Gastric bypass ulcers. My sister in law had surgery over four years ago and is still have stomach issues.
August 28th, 2010 Posted by:
She now has another ulcer where they connected her old stomach to her new, I think. Not real familiar with this surgery. She had one that they had to go and surgically remove. Any how my question is she loves coffee and soda. Had two cups of coffee a day and some soda. Well she can’t have it anymore and shouldn’t of been. I was going to go get her some real good decaff but I guess she can not even have that. She wants to have something hot in the morning. Any suggestions. Also soda and suggestions there. I guess its the carbonation of the soda and the caffeine that also bothers ulcers. Like I said I am all new to this and just trying to help. Any suggestions would be so appreciated . She had this done at Kaiser and I am trying to convince her to go to Sanford or Davis we are in California just to get another pair of eyes to look over her case. This is such a complicated surgery. Of course she is now losing more weight which is really does not need to do because it hurts to eat. I am sure she is on meds to help with the ulcer but the pain. It is a lot better but it is still there.
December 31st, 2010 at 7:22 pm
first of all, have they ruled out H. pylori as a cause of her ulcers. Now, my former husband did have an ulcer at the anastamosis not long after his gastric bypass, and it was due to some food getting stuck where that connection was made. He had to be on medication for awhile but it did heal up in a month or less and he has been able to eat and drink whatever he wants. I don’t really think two cups of coffee and some soda would be that much of a problem. (But easy to blame those two things.) I’ve had at least one cup of coffee everyday and the occasional soda - about 6 per week without ill effect. Does she just have to forego those items until the ulcer heals. (I can see that being the case). Ulcers - whether one has had gastric bypass or not - are painful. If she can’t have coffee at the moment, then perhaps she can get by with some herbal tea as a hot drink (and chamomile might help with the healing). The ulcer will heal with time and medications - if they have put her on some. Her pouch, which was made from the stomach, might still be producing too much acid which might cause the ulcer as well. I don’t really think she needs to see other doctors at this point and she should stick with her present surgeon. There are thousands upon thousands of this type of surgery done all over the country and ulcers are not all that uncommon. It might take medications a while to help. Right now she needs to stick to a bland diet and find things she can eat - blenderized vegetable soup, yogurt (low sugar) and that sort of thing, easy to digest. Meats, things with seeds (like strawberries) and rough food (like salad) should be avoided until things heal up.