questions about my procedure...

[Guest guest]

I had a stricture and it was my experience that you will definitely know

something is wrong if you have one. I could barely eat anything that was a

nonliquid. If I ate something solid, it would hurt in my pouch every single

time.

Many times, I would eventually vomit and I usually knew as soon as I ate that

I was going to throw up, although usually it took about an hour before I

actually did. I had many blockages caused by the stricture and had many EGDs to

stretch the opening from my pouch into my intestines. Eventually it had to be

repaired (4 long months of suffering first though!) and now that it has been

repaired my eating is 100% better - in fact sometimes that I worry that I am

able to eat too well.

~ami~

In a message dated 11/19/2003 11:12:26 PM Central Standard Time,

sheltielvr2000@... writes:

> I had a GB in August and have lost almost 80 pds. Am happy about

> this but having some problems eating...think I might have a

> stricture...anyone have any problems like this? Apetite is non

> existent...

> also, the skin on my legs feels numb..very strange sensation...if

> anyone can help me out there I would greatly appreciate some

> encouragement!

[Guest guest]

I had a GB in August and have lost almost 80 pds. Am happy about

this but having some problems eating...think I might have a

stricture...anyone have any problems like this? Apetite is non

existent...

also, the skin on my legs feels numb..very strange sensation...if

anyone can help me out there I would greatly appreciate some

encouragement!

[Guest guest]

I can eat very soft foods pretty well, but anytime I try to eat any

kind of meat, it gets stuck. It got to the point where I so

nauseated all the time I could hardly eat anything...I am going

tomorrow to talk to the doc about a stricture... I have been so

careful not to eat anything I shouldn't, and still I am throwing up

most of the protein...the only thing that saved me was a few

teaspoons of peanut butter here and there...

> I had a stricture and it was my experience that you will

definitely know

> something is wrong if you have one. I could barely eat anything

that was a

> nonliquid. If I ate something solid, it would hurt in my pouch

every single time.

> Many times, I would eventually vomit and I usually knew as soon as

I ate that

> I was going to throw up, although usually it took about an hour

before I

> actually did. I had many blockages caused by the stricture and

had many EGDs to

> stretch the opening from my pouch into my intestines. Eventually

it had to be

> repaired (4 long months of suffering first though!) and now that

it has been

> repaired my eating is 100% better - in fact sometimes that I

worry that I am

> able to eat too well.

>

> ~ami~

>

> In a message dated 11/19/2003 11:12:26 PM Central Standard Time,

> sheltielvr2000@y... writes:

>

>

> > I had a GB in August and have lost almost 80 pds. Am happy

about

> > this but having some problems eating...think I might have a

> > stricture...anyone have any problems like this? Apetite is non

> > existent...

> > also, the skin on my legs feels numb..very strange

sensation...if

> > anyone can help me out there I would greatly appreciate some

> > encouragement!

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I also have numbness in my left thigh. My doctor said it could be

anything from a skin crease to how my leg was positioned during

surgery (before surgery, my leg would fall asleep if I laid on it too

long). It's my understanding that it may not ever change. It

doesn't bother me as much now as it did when I first noticed it in

the hospital. I guess I've gotten used to it.

Open RNY 10/13/03

303/270/???

also, the skin on my legs feels numb..very strange sensation...if

> anyone can help me out there I would greatly appreciate some

> encouragement!

[Guest guest]

How bad is the pain when you have a stricture? I am wondering because I

always have a certain amount of discomfort every time I eat anything solid

no matter how small the amount I eat. I would say it is more like a small

tummy ache than anything else and it usually lasts 30-60 minutes. But

liquids don't cause this problem. I am going to talk to my doc about it

when I see him again but that is not till close to the end of December. I

am not real concerned about it but when you talked about the stricture it

sounded kinda like what I am experiencing. But I would not call it pain.

More like mild discomfort.

Candi

Re: questions about my procedure...

I had a stricture and it was my experience that you will definitely know

something is wrong if you have one. I could barely eat anything that was

a

nonliquid. If I ate something solid, it would hurt in my pouch every

single time.

Many times, I would eventually vomit and I usually knew as soon as I ate

that

I was going to throw up, although usually it took about an hour before I

actually did. I had many blockages caused by the stricture and had many

EGDs to

stretch the opening from my pouch into my intestines. Eventually it had

to be

repaired (4 long months of suffering first though!) and now that it has

been

repaired my eating is 100% better - in fact sometimes that I worry that I

am

able to eat too well.

~ami~

In a message dated 11/19/2003 11:12:26 PM Central Standard Time,

sheltielvr2000@... writes:

> I had a GB in August and have lost almost 80 pds. Am happy about

> this but having some problems eating...think I might have a

> stricture...anyone have any problems like this? Apetite is non

> existent...

> also, the skin on my legs feels numb..very strange sensation...if

> anyone can help me out there I would greatly appreciate some

> encouragement!