doing two or three a day,,,,,,, Your thoughts may make a difference in someone's life,,,,,,,I certainly intend to pass then along. I also noted,,,,,,the number of foks with bowel slithering,,,,, Dan Slone Surgery 5/2/2000,Yahoo Msg navwriter AIM Navwriter58, ICQ 260890468 Re: Help: Stomach Pain? Too many post-ops are getting twisted or herniated intestines, months and years after their WLS. That is a serious, life-threatening matter. Some people say that CAT scans won't pick it up and that exploratory surgery is the only way to find out for sure. Others have written that a CAT scan with contrast can pick up a bowel obstruction/twist/hernia (which can be internal). Many times, the problem can resolve itself (the bowel can slip back into position). I surely do not know the answers. But, if the pain is that bad, please see someone about it. Best, Steve At 1:33 PM -0700 7/12/03, S K wrote: >At some point this morning, I started getting a burning/aching >feeling in my stomach. Or rather, right under my incision from my >Open RNY (which I had 01/15/01). Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2003 Report Share Posted July 12, 2003 Hi............. I had my gastricbypass Nov 20, 2001 and i've experienced pain to but mine is at the top of my incision. The pain starts for no reason, and i lay on the bed and roll around and moan and groan, it's terrible. Usually lasts like a 5 minutes, but the last time it happended it let up and then the pain started again right away. Not sure what's going on. Then my insides ache. Its a weird feeling. Tracey Northern MN Re: Help: Stomach Pain? > Too many post-ops are getting twisted or herniated intestines, months > and years after their WLS. That is a serious, life-threatening > matter. Some people say that CAT scans won't pick it up and that > exploratory surgery is the only way to find out for sure. Others > have written that a CAT scan with contrast can pick up a bowel > obstruction/twist/hernia (which can be internal). Many times, the > problem can resolve itself (the bowel can slip back into position). > I surely do not know the answers. But, if the pain is that bad, > please see someone about it. > > Best, > > Steve > > At 1:33 PM -0700 7/12/03, S K wrote: > >At some point this morning, I started getting a burning/aching > >feeling in my stomach. Or rather, right under my incision from my > >Open RNY (which I had 01/15/01). > > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2003 Report Share Posted July 12, 2003 Tracey, I am sure glad that I don't feel your pain. It must be demoralizing for you. From what you write, I wonder if you had been checked for a hiatal hernia (a defect in the diaphragm where the esophagus pass through it) or even gall stones (which can crop up from rapid weight loss and usually present as pain in the upper right quadrant). --Steve (I'm no doc, so don't get scared or pay too much attention to what I write; I'm just feeding you questions to ask of a qualified medical practitioner) At 6:05 PM -0500 7/12/03, Jerry Frame wrote: >I had my gastricbypass Nov 20, 2001 and i've experienced pain to but mine is >at the top of my incision. The pain starts for no reason, and i lay on the >bed and roll around and moan and groan, it's terrible. Usually lasts like a >5 minutes, but the last time it happended it let up and then the pain >started again right away. >Not sure what's going on. Then my insides ache. Its a weird feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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