Re: What is normal after surgery?

September 14, 2003

Hi . I'm about 17 months out also. I haven't lost much, but

that's an entirely different story. I can answer, to a degree, your

question about gas pain. Sometimes I get such awful gas pains that

I'm doubled over. They can hit at any time.... during the day, middle

of sleeping...whenever. I have found that if I chew (I use the

chewables because I believe they work faster) 2 GasX tablets, my pain

from that is gone within minutes. I had to find this out on my own.

The doctors had no " clue " what my occasional pain was from. I also

have a lot of problems with pain sometimes right after I eat. It just

depends on what it was I ate, and sometimes it bothers me and

sometimes it doesn't. As you can see, I believe there is no exact

science here.... trial and error.

Good luck, would love to hear more resonses on this one.

Tigger

> Good Morning all! It's been 17 months since my gastric bypass, and

> I'm still trying to figure things out. Maybe I'm unrealistic to

> think that I should feel like I did before surgery in terms of not

> having any pain. So I have a few questions for you all:

>

> 1) Is it normal to have stomach pain after a meal? Regardless of

> what was eaten.

> 2) Is it normal to have intestinal pain after a bowel movement?

> 3) Is it normal to have gas pain?

> 4) Why do we have pain when we dump?

> 5) Do others have any type of abdominal pain now since their

> surgery? If yes, when does it ocurr?

> 6) Is it normal to have back problems now that the weight is gone?

>

> Please be as specific as you can, I'm desperately trying to adjust

> to a life with chronic pain 24/7 and your thoughts and experiences

> will help.

>

> Thanks!

> Lake in IL

> Open RNY 4/5/02

> 342/152/150

September 14, 2003

, pain is not normal, no matter what. There have been a lot

of posts lately about stomach pain, me included. My doc thinks it's

gastritis and put me on Nexium...so far, doing pretty well with it.

It could also be an ulcer or any number of other things. You need to

get it checked out. Either call your surgeon or PCP (if he or she is

familiar with our issues), and don't take no for an answer. It could

be something as simple as excess gas or something more serious.

Whatever it is, pain is a signal that tells us that the body is not

happy...please don't accept that it's " normal " for us.

Hugs,

in NJ

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> Good Morning all! It's been 17 months since my gastric bypass, and

> I'm still trying to figure things out. Maybe I'm unrealistic to

> think that I should feel like I did before surgery in terms of not

> having any pain. So I have a few questions for you all:

>

> 1) Is it normal to have stomach pain after a meal? Regardless of

> what was eaten.

> 2) Is it normal to have intestinal pain after a bowel movement?

> 3) Is it normal to have gas pain?

> 4) Why do we have pain when we dump?

> 5) Do others have any type of abdominal pain now since their

> surgery? If yes, when does it ocurr?

> 6) Is it normal to have back problems now that the weight is gone?

>

> Please be as specific as you can, I'm desperately trying to adjust

> to a life with chronic pain 24/7 and your thoughts and experiences

> will help.

>

> Thanks!

> Lake in IL

> Open RNY 4/5/02

> 342/152/150

September 14, 2003

,

I can't answer a lot of the questions but I may be able to help

with the back question. My chiropractor mentioned that when we start

loosing weight your spine is having to adjust to your weight being

distributed differently. I really don't want to get into a big

discussion about chiropractors but if you stop to think about it, your

body is going through a lot of changes. For me, I had a lot of excess

skin that was killing my lower back, when it was removed, the lower back

doesn't hurt as much. However, my hips still give me trouble because it

is having to adjust to caring less weight and what weight is left is

higher then what it use to be. Does that make sense?

Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

SRVG 7/16/01

Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 13:53:29 -0000 " Lake "

writes:

> Good Morning all! It's been 17 months since my gastric bypass, and

> I'm still trying to figure things out. Maybe I'm unrealistic to

> think that I should feel like I did before surgery in terms of not

> having any pain. So I have a few questions for you all:

>

> 1) Is it normal to have stomach pain after a meal? Regardless of

> what was eaten.

> 2) Is it normal to have intestinal pain after a bowel movement?

> 3) Is it normal to have gas pain?

> 4) Why do we have pain when we dump?

> 5) Do others have any type of abdominal pain now since their

> surgery? If yes, when does it ocurr?

> 6) Is it normal to have back problems now that the weight is gone?

>

> Please be as specific as you can, I'm desperately trying to adjust

> to a life with chronic pain 24/7 and your thoughts and experiences

> will help.

>

> Thanks!

> Lake in IL

> Open RNY 4/5/02

> 342/152/150

>

> Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

>

> Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe

>

September 14, 2003

I had problems with my knees, because I walked differently after

losing weight. Weird.

Tigger

> ,

> I can't answer a lot of the questions but I may be able to

help

> with the back question. My chiropractor mentioned that when we

start

> loosing weight your spine is having to adjust to your weight being

> distributed differently. I really don't want to get into a big

> discussion about chiropractors but if you stop to think about it,

your

> body is going through a lot of changes. For me, I had a lot of

excess

> skin that was killing my lower back, when it was removed, the lower

back

> doesn't hurt as much. However, my hips still give me trouble

because it

> is having to adjust to caring less weight and what weight is left is

> higher then what it use to be. Does that make sense?

> Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

> SRVG 7/16/01

> Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

>

> On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 13:53:29 -0000 " Lake "

> <clake3879@w...> writes:

> > Good Morning all! It's been 17 months since my gastric bypass,

and

> > I'm still trying to figure things out. Maybe I'm unrealistic to

> > think that I should feel like I did before surgery in terms of

not

> > having any pain. So I have a few questions for you all:

> >

> > 1) Is it normal to have stomach pain after a meal? Regardless

of

> > what was eaten.

> > 2) Is it normal to have intestinal pain after a bowel movement?

> > 3) Is it normal to have gas pain?

> > 4) Why do we have pain when we dump?

> > 5) Do others have any type of abdominal pain now since their

> > surgery? If yes, when does it ocurr?

> > 6) Is it normal to have back problems now that the weight is gone?

> >

> > Please be as specific as you can, I'm desperately trying to

adjust

> > to a life with chronic pain 24/7 and your thoughts and

experiences

> > will help.

> >

> > Thanks!

> > Lake in IL

> > Open RNY 4/5/02

> > 342/152/150

> >

> > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

> >

> > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe

> >

September 14, 2003

I am just about 1 1/2 months out of my gastric bypass (1st surgery-stomach

stapling in 1992) and I am having alot of gas pain and this occurs at any time

of the day...even in the middle of the night...and nauseau's after eating...I

am expecting that this will go away later into the future...I thought that I

was just having these problems and was afraid to address this to anyone...

I did have complications after the surgery and was in the hospital for 3

weeks due to 2 leaks...and thought that this may have been part of what may be

problems for awhile...it gets to the point that I am afraid to eat anything or

to

try anything new to eat...

I go to my family doctor this Tuesday and will see what meds I can get for

this...right now I am taking phenergan for the nauseau's...and for the gas I am

taking nothing...

Any suggestions will be great also...Just letting you know that you

are not alone...

Joy...

September 15, 2003

I have had the same problem with one of my hips. I can feel that the joint

is not in exactly the right place. This only stands to reason, since my

range of motion has greatly increased since my weight loss. My hips are

moving in ways they have never had to before. Unfortunately, my

chiropractor made it worse, but physical therapy helps tremendously. I am

very fortunate, in that there is no arthritis in the hip joint (probably the

only joint in my entire body without arthritis), but that the joint capsule

gets irritated because it doesn't track correctly.