Post Gastric Bypass Stomach Pain

I had gastric bypass September 2003 and I have had nothing but problems since. I was a healthy happy Mom but just over weight before surgery. About four months post opp I started getting depressed and drinking and on top of that I was having spells were I was getting week and sweaty and almost ready to faint frequently. Not but a year and a half later everything got worse, I developed panic disorder and because of all this I started to try and hide all the pain with prescription drugs. I was also getting terrible pain periodically in my upper right hand side. Doctors blamed everything on my addictions so they refused to do anything. finally six months ago I got sober and I was put on a wonderful antideppressent. The hypoglicimia symptoms didn't stop. Now I am getting so dizzy and sweaty that I have passed out and my blood sugar gets so low that I have to check it constantly. I still get pain in my upper right hand side. finally I found a doctor that would do glucose tests and he found that I was definintly hypoglicimic. I get as low as 35. It is so scary as I am alone with my children allot when these episodes arise. My doctor has referred me to two specialists and since I have changed my diet and am eating every two to three hours and nothing is helping he feels that I am going to have to have surgery to remove some or all of my pancrease. I am so scared as I have been told how dangerous the surgery is. Has anyone had the surgery? Or does anyone know anything about this? I so wish that I would have never of had the surgery. It is so miserable to live in such pain and sadness when you have three children to care for. I am so thankful to find a sight like this. Good luck everyone.

please cold anyone help me i had a gatric bypass 7 years ago.i went from a size 28 to a size 14'my dream weight. a year ago i started to loose more weight i m now a size 8 .the last 5weeks i have been in agony with my stomac.i have pain from my liver all the way up my right side into my breast and up through my shoulder.i have had ct scan ultrasound xray blood tests and cameras down my throat and up my rectum. all that has shown up is water on my right lung. but my bottom stomac can not be accessed by camera,i feel the pain is coming from there,my liver is enlarged my pancrease inflammed, and nobody at the hospital can find whats wrong.previous to my bypass i had stomac ulcers. please if anyone has any symptoms like this and knows what it might be please reply. it hurts so much to cough sneeze and breath deeply and move about, thank you so much

I wrote back in 2005 about my pains. The pains disappeared a couple of months after my original post. I did have a recurrence in May of 06 and 07 which led me to the er with no results. Then this past September (07), I started to get nausea and vomiting after every meal. I thought I was just sick, I went to see a GI who ran a couple of tests and told me my espohgus needed to be stretched, so her did it and told me everything was good.

Well that did nothing for me, so I went back to him and he performed a barium swallow which came back that all the food was going down just fine. So no problem there. I decided it was time to change doctors, so I went to Baylor in Houston, Texas and saw my mother in laws doctor. He diagnosed through an upper GI that I have a 3.5 cm ulcer on my stomach pouch (this was diagnosed in April). He prescribed me Zergrid. Of course that drug wasn't an authorized drug on my insurace, and he said he wasn't going to waste his time. So he gave me Protonix. I took that pill for 6 weeks with no relief (at this point I had already lost 25 pounds). I went back to him and he recommended stomach revision.

I wanted a second opinion so I went to another doctor in Baylor recommended by my brother. He got me the Zergrid prescription approved and a liquid called Calafate (?). I have been taking both for a month now, still without much relief. I have still lost another5 pounds. I am supposed to go back on July 11th for another upper GI to see how the ulcer looks, but I am thinking about calling tomorrow and seeing if I can get in sooner. I feel I have no choice but to have surgery.

I am afraid I am going to end up in the ER with a perforated ulcer, I have been throwing up constantly for almost 9 months. Somedays I don't even attempt to eat, then I feel okay. It has been real tiring, I still teach school all day, come home clean and cook, and I have still been going to the gym, just not for as long as normal. I am trying to keep a regular routine, but my husband has noticed how tired I am. I no longer want to go out because vomiting in a public restroom is no fun. I will keep you updated. Good luck everyone.

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Also I can maybe direct you to being able to obtain more information and also finding a source to obtain this water.

I had my gasto in November of 2007. Things have gone well but like you all, I began having the worst pain I could ever imagine in the left flank area that goes around to my back. I've had ct scans, blood work et. and exploratory surgery via my gasto dr. and nothing. The nurses looked at me like I was crazy after the surgery and I've become so frustrated, I've all but given up. I deal with the pain everyday and has gotten to the point I can't even think straight because the pain is always there! I believe it's my kidney (again, no one will listen) so that is my next step. So to all of you, I believe you!

I had my GB in September of 2003. Went from 248 to 127, size 22 to size 4. I immediately had the same pain everyone is describing, a stabbing ache in the upper left side under the rib cage. It comes and goes. Most of the time it wakes me up in the wee hours of the morning. I can always tell it is coming by the pre-ache and tightness. I used to go to the ER, but usually by the time I was seen, it was gone...lasts from 3-35 minutes. I had all of the scopes and Bravo implant test, took the acid reducers, saw plenty of specialists, had my gallbladder out, and nothing helped. So, I started helping myself by trying to figure it out. What I know is that taking any type of calcium (including tums), eating too much calcium (foods & milk), codeine cough syrup and some liquid cold medicines will cause an "attack"...sometimes almost immediately with liquid products, and usually in the middle of the night after taking calcium vitamins. These products cause large air bubbles, which causes the "attacks", and causes you to writhe in pain. When you feel it coming on, even though it is hard, sit up straight, breathe deeply and slowly, try to stretch your arms up, and have someone pat your back. As weird as it sounds, you need to burp. My bariatric surgeon and my gastroenterologist said that they believe I am right about what is causing it...they aren't sure how to treat it, so I just do the best I can on my own. I hope this helps. Good luck.

I just found this site because I too am having the same pain. I had GB in Oct 2003 and never had any problems until now, this excruciating epigastric pain. A CT was normal, an endoscope showed an ulcer but I have at least one of those going on all the time, I'm used to dealing with that. The pain I'm having recently is definitely different. It comes on suddenly, with no link to any foods. The one thing I did notice was that it only subsided a little if I could manage to burp at all, which wasn't easy because I don't seem to be gassy with an urge to burp or anything and moving around, massaging my midsection, etc. doesn't seem to help me burp. It's as if a huge amount of air is suddenly under my diaphragm with no where to go and I don't know how to help it get out. It seems to take hours to eventually work it's way down and out of my system and I'm miserable until it does. A hot water bottle across my midsection seems to help a little, but maybe that's just psychological. It started about 2 weeks ago, off and on, and I know I won't be able to live like this and keep my job, that's for sure so I have to figure something out...It's definitely scary to find out this is actually common and doctors are clueless. I got the good old last resort diagnosis too, ADHESIONS (scar tissue). I think they just throw that one at you when they simply don't know.

To begin, research has shown that GBS is proving to have a lot of cons, especially kidney problems, bone disease, sever malnutrion, eletrolyte embalance, and even death. And this is months or years later.

My case for example. I had first time ever kidney stones which has to be blasted (lithotripsy), and then had an e-coli infection of the kidney. Hospital stay 3 weeks. As it turned out the stone was Calcium. And now I learn the 1200mg mandatory calcium supplement was making the stone. To make matters worse, I have arthritis, osteoporosis, and back problems. So bypassing the dueodeum is it really worth the risk of loosing all those nutrients we need? I want to be thin, but being healthy and feeling good is more important. One person said she is afraid to eat, I empathize with her, because I KNOW exactly how she feels. I am almost paranoid to eat because of the pain I know I might have.

So here is so advice. Find a Good doctor, who will not leave any stones unturned. I have one, and he is great. We are getting out case together to approach the surgeon for an answer because I cannot live like this. But and this is a big but. Get to a good reputable teaching hospital. The best in the area. Even if you have to change insurance groups. Do research, find the caddalac doctors, not the quacks. Read, read, and read. When you have left flank pain, or right flank pain, its your kidney. Unless its the left it could be the kidney or the spleen. There are simple tests that can be done. Ask for a Renal ultrasound. YOU MUST LEARN TO BE YOUR OWN ADVOCATE AND ASK THESE DOCTORS TO DO THESE TESTS. But first do some research. Know this too, these all think were crazy. Except my doctor, he takes me seriously.