Pouch Pain-Can't Figure it Out..Anyone else like this?

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Cindy, do you have a Silastic Ring. I do and has told me that

sometimes the ring erodes.

Fay Bayuk

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Hi guys,

I'm 18 months post lap RNY, never had problems since month 1, able to

eat just about anything. About 1 week ago I started having pouch

pain (no radiating pain, stays in the pouch) after eating about 4

bites of food. I researched ulcers and it doesn't sound like one.

Unlike ulcers, I feel better with an empty stomach and water/liquid

does not hurt, nor taste metallic. All my usual foods hurt the pouch

and it kinda comes in waves of more intense pouch pain if I don't

stop eating, then it subsides and goes away in about an hour. I also

feel like I have one more bite that hasn't quite gone down. Partial

blockage this far out? My gallbladder was removed a few years ago.

Medications taking: Vioxx (one a day since early post-op) Claritin

and Ambien x 1 mo. I've read where Vioxx can cause ulcers, but this

doesn't sound like an ulcer. I'm planning on calling the surgeon

tomorrow but thought I'd ask the board if anyone had any thoughts or

experienced something similar, so that I can clue in the doc.

Thanks, Cindy.

[Guest guest]

It has also been known to shift on occasion.

in NJ

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> Cindy, do you have a Silastic Ring. I do and has told me

that sometimes the ring erodes.

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> Fay Bayuk

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[Guest guest]

No, no silastic ring..I did hear from a few off line and one person

said that there are some ulcers that have symptoms when you eat. I

had always heard the opposite, that you felt pain on an empty stomach

and eating made it feel better. I'm calling the surgeon this

morning...

Cindy

> > Cindy, do you have a Silastic Ring. I do and has told

me

> that sometimes the ring erodes.

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> > Fay Bayuk

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