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About 6 years ago I was diagnosed with Barrett's Esophagus with mild dysplasia and was told to take 20 mg Prilosec twice a day for the rest of my life. The reflux stopped immediately and at the next check up in 6 months the dysplasia was gone. I was checked again about 9 months ago and I had several polyps in the stomach. The doctor believes they are being caused by the omeprozole and suggested I limit my Prilosec to once per day. Since Barrett's can become cancerous it concerns me that the sleeve can cause reflux and/or make it worse and I might have to take even greater doses of Prilosec. Yikes! Has this problem come up before with anyone?

I went to another gastroenterologist and he told me he had never heard of polyps being caused by PPIs, so I stopped worrying and keep on taking two a day. Dr Aceves counseled against getting the vertical sleeve because of the Barrett's. He thought I should go for the bypass. I decided against that for the time being. I did not know that polyps would stop the surgery. I wonder if they would abort all types WLS ?

I had an endoscopy performed by a gastroenterologist and a six month follow-up by the same doc. One stomach polyp was discovered and removed during the first procedure. Since then I have had two more endoscopies done by two different gastroenterologists in Thailand. Only the most recent showed multiple polyps. I am wondering if the medicine I have been taking is causing the polyps as the doctor suggests. Prylosec was not available in Thailand so I began taking another drug whose active ingredient is omeprozole, same as Prylosec. It seems that Nexium is prescribed after sleeve surgery. Perhaps that will not be a problem, but I would like to know before going any further. How has the surgery worked out for you? It seems to be the only thing that will keep the ghrelin at bay. That is my main reason for wanting it.

How many baht does it cost in Pattaya? Bob

Sawadee krup khun Donnie I have also lived in Thailand off and on for about 12 years, alternating between Pattaya and Chiang Mai. Right now I am in the States making arrangements to go to Mexico for sleeve surgery. When I saw your post I was surprised. I would never have considered looking in Thailand for it. I would appreciate any information you can give me regarding your hospital. Will you be at Bangkok-Pattaya or Pattaya International? It has been suggested to me that I find a surgeon with lots of bariatric experience and I doubted I could find such there. How much experience does your doctor have and what is his name? Thanks Bob