I was really happy to find this forum. I've been post op about 6 years now. I gained a small amt of weight and then all of a sudden I noticed I gained more! I had been neglecting my visits to the weight center after about 3 years due to their busy schedule and my gaining weight.
However..when 5 more pounds came on I said thats it and scheduled appt with the weight center and long story short I have a fistula.
I look forward to reading all the information you have here. I found out all this on friday afternoon and I will call my surgeons office on Monday. My PCP has also sent emails.
Its funny, we get used to eating small portions and filling up fast, somewhere in there for those of us that get these fistulas, you don't notice right away but then it dawns on you that you are eating WAY more then when you first had your surgery. I think mine popped a long time ago frankly, maybe thats why I stopped losing weight so soon who knows.
My original weight was 273 Lowest weight 200 (should have been lower) weight now 225. I am FAT again but at least I know why. I'm 5'2" tall.
Ok sorry I'm blabbing away-anyway HELLO all and I look forward to reading more about this problem. I'm curious about what my surgeon will say, if they can fix it I want it fixed and my pouch closed up again. Yes its another surgery but hey I didn't go through all I went through and not have it be right, so that I have the chance to lose more weight. AND be more careful this time POST surgery
Thank you all