Re: I've been waiting to post here forever...

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Tammy

I'm so sorry to hear of these recent bowel obstructions. I have had this

happen three times since my RNY all caused by " internal hernias " - no adhesions

in my case. I had my RNY 03/27/02 and had the first obstruction/hernia three

weeks later - 04/19/02. Then, March 2003, was the second. And, I just had

another one 10/06/03. I, too, am terrified it will happen again. This time, my

surgeons put a suture line around my bowels to " hold them in place " . They

think it will never happen again, but, to be honest, I have a hard time

believing

that because they said last time in March. With this obstruction, I became

malnourished and left the hospital with a feeding tube for a month and am still

a little underweight even now. I can relate to having them not really

believe you - I was complaining of pain and inability to eat for a month and had

been thru a series of tests and everything was negative. They even tried to put

me on Elavil (an antidepressant).

As for the future, I know this probably isn't much reassurance for you, but I

have had to learn to just take life one day at a time and try not to focus on

" what if it happens again " . I just know in the future, if I do feel that

things are not right, I will be more insistent on the testing they do and how

quickly it is done so as not to get so debilitated. If you want to talk, I

would

be happy to give you my phone number. You are not alone.

Sandy

Boca Raton, FL

postop ~ 03/27/02

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