stomach pains after gastric bypass

[Cari155]

I had gastric bypass surgery about 15 months ago.  Two weeks after surgery I had my gall bladder removed and spent a week in the hospital with dehydration and pancreatitis.  I have had that same stomach pain a couple other times since pancreatitis.  Last week as I live by myself I had to call an ambulance as the pain in stomach was so severe.  They did blood work and said my pancreais enzymes were elevated a little.  Gave me pain pills and sent me home.  I had a cat scan and endoscopy which did not show anything.  Pain radiates to the back.  What should I do?  
I live in a small area and do not like the doctor that did my surgery.  Also.  I weighed 248 lbs at time of surgery, and am still losing but not trying.  I am now at 117 lbs.  Any suggestions????????

Please help

Cari

[209sylvia69]

I thought I was the only one with the pain in the abdomen.  My surgery was done in 2002, i had the gastric Bypass Roux-en-Y Surgery.  Immediately after surgery, I was sent home.  I didn't feel well and I let the CNA know this and she said that I would be alright.  I should have let my doctor know I wasn't feeling good, but he didn't come around to my hospital room the day I was discharged.  I went hope, but in so much pain, literally crying on the airplane (Surgery was done in L.A., CA. and I lived in Modesto, CA.) That night when I got home, I was rushed to the ER, I later found out that I had Pulmonary Embolism (PE).  I almost died, had to be on Coumadin Pills and Heparin Injections because of PE.  After my year of blood thinning therapy, I had really no more problems, until about 2 years ago.  I start get ting the pain in the upper center abdomen underneath my incision.  You see they had opened me up, I have a large incision scar from the top off abdomen (about 1" under the center of my breast) to the middle of the abdomen (just about 4" above my belly button).  It is also around 1" wide all the way from top to bottom.  I get the pain right on the top but underneath the incision.  It hurts so much when it hits, I literally cannot breathe, there's pain all under the incision. When I try to lay on my stomach, the pain hits, so I don't lay on my stomach anymore.  Now the pain just comes on without warning, but it starts slowly then hard and lasts about 20 minutes, then like nothing and goes away.  I'm thinking it's maybe scar tissue growing over something that's causing this pain.  Or like I read in one of the comments above, it's probably the "Loop Syndrome" or something like that.  I also get massive gas when the pain hits, belching constantly and vomiting but only when the pain hits, then poof goes away.  What can it be?

[pain50163]

I to have had of these symptoms been in and out of the er and inpatient.  I had my gbs 2007.   And the pain started about 6months later and has not stopped. The doctors ignore me I think they think I am nuts  The surgeon that did my surg told me the last time he did an endoscopy told me that I needed to lose 70 lbs and go see my gyn.  He is the quack not me.  I go to see a gastro dr on Tuesday and I am going to show her all the information that I have found.  I will not be leaving her office until I get some answer.

[jambillie]

I truly can relate to everyone's pain and frustation. I too have had GB, 12/2012 and I remember waking up from the surgery with pain in this area that never really went way, the pain lessened with time but I was never able to ware anything tight around that part of my waist. After 6 months the pain changed from just being there to a horrific, stabbing, cramping pain that sent me immediately to the ER. As I am in the waiting area screaming in pain, the nurses first have to rule out if I am just there seeking pain meds. Once they take their time and figure out that's not the case, the finally call me back and want to ask me a ton of questions that I said I would gladly answer If they would first just make this pain go away. The agreed, gave me Dilaudid and the pain subsided, thank God! The tests began and like everyone else nothing was found but then they refocus their efforts on other things like your iron or potassium is low so lets admit you for that but in the mean time I'm still in pain. After many many trips to the ER and many hospital stays, I am yet to find out what sourse of the pain is. I had surger this past June because they said it was an Intussusception, they were conviced that is what it was so I went and had the surgery and low and behold 8 weeks later I was back in the ER with the same damn pain. I have been tested for everything and everything is fine. The last hospital stay which was just las week, they got stuck on my gallbladder and insisted it be removed. I argured that it wasnt the problem and after the HDIA scan and it came back normal I was right and was able to save my gallbladder. I think they didnt know what else to do. My question is, what are we supposed to do for the pain? They don't want to prescribe anything strong enough to help. So I am forced to return to the ER each and everytime this pain flares up which is averaging every 6-8 weeks. I was told I can no longer have a CT Scan because I have had too many and to have MRIs, ok that's great but my insurance isnt so quick to approve MRIs. I am at work today after being out all last week dealing with this pain, I'm sitting her typing withing with my stomach in pain. Is this my life?

[Checkoutzoe]

I hope you can read this... Go to the doctor, or find an experienced bariatric surgeon... It sounds like you have what is called petersens defect, an internal hernia which is extremely difficult to find in gastric bypass patients! Go now! If you don't find it there can be fatal complications! Go and asked to have a laproscopy looking for petersens hernia, or in the least for the doctor to do an investigative laproscopy... A doctor on a hunch saved my life and found this as well as removed my gallbladder, and cleaned out my bowel ducts, and had to realign my whole bowel it was twisted around my new little stomach! Don't delay... Go now!  If you want more jnfo google petersens defect xxx

[gloworm121]

I am 3wks post gastric bypass surgery. I started my pureed food phase . the first night I got dumping syndrome. it lasted 3 days. everything I ate made me sick. I tried everything  to help with the stomach pain. nothing helped. finally I got beano. it helped but now Im afraid to stop taking it. don't wont to hurt but cant take it forever. can someone give me some advice

[lilly686]

this is me to a tee just like all of u under the rib cade sever pain radiats into the back i thought i was going to pass out it does not happen all the tme maybe 3 times its ha[ppend i have my surg 17 months ago lost 150 in like 9 months im 150 now i spoke to me doctor when you get your gallbladder removed a stone can stay in the passage way and if you eat something your not suppose to it will aggrivate it and it will go up and down the passage way and feel like your having an attack it can be brutal that could be what is happening to some not all i hope this help