tranquil_butterfly
Well-Known Member
There has been something bothering me for a while now so I am throwing this out to my fellow bandits to see if it is just me or something anyone else is experiencing.
I am over a year out now. The hospital are very pleased with how things have gone so far in terms of weight loss - it is slow and steady. I certainly know the surgery has transformed my life. However I am experiencing some odd side effects. I have a hernia which may have been there post op but has certainly made its presence felt post op. Since the summer of 2011 I have been reacting badly to certain foods that I used to be ok with. In the summer they thought my band may have slipped but this was found on investigation not to be the case. Once they were satisfied all was ok they gave me a good fill and since then I have had problems with being sick and other symptoms with foods very similar to dumping that bypassers can have. Eggs and chicken are the worst culprits but fish too. Red meat I am ok with. Today I tried a one egg omlette and it did not stay down but I had the shakes and felt like I needed to sleep - I resisted as I was working from home and had to keep going. This has happened quite a few times when things have not stayed down. I wondered if I was imagining it but how I felt today has got me worried and wondering. I did have a defill in December after my last fill as it was clearly too much so I do not think it is due to the band being too tight.
It cannot be dumping but I was schedulesd to have a bypass and they tried to do it and could not so fitted a band instead. I am wondering if something may have happened that they have not told me about. They took a long time to explain to me what happened during the op and although I remain a little suspicious I am not going to have any choice but to accept their explanation. So is it just me or has anyone else experienced anything similar?
I have an appointment next week so will be raising it with them.
tranquil x
I am over a year out now. The hospital are very pleased with how things have gone so far in terms of weight loss - it is slow and steady. I certainly know the surgery has transformed my life. However I am experiencing some odd side effects. I have a hernia which may have been there post op but has certainly made its presence felt post op. Since the summer of 2011 I have been reacting badly to certain foods that I used to be ok with. In the summer they thought my band may have slipped but this was found on investigation not to be the case. Once they were satisfied all was ok they gave me a good fill and since then I have had problems with being sick and other symptoms with foods very similar to dumping that bypassers can have. Eggs and chicken are the worst culprits but fish too. Red meat I am ok with. Today I tried a one egg omlette and it did not stay down but I had the shakes and felt like I needed to sleep - I resisted as I was working from home and had to keep going. This has happened quite a few times when things have not stayed down. I wondered if I was imagining it but how I felt today has got me worried and wondering. I did have a defill in December after my last fill as it was clearly too much so I do not think it is due to the band being too tight.
It cannot be dumping but I was schedulesd to have a bypass and they tried to do it and could not so fitted a band instead. I am wondering if something may have happened that they have not told me about. They took a long time to explain to me what happened during the op and although I remain a little suspicious I am not going to have any choice but to accept their explanation. So is it just me or has anyone else experienced anything similar?
I have an appointment next week so will be raising it with them.
tranquil x
. I will question the consultant about the possibilities armed with the info from here - I will do a bit more research on the suggestions so thank you all.
