HELP I am down to 95 pounds

October 16, 2003

I had the surgery 15 months ago RNY .Now i found out my food is going

straight through and into the colon in about 8 minutes has anyone

heard of this.

JJ

October 22, 2003

In a message dated 10/21/2003 3:06:30 PM Central Daylight Time,

brzezinski4@... writes:

> I had the surgery 15 months ago RNY .Now i found out my food is going

> straight through and into the colon in about 8 minutes has anyone

> heard of this.

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Going straight thru would be, I think, an indication of a

relaxed/stretched/enlarged stoma. Which is what I have. BUT in my case, the

copious amounts of

food this allows me to eat cause weight gain, not loss. I don't know for sure,

but if your stoma is letting the food just pass thru, I suppose it's possible

for it to take a very short time to reach your colon. But something else must

also be going on since you're losing weight. I don't believe this is the usual

case with enlarged stoma. Are you eating a lot of food? Or just the normal

amounts usually allowed for former MO's? You need to see a good specialist, IMO,

and get scoped. Go to someone who's familiar with bariatric surgeries, not

just any old endocrinologist. Dr. Oh in Seattle is a good one. He scoped me in

July

Carol A

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