Have they mentioned varisces (VER-ih-sees) in any of your reports? They are life-threatening. 20-40 lbs overweight isnt life-threatening. "Morbidly" obese means morbid means causing death, but even that doesnt mean immediately in danger, and thats like 100 lbs overweight. Your GI problems, if they are not taken care of, by med and/or by a careful diet, can cause varisces to weaken and burst, then its goodbye charlie.

For more info, see "liver disease" on youtube. He describes stomach aches like yours, hitting your back. He says its pancreatitis. He gives a lot of good detail about what can go wrong in the digestive system. He is most focused on the liver, but he talks a lot about puking too.

He used to be pretty fat, but he is a size small now, after all this. He cannot eat fatty foods at all anymore. His digestion cannot tolerate it. They seem like nice people following him.