Re: intermittent pain in stomach

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you may want to check for an ulcer.

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My policy has been ... when in doubt, check it out. I have had some intense

gas pain at times when I would have thought it was something else. But that

is what you are paying your doc big bucks for.

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It could be an ulcer or gastritis, among other things. Best bet is

to call your doc.

BTW, what is nulev?

in NJ

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> I am almost two years post op and at six months I had a burning,

> searing pain in the pit of my stomach. It still comes and

> goes periodically. Could thus be adhesions, merely bad gas or is

> there some other explanation for it. Does anyone else experience

this very intense pain?

> it lasts for about two to three minutes at times and sometimes a

nulev tablet will help and sometimes it won't. Any experiences?

[Guest guest]

It could be a small bowel obstruction. Your intestine may have shifted

and developed a kink. You will need an Upper GI series to rule this

out. It happened to me and I had the same symptoms.

Ray Hooks

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http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com

watnext2001 wrote:

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> It could be an ulcer or gastritis, among other things. Best bet is

> to call your doc.

>

> BTW, what is nulev?

>

> in NJ

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> > I am almost two years post op and at six months I had a burning,

> > searing pain in the pit of my stomach. It still comes and

> > goes periodically. Could thus be adhesions, merely bad gas or is

> > there some other explanation for it. Does anyone else experience

> this very intense pain?

> > it lasts for about two to three minutes at times and sometimes a

> nulev tablet will help and sometimes it won't. Any experiences?

>

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[Guest guest]

It could be a small bowel obstruction, probably a partially developed

kink that blocks some but not all of a part of the intestine. The pain

is caused by it backing up, but goes away when it finally gets through.

You will need an Upper GI series to test for this. It happened to me.

Ray Hooks

For WLS nutrition info, visit

http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com

denaj1229 wrote:

>

> I am almost two years post op and at six months I had a burning,

> searing pain in the pit of my stomach. It still comes and

> goes periodically. Could thus be adhesions, merely bad gas or is

> there some other explanation for it. Does anyone else experience this

> very intense pain?

> it lasts for about two to three minutes at times and sometimes a nulev

> tablet will help and sometimes it won't. Any experiences?

>

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

>

> Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I had this same problem which would subside upon taking Hyocyamine. I seemed to

have the attacks mostly when I had an empty pouch. It sounds to me like you

might

have an ulcer, that is usually why it burns. I myself don't have burning, rather

I have

intense, horrible pain. The spasms have lessend a great deal, I have no idea

why. I

find that if I start getting an attack, if I drink cold water or eat some ice it

seems to

stop. Go figure.

I will likey be having a scope next January or February to check on the size of

my

stoma, pouch and for an sld. Now I am going to also make sure for him to check

for

ulcers.

M

Amarillo, Tx

> I am almost two years post op and at six months I had a burning,

> searing pain in the pit of my stomach. It still comes and

> goes periodically. Could thus be adhesions, merely bad gas or is

> there some other explanation for it. Does anyone else experience this

> very intense pain?

> it lasts for about two to three minutes at times and sometimes a nulev

> tablet will help and sometimes it won't. Any experiences?

[Guest guest]

So how did you get unkinked, Ray? Keep it clean, now LOLOLOL!

Kinkily-speaking: What I understand happens with these kinks is that due to

extreme weight loss the lining of our intestines (can't recall the specific

name for it but it begins with an " m " ) thins out (along with us!) and that is

why it can kink up. Dr. Gagner thought I might possibly have been kinked for a

bit way back when, but fortunately I wasn't! Am curious as to how this

problem is treated (if it is treatable) when it occurs.

Lucille

In a message dated 11/25/2003 10:50:10 AM Eastern Standard Time,

Graduate-OSSG writes:

>

>

> It could be a small bowel obstruction. Your intestine may have shifted

> and developed a kink. You will need an Upper GI series to rule this

> out. It happened to me and I had the same symptoms.

>

> Ray Hooks

>

[Guest guest]

I'm not Ray (but I play him on TV!) but my kink/twist/hernia was

fixed by surgery. Doc went back in using some of the same holes from

the RNY and unkinked everything, sewed it all down so that particular

spot couldn't kink again and sent me home a coupla hours later. Mine

happened about 18 months after my WLS and haven't had another one so

far.

Alice

The Loon

RNY 12/28/00

> So how did you get unkinked, Ray? Keep it clean, now LOLOLOL!

>

> Kinkily-speaking: What I understand happens with these kinks is

that due to extreme weight loss the lining of our intestines (can't

recall the specific name for it but it begins with an " m " ) thins out

(along with us!) and that is why it can kink up. Dr. Gagner thought

I might possibly have been kinked for a bit way back when, but

fortunately I wasn't! Am curious as to how this problem is treated

(if it is treatable) when it occurs.

Lucille

[Guest guest]

I've had three kinks/twists/bowel obstructions since my RNY. The first one

was 3 weeks post my RNY which was surgically repaired using the same lap

incisions as my RNY. The second was a year post my RNY and that one was

surgically

repaired partially open (about a 4 " incision). The third one was last month,

18 months postop, and I was surgically repaired for that one - open (about

8 " ). With all three of these, the surgeons said they developed in my case

because of an " internal hernia " in the intestine that cannot be seen, and then

my

bowel gets " caught " inside this hernia, and telescopes up inside of itself.

They did say these hernias and spaces inside are caused by the large amount of

weight loss (though, that would not explain the one that happened 3 weeks

postop). Supposedly, this time, they sewed up all these spaces and put a suture

line around my bowel to keep it from moving around so much.

Sandy

Boca Raton, FL

postop ~ 03/27/02

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