star0210
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This is probably going to be long.
Had VSG to DS revision last November. Everything was great for the first 8 months except constipation. I changed from calcium citrate to hydroxyapatite and it got somewhat better for a little while. Then it started getting worse and I was having to go to ridiculous lengths to get cleaned out every few days. I also had increasing tummy distention and it didn't matter what I ate.
I saw a GI doc and he put me on Linzess. That helped some. I started going every morning but I wasn't going enough. Still had to take stuff to go more every few days. GI doc ordered colonoscopy. That came back fine. Hubby had been doing some research and came up with SIBO. We brought that up to my GI doc at my follow up appt and he agreed that it was very likely so he prescribed Xifaxan. He didn't test me for it...said if the RX worked, then we pretty much had our answer. That first round of Xifaxan worked great. The distention and bloating went away and I was going regularly and feeling emptied out when I went. That lasted 4-6 weeks and then the symptoms returned. He put me on another round of Xifaxan and that time it didn't work hardly at all. Now I'm on a 10 day course of Augmentin since last Wednesday and it's not doing anything. Since that day, as a test, I've been off all gluten and all dairy. I've had nothing but fresh meat and a few veggies. I'm getting worse now and not better.
The distention is so uncomfortable. I have little to no appetite. There is a lot of pressure on my chest and upper back. I've been running low grade fever...(fever for me anyway...my normal temp when I wake is usually 98.2 or 98.3) it's been consistently anywhere from 99.2-99.7. Just enough to make me feel like crap. I don't DO nausea or vomiting. I simply don't allow it to happen but Saturday was pretty close to my will being overridden. I ate boiled shrimp and snow crab for lunch. I had the same thing the day before for lunch with no issue. These are both regular staples of my diet. After I ate Saturday it felt like the food was stuck on top of my stomach. It was very uncomfortable. I was burping like crazy and spitting up liquids but the food itself wouldn't come up. I looked 8 months pregnant. It lasted about 30 minutes before it eased up. The distention has not lessened since then. My insides feel bruised and sore. I also feel like my Prilosec isn't working as well anymore. I have a bit of burning feeling in my tummy.
I called the doc yesterday and said I'm miserable. Can we do a CT scan and make sure nothing weird is going on in there. I'm worse than ever and so uncomfortable. He said yes so hopefully I'll be having that today.
I'm passing gas and pooping but not much.
I'm at my wits end here.
What other possibilities could this be? Maybe a different type of small bowel infection? H. Pylori?
The first image shows a pic of what I normally look like with no distention and then with the distention. The second was last night...excuse the sports bra.
Any ideas?
Had VSG to DS revision last November. Everything was great for the first 8 months except constipation. I changed from calcium citrate to hydroxyapatite and it got somewhat better for a little while. Then it started getting worse and I was having to go to ridiculous lengths to get cleaned out every few days. I also had increasing tummy distention and it didn't matter what I ate.
I saw a GI doc and he put me on Linzess. That helped some. I started going every morning but I wasn't going enough. Still had to take stuff to go more every few days. GI doc ordered colonoscopy. That came back fine. Hubby had been doing some research and came up with SIBO. We brought that up to my GI doc at my follow up appt and he agreed that it was very likely so he prescribed Xifaxan. He didn't test me for it...said if the RX worked, then we pretty much had our answer. That first round of Xifaxan worked great. The distention and bloating went away and I was going regularly and feeling emptied out when I went. That lasted 4-6 weeks and then the symptoms returned. He put me on another round of Xifaxan and that time it didn't work hardly at all. Now I'm on a 10 day course of Augmentin since last Wednesday and it's not doing anything. Since that day, as a test, I've been off all gluten and all dairy. I've had nothing but fresh meat and a few veggies. I'm getting worse now and not better.
The distention is so uncomfortable. I have little to no appetite. There is a lot of pressure on my chest and upper back. I've been running low grade fever...(fever for me anyway...my normal temp when I wake is usually 98.2 or 98.3) it's been consistently anywhere from 99.2-99.7. Just enough to make me feel like crap. I don't DO nausea or vomiting. I simply don't allow it to happen but Saturday was pretty close to my will being overridden. I ate boiled shrimp and snow crab for lunch. I had the same thing the day before for lunch with no issue. These are both regular staples of my diet. After I ate Saturday it felt like the food was stuck on top of my stomach. It was very uncomfortable. I was burping like crazy and spitting up liquids but the food itself wouldn't come up. I looked 8 months pregnant. It lasted about 30 minutes before it eased up. The distention has not lessened since then. My insides feel bruised and sore. I also feel like my Prilosec isn't working as well anymore. I have a bit of burning feeling in my tummy.
I called the doc yesterday and said I'm miserable. Can we do a CT scan and make sure nothing weird is going on in there. I'm worse than ever and so uncomfortable. He said yes so hopefully I'll be having that today.
I'm passing gas and pooping but not much.
I'm at my wits end here.
What other possibilities could this be? Maybe a different type of small bowel infection? H. Pylori?
The first image shows a pic of what I normally look like with no distention and then with the distention. The second was last night...excuse the sports bra.
Any ideas?
