Malfunction
Dear Beth,
After a little over a year out, I stopped losing and started regaining and went to the doc. I never felt full anymore and was always hungry. They did an upper GI and the tech said that my stoma was "wide open." So they did an endoscopy and found the same - the stoma is the same size as the RNY branch and it's as if there's no stomach at all really. I never feel full, am nearly always hungry and have basically a tunnel running from esophagus to intestines.
I have maintained a 40 lb. weight loss for over 2 years now, but gained back 40 of the original 80 I lost. The surgeon told me there's nothing they can do about it and that there are very few surgeons in the country who would try to fix this - they strongly recommended I didn't try it as the surgery is "risky." Maybe time will tell.
Barb
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