Hello Friends. Joined the forum today. I had my GSV 5 years ago last July and do not regret the decision. I have had good results with weight loss and have maintained the weight loss so far with some effort. About 2 years ago, I started having increasing episodes of severe upper epi-gastric pain, and have had bouts of nausea and vomiting pretty much since I had the surgery. I had a hernia diagnosed at the time of the surgery which was supposed to be repaired, but now I suspect it never was. It has also returned worse than ever.
I can deal with the nausea and even the vomiting if I were told that it was something that I was going to have to learn to live with the rest of my life. I would learn to live with it somehow. What I cannot deal with is the pain. It is horrific. Last month I had three visits to the emergency room in one week, once when I was out of town (on my birthday in Las Vegas!) and ended up being hospitalized for a week. The pain is indescribable. My PCP and my GI doctor just stare at me blankly and tell me that my tests all come back pretty normal and don't explain the severity of my pain. One says it's GERD, one says it's probably to do with the hernia. I'm treated like I'm crazy or looking for drugs. I assure you I am neither.
Because I am a medical professional and happen to work at the hospital I was finally admitted to, I went behind everyone's back and finally got the bariatric coordinator of the hospital to get (second opinion) another surgical consult with a decent bariatric specialist who told me he did see this condition in sleeved patients come up years after the sleeve. Finally! someone who believed me! The downside was the only true "cure" was a revision to a bypass.
Because of my low weight, (I am 118 lbs) I may now be facing a feeding tube during recovery. I do not want to face a full bypass because I don't really don't want to lose any more weight, but I can't live like this any more. I throw up most of what I eat. I am tired all the time, in pain all the time, nauseated literally all the time.
Is anyone else facing anthing serious like this - had a revision done due to severe GERD?
Who knew GERD was such a serious thing?
Any help or anyone else that has even had a revision I would like to hear your story.
Thanks out there!
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