Daughters Gastric Bypass and Stabbing Pain Posted: 11-10-07 12:30pm
My 21 yr old daughter was very overweight
(240 lbs at highest). It was so sad to
see her throughout her schooling years.
Her self esteem was so low, and she was
very unhealthy (but never sick). She
opted for gastric bypass almost 2 years
ago. She now weights 120 lbs. They
performed lap surgury, only a few small
incision holes and she was out of the
hospital in two days. The first year was
problem free. Then the nightmare began!!
It started out with a sharp stabbing pain
(she said like a knife) on the right side
under the rib cage. She can feel a knot
exactly where the pain is. MRI's, blood
work, liquid + xrays revealed nothing.
She was hospitalized many times, always
sent home without any idea of what was
causing the pain. Then a MD thought she
might have gall stones. So she had
surgery to remove her gall bladder. Then
she developed a hernia, so she had another
surgery to repair the hernia. But the
original stabbing pain still existed. The
MD's got tired of seeing her in ER, and
(I've seen this in other postings) said it
was a psychiatric issue. They started
prescribing percocet and anti anxiety
medication. Most recently she began to
have "black stools". She was tired all
the time, had night sweats and was dizzy.
She experienced memory loss. Her
hemoglobin dropped to very low levels.
She was hospitalized and they did an upper
scope. She was bleeding inside the
stomach (an ulcer) around the stomach
stitching. She had a serious infection.
They put her on antibiotics, and told her
to drink liquids until the infection and
ulcer clear up. She is basically unable
to work and is addicted to percocet. AND
SHE STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL STABBING PAIN.
She is contemplating exploratory surgery
to see if she might have scarring from the
original procedure. It is so sad and
scary to see my lovely daughter in her
current condition. She is so young, and I
am truly worried that she is going to be
like this forever.
Has anyone had this type of stabbing pain?
Has any MD diagnosed the cause of severe
stabbing pain and fixed it? Has anyone
who went through the gastric bypass
procedure gone on to live a happy and
normal life??
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sherishmmns
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Gastric Bypass Posted: 11-18-07 19:51pm
I have the same problem but mine is on my
left side. I have had 16 surgeries varying
from bowel obstructions, hernias, gall
bladder removal and on and on. I too was
put on oxycodone for pain, phenergen for
nausea w/ numerous others but still have
not had a solution. I did find a dr in
nebraska that deals w/ high risk people
and he redid my sugery and said that this
surgery is way to dangerous to do
laproscopically which i preferred for less
scars. Needless to say after 16 surgeries
i now have more scars than ever. The dr in
Nebraska did find that my food was going
backwards up into my old stomach and
thinks thats where this is steming from,
unfortunately once they do that its very
risky to try and remove that old stomach.
Which is what he does for every surgery.
You may want them to give her a CT w/ IV
die and ask them to look into it. Hope
this helps! Good luck!
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