Re: Strange new-to-me symptoms

[Guest guest]

my suggestion, as I would hope anyone else here would suggest, is call your

doctor/surgeon & discuss it with him/her.

- ilene

In a message dated 10/10/2003 4:49:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

rinnclja@... writes:

> Lately I am getting the same excess acid-type churn feeling in my " unused "

> stomach. I don't get any acid in my throat or anything but I am

> uncomfortable and feel the need to eat to stop the acid dance. This scares

me. Could

> this mean a staple line disruption? I was transected and don't know if I

could

> technically have a SLD.

>

> I can tell you that I seem to be gaining weight a little faster than I was

> even though I am not really eating any more. I have also been having BMs from

> hell causing major sphincter pain and some bleeding.

>

> Any ideas or does anyone know where I could go on the Web to research this

> more?

>

> Thanks,

> Rinn

[Guest guest]

it could be any number of things, and I'm not a medical

person, so please take this as a FWIW...

First, if you're transected, you can pretty much rule out a SLD at

this point. The staple line on a transection tends to heal itself

pretty quickly, and if it was a SLD, you'd be very, VERY sick right

now.

The fact that you're not having reflux is also a good sign, so it

doesn't sound like a fistula, but a scope or upper GI would show that

for sure. Many of us have had a problem with heartburn, including

me. In my case, my doctor believes it is gastritis, put me on

Nexium, and so far, so good. It could also be an ulcer, and a scope

would show that, too.

As for the weight gain, it could be an enlarged stoma or the dreaded

bounceback effect, that is if your choice of foods is not causing

it. Also, have you tried a stool softener? They've worked wonders

for me.

At any rate, you really should call your doc because we can only

speculate and relay our own experiences. I hope you feel better soon!

in NJ

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> Before I had surgery I would often get the acid churning sensation

in my stomach and then it would come up into me throat and " sizzle. "

It was kind of an uncomfortable feeling but not really painful.

>

> Lately I am getting the same excess acid-type churn feeling in

my " unused " stomach. I don't get any acid in my throat or anything

but I am uncomfortable and feel the need to eat to stop the acid

dance. This scares me. Could this mean a staple line disruption? I

was transected and don't know if I could technically have a SLD.

>

> I can tell you that I seem to be gaining weight a little faster

than I was even though I am not really eating any more. I have also

been having BMs from hell causing major sphincter pain and some

bleeding.

>

> Any ideas or does anyone know where I could go on the Web to

research this more?

>

> Thanks,

> Rinn

[Guest guest]

By " enlarged stoma " do you mean one in which the opening has enlarged? Does

anyone know how this happens, if so?

Lucille

In a message dated 10/11/2003 8:02:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

Graduate-OSSG writes:

> As for the weight gain, it could be an enlarged stoma or the dreaded

> bounceback effect, that is if your choice of foods is not causing

> it. Also, have you tried a stool softener? They've worked wonders

> for me.

>

> At any rate, you really should call your doc because we can only

> speculate and relay our own experiences. I hope you feel better soon!

>

> in NJ

>

[Guest guest]

Sometimes it has to do with the pouch shape, sometimes to do with the hunk

of intestine used to make the stoma. And sometimes it has nothing to do

with anything other than he body trying to normalize. There is no blame

attached to this one.

m

Re: Strange new-to-me symptoms

>

> By " enlarged stoma " do you mean one in which the opening has enlarged?

Does

> anyone know how this happens, if so?

>

> Lucille

>

> In a message dated 10/11/2003 8:02:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

> Graduate-OSSG writes:

>

>

> > As for the weight gain, it could be an enlarged stoma or the dreaded

> > bounceback effect, that is if your choice of foods is not causing

> > it. Also, have you tried a stool softener? They've worked wonders

> > for me.

> >

> > At any rate, you really should call your doc because we can only

> > speculate and relay our own experiences. I hope you feel better soon!

> >

> > in NJ

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