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I am considering bypass surgery. My BMI is a little over 38 and I have very bad GERD with Barrette's esophagus and a hernia. Because I am obese, my surgeon as said that if the hernia were fixed, it still may not completely help the GERD because I am obese. I have been considering bypass surgery for someone time now, but had other things come up. He has told me that Bypass surgery will solve my GERD problem and he can fix the hernia while he is in there. I had originally wanted a sleeve but he said because of the GERD, he would suggest the bypass. One of my major concerns with the bypass is malabsorption. There is a lady at work who had the bypass and is on 5000 mgs of Vitamin D and is now in the beginning stages of osteoporosis. Malabsorption is a major concern of mine and one of the reasons I wanted the sleeve to begin with. I am wondering how big of a concern has this been to you? Should it be a concern? Any info is appreciated

The doc you mentioned forgot to reattach someone's esophagus You had surgery done in Houston.

You are not alone. I have not had WLS yet, because I have other issues going on. However, if this helps, I am having major eye surgery Aug 12. I am scared and nervous. I am afraid of being face down for 7-10 days. I am afraid of being restricted to lifting anything over 10 lbs for 6 weeks. I am afraid this surgery will not work and it will fail. I am afraid I will lose my eye sight. I am afraid I am making the wrong decision. I am afraid the doctor will have a slip of the hand. I am afraid because we do not know the outcome. I am afraid that no one will be here with me while I am face down. I am afraid I will blow out the gas bubble. I am afraid of going under anesthesia because of breathing problems on my last endoscopy. I am afraid of being face down and lower back pain, and squishing my big boobs and of hurting my esophagus and putting pressure on it. I realize it is not WLS and it is a 2 month commitment for me but I am making a decision that could affect and change my life. The same fears are there. I have done everything I possibly can do to prepare, and prayed and put myself on prayer requests. I made a decision and I am pressing forward. You do the very best you can and you pray and hope for the best. I have to remember that God did not give me a spirit of fear.

Back in May I was having a lot of heartburn, indigestion, pain, and nausea. I had already seen a WL doctor and he suggested that I do the bypass instead of the sleeve because of all my heartburn and indigestion. In the process of this I went to the Gastro doctor and may they did a colonoscopy and a endoscopy. I found out that I have Barrett's esophagus and ulcers in my esophagus. For those of you who don't know, Barrett's esophagus means that I am precancerous. They put me on medication and she wanted to scope me again in 45 days. I was scoped on July 17 and they call me with the results today. No more Barrett's esophagus and everything is looking good. I still have gastritis in my stomach and the same type inflammation in my esophagus. She said to continue my medication. This is better news to me than being approved for weight-loss surgery, Because there is no cancer. I see her in about four weeks and she may discuss hernia repair because my GERD is so bad I think weight-loss surgery is on hold for me right now until I get this stomach and esophagus healed. The other good news is I have drastically decreased my Coke intake and no weight loss. I'm also scheduled for major eye surgery on August 12. This is one of the reasons I chose to back off on weight-loss surgery. But again I am cancer free in Jesus name. Amen

Thank you

I would call your doctor. Have you had an endoscopy lately? And I assuming this is not your gallbladder I freak out now because I have Barrett's Esophagus. No surgery for me....at least not yet.

I have a bunch of ulcers in my esophagus and it is per-cancerous. It is called a Barrett's Esophagus. I informed my gastro doctor about weight loss surgery and of course, I can't be touched at this time. They are going to scope me again on July 17th She does not want me to do WLS and wants me to really consider it. She would like me to try a monitored WL program first. She told me that they really move things around in your body and that it will not be the same. She has also said that she has seen people in her practice that have had the surgery that did not lose the weight. I specifically asked her if they had bypass surgery and she said yes. Is it possible to have bypass surgery and not lose weight and be the same size as before the surgery? I have to be honest that I have considered not doing the surgery. I keep thinking, that bypass surgery is a tool, which it is. So my thoughts were, if this surgery is a tool, then I need to learn how to eat properly, change my habits and lose the weight without the surgery. Since I found out about my esophagus, I have put cokes down. And that is a big step for me. Thoughts?

I'm a little concerned about my approval process because I don't think I have a good solid five years of obesity history. I was always a yo-yo dieter and I could lose and gain very easily. Atkins was a dream come true but the next thing you know the wait weight was always back on. It even got to the point where I didn't like to go to the doctor because I did not want them to look at me and tell me that I was too heavy I needed to lose weight. If I did go to the doctor I would not even let them weigh me but I would tell them what I weighed. So I have some concerns because of this and need some input/advice

Sorry for the slow reply. I have had some issues and dropped off the site for a few days. I went straight to a surgeon on May 4th. 5 people at work have had some sort of surgery and have all used the same clinic, so I made a phone call and got in. All success stories.

I have heard about it and I don't know much about it. Is this a good way to lose weight? And how long did you keep it off and how long did it take you to lose it?

What is ABG?

Yay Kay. We also share the same birthday. June 23rd. What a great day.

It hope everyone's surgery went well. I am happy that you are on your way to a new you and a healthy you. Ops sorry. I got my days mixed up. So let us know how the surgery goes.

Image of ulcer in esophagus.

I had my colonoscopy and endoscopy done today. This is not good. I wonder this will set me back on surgery Here are the results: Ulcer Found in the distral third of the esophagus-multiple biospsies taken Hiatus Hernia in the esophagus Moderately severe erosive gastritis was found in the antrium and body of the stomach. Multiple biopsies were taken. Congested mucosa was found in the duodenum. Biopsy was taken. Diverticulosis found in the descending colon and sigmoid colon A single sessile polyp was found in the proximal transverse colon Two small polyps was found in the sigmoid colon, removed by cold biopsy polypectomy Internal and external grade III hemorrhoids found. Now what happens and will they be able to do surgery? I think with this we know my diet is not good at all. So is gastric bypass the answer or VSG? I need to wait for the results of the biopsy I am scared because I quit taking care of myself and took care of my mom for 7 years. She passed in March 2014. My mom came first. I can't blame her, I can't...and I don't. I would not have changed it for anything. But I wish I would have taken care of myself better. I just put her first. She worried about me and my weight all the time. This is the result of not eating right, stress, and obesity and I think it is out of hand. On top of this I have vision problems and they are looking at surgery in my right eye.

Thanks I just want to be well I realize now how unhealthy I have been. I mean I know, but it has now hit me in the face. I honestly believe the Lord has been showing me my unhealthy eating habits and is telling me get well. I can heal you but you have to work on it too. I just don't know if He is telling me I can do this without WLS by changing my habits and I am here for you. I did email the doctors nurse the images today and she is showing them to the doctor to see if I need to out this on hold and heal first. I am pre cancerous. Wisdoms tells me to wait until there is some healing and to make sure there is no chance of cancer at this point. I know the bypass is the right option for me and not the sleeve. I didn't drink coke yesterday. Yay me. But I had some today, 1/4 of a bottle, I started belching and had some pain. We went to Chili's for lunch. I got the turkey sandwich that came with fries. I had less than 5 fries and had the sandwich and salad with no onions. I also got Water but it was gross and had to go for tea. I brought a to go cup back to work and tumped it. This is major progress for me. I am trying to change habits now and I wonder how much weight I will lose in the progress. Which brings me back to the point of can I do this without WLS and my tool being pre cancer. I mean that in itself is a Huge incentive. I will post a picture of my esophagus. So this is a warning for you awesome people that don't like those types of pictures

The biopsy results came in and I have Barrett's Esophagus with a big fat ugly looking ulcer which is pre-cancerous. The nurse said the doctor said the results came back better than what she expected. They put me on 40 mgs of omerazole twice a day. There was a lot of erosion in my tummy, but it is cancer free. I think I am now off cokes and fast food and just bad food in general. I think this whole WLS may be on hold.

I am originally from Orange. My hairdresser used Dr Charles Polsen in League City. He has a website.

I had set this up before my consult with a WLS. I was already having problems so my gastro doctor did this. This is a result of processed food, to many cokes, and a low fiber diet.

Back in the mid 90's I was 125 lbs 5'5 and wore a size 6-8.

You can do it. How are the withdrawals?

I understand what you mean. I have done this by myself and the max weight that I lost when I was small was 42 pounds. I'm tired, I am no longer healthy, I don't feel good most of the time, and it has gotten out of hand and I blame myself. I could actually lose this weight on my own but I don't know if I could keep it off. Be thankful that there is another way that we can get out of the situation that we are in and then be able to keep the weight off and feel better.

Thank you this answered my question. I just hope I can get this done before year end because I've already met my deductible. I used to live in the Clearlake area from 1992 through 2010 and moved to West Houston in 2010.

A lady at work had to have hers removed after bypass surgery. She was happy it came out. I am just starting my journey and just had my first consult on May 4. I am having pain in the gallbladder area and tons of indigestion, belching and tooting. I feel so full, bloated and stuffed to the point of feeling bad. Tired of the Gaviscon. The pain wakes me up at night and keeps me from sleeping. I had an ultra sound and there are no stones. My doctor wants this under control first, which is logical. I am having the endoscopy and colonoscopy Tuesday; bottoms up. If this is my gallbladder let them take it out. I also have a small hernia.

HEB, Walmart and I got the Popsicle brand. Had my first one last night. It wasn't bad.