Guest guest Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 Does anyone on this list have Crohn's Disease? I recently had an endoscope and a colonoscopy to find out why I have stomach pain after I eat and why I have not been unable to lose anymore weight. It turns out I have two problems - a stretched stoma the size of my intestines and Crohn's Disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the small intestines. Sometimes, people with Crohn's will have to have sections of their intestines cut out, then rejoined, to get rid of ulcerative sores and blockages. I asked my digestive doctor if I would be able to have a weight loss revision because of the stretched stoma, but he said he didn't think any doctor would operate on me - because a revision would bypass more intestines and I'm going to need all the intestines I have in case of future problems with Crohn's Disease. I have an appointment to see my weight loss surgeon in a couple of weeks, but his nurse already told me she didn't think he would do a revision either. I'm feeling awfully discouraged. It's bad enough to find out about the stretched stoma, but the Crohn's Disease is even worse. My starting weight in June 2001 was 270 pounds. I now weigh 190. I made it down to 170, but have gained 20 pounds back. I'm afraid I'm going to end up back where I started from. Vickie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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