Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Southern State
Sporatic Abdominal Spasms 4 Years Post Gastric Bypass Posted: 09-05-07 18:01pm
I have been plagued with spasms which have
no pattern, no food triggers, and no
commonalities that can be identified. The
spasms last 5 - 7 minutes and the pain is
a 9 on a scale of 1- 10. It is so intense
that I am doubled over and can barely
breathe. The pain is almost intolerable
and I have been rushed to the hospital by
ambulance from my place of employment due
to the pain. I have had an endoscopy, a
colonoscopy, a CT scan, and 2 surgeries
since the gastric bypass (one for a hernia
and one for scar tissue) in hopes of
relieving this pain, but nothing has
worked. My gastric bypass surgeon is at a
loss to explain this and therefore knows
of nothing else to do to help me. I am
posting this to see if anyone else is
suffering from this or knows what could be
causing this. Please help...
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gasbygallhernia
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Joined: 28 Sep 2007 Posts: 3
Re: Sporatic Abdominal Spasms 4 Years Post Gastric Bypass Posted: 09-28-07 12:41pm
anyone tested your gall bladder function?
I've experienced similar pain and once it
was gall bladder and the second was a
hernia.
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jmeramsey
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Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 1
Severe Upper Abdominal Pain Posted: 06-30-08 16:39pm
I am having severe upper abdominal pain.
I assume that it is constipation because I
get pain in my shoulder as well, which I
have always been told is where gas will
settle. I had my gall bladder removed 10
years ago, my appendix removed 10 years
ago and I had gastric by-pass surgery
almost 2 years ago.
About 2 weeks ago, while eating out I
started having severe abdominal pain. The
only way to explain it was comparing it to
the pain I felt when I had my first gall
stone attack. But, it can't be that... my
gall bladder is gone. The pain weakened
and went away within a few hours. I just
assumed that it was constipation because a
few days later I experienced the same
thing while eating some baked pasta. I
figured it was the cheese in my diet. I
love cheese and eat a lot of it.
Constipation also runs in the family so I
figured I just needed to back off a bit.
With that said, the pain subsided and all
was fine. Then, this morning I woke up
fine, brushed my teeth and went to get
into the shower when I felt like I was hit
by a freight train. I began to have the
same pain in my upper stomach (above my
navel and under my breast bone) and I
continued with my routine, expecting the
pain to subside within an hour or two.
The pain did not subside, in fact, it has
progressively gotten worse. I went to the
store and got a fast acting (15 minute-1
hour) suppository. I did have a bowel
movement within about 20 minutes but it
wasn't much and it did not relieve any of
the pain in my upper abdomen. My mom said
that if it is my upper bowels a
suppository might not be the answer. So,
I have since taken 2 laxatives, a Gas-X
and I am waiting for these to kick in. Of
course, these can take time. I am sure it
will hit sometime in the middle of the
night. I am in tremendous pain, it's hard
to stand up straight and even get around
for that matter. I worried that I might
have bowel obstruction but everything I've
read says that I would not have had the BM
from the suppository if I actually had an
obstruction. It is worrying me because I
consider myself realtively healthy and I
am very active. I have not been confined
to the house or bed in years. Has anyone
out there experienced anything like this?
Is it indeed constipation or gas? Any
suggestions or remedies to assist in
feeling better? My husband and myself are
self employed so we don't have insurance.
I try to do everything I can before going
to the doc... it's so expensive! HELP!
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cricketke
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Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 7 Location: Kansas,
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constipation after gastric bypass Posted: 07-15-08 00:20am
I too, have had problems with my gb. I,
unfortunetly, had a crappy surgeon, who
botched my surgery (left one end of the
bowel unconnected). I had a massive leak,
obviously, and needed repair. He refused
to do a CT or even any labs. Finally, on
the 5th post-op day, another Dr orders a
CT and I am so sick that I coded in the
scanner! I ended up in a coma for almost
3 mos and on life support. I had so much
infection and went into multiple system
failures. I almost died several times.
My family ended up firing the gb dr. and
finally I started getting better. After
months and many surgeries, I went home. I
have had a total of 38 surgeries and
surgical procedures since original gb in
Jan 2003. I have been the healthiest ever
in the last year. And no surgeries in
that time. Since then I have started
seeing a new gb dr for follow-up. With
all of my complications, no one wanted
anything to do with me!
Anyway, back on the topic, constipation.
This dr has a protocol that he likes all
of his gb patients to follow. I will get
it and post it on here tomorrow. He
swears by it.
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dancindealer
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Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 1
abdomanal pain 4 years post gastric bypass Posted: 07-31-08 12:49pm
I have the same symtoms dont have
gallbladder not that .I am convinced some
pain due to gas but gas pills do not solve
issue completly. The crazy thing is theres
no common trigger you can figure out have
tried enzymes and charcoal some relief but
not complete.Have had upper/lower GI all
clear some gas showed up and drained
slower than normal but no ulcers or
blockage. I also take softeners daily now
which im sure isnt good but it helps. This
is not a problem I ever had before gastric
bypass however I would still recommend the
GB to anyone. After tooth infection and
round of antibiotics was pain free for
month . I am starting to think it is more
a case of bacteria in intestines causing
excessive gas and pain than food allergies
that being said how to fix it for good is
a mystery to me.
