Chronic Nausea and Vomiting

January 10, 2007

Hello to all. It's been several months since I've read any postings

here or on the pre-op board. I've been battling depression and

loosing.

I continue to experience episodes of Nausea and Vomiting. On

Christmas Eve I vomited at least 7 times,(mainly bile, very little

undigested food) at which time my family pointed out that this is

critical and needs to be addressed.

I had my surgery with Dr. Dasher in North Carolina on August 18

2005. I have had problems with cyclical N & V since the beginning,

but it seems to be quite severe now. Last nite, I emailed Dr.

Rutledge a lengthy description of my symptoms and today, forwarded a

two week food diary to Kim Hazen (to pass on the the docs). I spoke

to Dr. Rutledge a year ago and over a period of weeks the N & V

seemed to improve. I thought the estrogen patches had corrected the

problem, but the N & V returned. I did not follow up with Dr. R. in

hopes that over time it would pass. I seem to go in cycles where I

feel quite normal for sometimes weeks and then cycle back to vomiting

2 times per day on average. During these periods I have no appetite,

often feel quite nauseated and my intake is quite low. I have been

in the N/V cycle for several months now and it's taking it's toll.

My preop weight was 242-250 and I had lost 120 pounds by my first

anniversary. I have stayed at 123 pounds for several months but

dropped down to 120 yesterday. I'm 5 feet 7.5 inches tall. Although

I'm a little underweight my primary concern is my health and

nutritional status. I had all of the post-op blood work drawn again

this morning and I have a follow-up appointment with my Internist on

the 24th. My upper GI and gastroscope were normal and negative for H-

Pylori

OK... so what I'm looking for are the post-op MGBers who have had to

have revisions or reversals for chronic nausea or excessive weight

loss/malnutrition. I remember reading about 5 people in the first

1250 patients who required revision/reversal for excessive

weightloss/nausea and I'm sure there have been a few more since

then. Can you share your experiences with me. Thanks so much...

hugs Kim

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