Unrelenting Pain One Year After Gastric Bypass Posted: 02-11-04 22:38pm
I had gastric bypass in december of 2002.
Last month I had surgery to release
adhesions that had caused my colon to lock
in place. I was suffering from pain in
my left side, right below my rib cage. I
also suffer from bloating, gas, pain,
constant discomfort in my upper stomach,
typically in the center of my gut; bouts
of constipation. The expectation was the
most recent surgery to remove the
adhesions would eliminate these problems.
It did not. Does anyone else suffer
from this? My gastroenterologist said I
have ibs but none of the medications he
has given me have helped. They seem to
make it worse. If I eat, I immediately
bloat and feel pressure. I'm thrilled
with my 125 pound weight loss but very,
very frustrated with this constant stomach
pain and discomfort. Can you help?
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z9dsgn52
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 1 Location: florida
Adhesion Pain Posted: 02-21-04 09:10am
Do you use anything like metamucil or
citrocel? I have had the same discomfort
right under my left breast and ribcage
area with the associated bloating that
occurs. Luckily it has not been bad
enough to warrant treatment. I did find
tho that if I daily use one dose of the
above products I feel better. My doc
told me it was adhesions as well. Sadly,
surgery to release adhesions just causes
more adhesions. Try some yoga stretches
too. Hope you feel better.
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da
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 2 Location: Texas
Posted: 02-22-04 15:28pm
Thank you for the info. Yes, I do use
benefiber every day but continue to have
problems. Do you recommend a special
diet? Do you know of anything that seems
to help or hurt the situation?
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Carrie Ann
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 4
Left Side Pain Posted: 03-01-04 13:48pm
I am female currently going through the
same problem. I have a constant left
side ache right under my rib cage that
radiates into my lower abdomen and back.
They just found that I have a
"wheat/gluten" allergy from a simple blood
test. Now I have to have an endoscopic
exam to check if I have "celiac disease."
I guess this can cause a lot of gastro
problems due to the allergy. 1 in 133
people have this. Four years ago I had a
colonoscopy, ct scan (kidneys &
abdomen), and anything else you can think
of for the same pain and it would come and
go. Now it doesn't go anywhere. I just
started taking zelnorm for ibs 7 days ago.
Can't tell yet if this will help, it
hasn't so far. I also have a adhesions
around my colon which could be the
problem, but now with this wheat thing,
they are looking in that direction. I
hope this is of some help to someone.
