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Thank you!! I will post an update as soon as I get settled. I am grateful for the prayers!

Good luck to you!! I have to be at the hospital at 11am for my conversion to bypass. Hang in there; it will be worth it!

I don't know if any of you have seen the movie "Step Brothers", but, did we just become best friends? Thank you so much for a wonderful, candid and useful thread. I worry about similar issues, and I truly appreciate the opportunity to learn and laugh. You guys and gals are top-notch. Thanks again! I just hope that just for one night, I'll be able crawl into bed with my husband and NOT fart. Thank goodness he is a REALLY good sport. Much love and MAD respect to y'all!

I agree that it would be really nice to have a revision group or something along those lines for sleeve to bypass. Maybe @@Alex Brecher could look into it and see if we could add a category? My surgery is just around the corner, and I can't wait to get relief. Three days to go! Please keep me posted on how everyone is doing!

Hi all! Today I start my pre-op liquid diet for my surgery on the 26th. I don't like starting over, but I am so glad I got approved and scheduled so I can finally get rid of this reflux. I am a little nervous about the surgery, mainly because I had a LOT of nausea after my sleeve surgery in May. But, then again, I feel like I have a slight advantage because I know a little more about what to expect. I hope we can all keep in touch as we go along...thanks again for your support! Connie

I am scheduled for sleeve to bypass conversion on October 26. I have to be on all liquids starting tomorrow. I am so ready to have this done that I don't even care about the all liquid diet. I hope all goes well for you!

I would not insist on the sleeve. I have had nothing but complications, and my weight loss has stopped after I lost 26 pounds. I wish I had insisted on the RNY!

Always, always do what your program dictates. They are the ones taking care of you, and are familiar with your individual case. There are SOOOO many different plans. The only one you need to follow is yours. It's dangerous to make changes based on someone else's plan. Trust your doctor and you'll be okay. Best wishes to you!

@@BandedKT, I understand your fear and I will keep you in my prayers. I hope everything goes well for you.

Thank you all so much!! @@laliza, I hope all goes well for you--I will keep you in my prayers! I am so grateful for all of you and you wonderful support!

It is when bile backs up into the gastric sleeve and into the esophagus. It has damaged the bottom of my esophagus. Feels like heartburn amplified 100 times. Conversion to bypass is the only way to fix it.

Okay, so I had the upper GI and the endoscopy. I have intractable bile reflux, which has damaged my esophagus. I also have a small sliding hiatal hernia which causes a slight amount of discomfort when I eat. My surgeon has decided to revise my sleeve to bypass. I was fine with all of this, but I think the stress is wearing me down. I am so tired and scared. I know this is necessary, but for some reason, my anxiety is off the charts. I was nowhere near this anxious before the sleeve. I know it will make me feel better, and I am hoping I will feel less anxiety once the surgery is scheduled. Just waiting for BCBS to approve everything and I will get the next possible date to go to the OR since I have esophageal erosion. Has anyone else had this done? Please share your experience...I want to know what I can expect. So discouraged to start over, but blessed to have a plan!

From the mouths of babes...I will never forget what my 15 year old daughter said to me in the grocery store the day I was buying a tiny little cake which was to be my very last. (it still is the last one I ever ate) I was telling her all of the changes I had made and still had ahead of me, and she looked me straight in the eye and said "I'd get a bigger cake." Sometimes they know what they are talking about. You can change as much you want to change at one time, as long as you are able to withstand the suffering, lol. I think it all comes down to what you can handle at the time. Sometimes too much is just too much. You will make it if you just hang in there and commit to the changes. Setbacks are temporary. Giving up is permanent. Best wishes to you!!

@@James Marusek, thank you for your reply. Yeah, bile reflux feels like GERD. Except it's not really stomach acid causing the problem; it's pure bile. I wake up choking on it. My gallbladder is gone, so I think that makes it worse too. I know I will be feeling much better soon. Thanks again for your reply!!

I live in Asheville, NC, but I wanted to congratulate you and just say that my sister-in-law and her husband live in Maryville. We visit Knoxville often because we are huge college football fans and of course we love the TN Volunteers! I know I'm not local, but I am not too far. Hope you find people close to you! Best wishes for much success!

So, I have been really struggling with acid since my sleeve surgery in May 2016. I have had mad pain when I get hungry, and any food other than dairy pretty much burns my esophagus all the way down. I finally complained so much that my surgeon ordered an upper GI (which I thought was torture; 2 different kinds of barium--ACK!!) They said there was "no reflux", but rather a "sliding hernia". What in the actual heck caused that?? Why does it feel so much like reflux if it isn't reflux? I hurt all the time in the place that I visualize being the point where my esophagus is attached to my stomach. Next step is another upper endoscopy (I had one preop and no hernia was present), and then they will decide what action needs to be taken to help me. There was mention of converting to a bypass, and I have read that it is hard to fix this problem long term with hernia repair alone. So I am nervous about all of this, and I really need some advice. I wouldn't wish this on anyone, but I kind of hope if someone else has had this experience they could tell me about it. I am okay with having a bypass, but I really dread the liquid diet and starting over in my recovery. Will it make me lose more hair? I have lost so much hair already, and it's finally slowing down. My anxiety is in overdrive, but my endoscopy is not scheduled until 9/21...I am miserable and it seems so far away...

Has anyone had to do this? My reflux is making me miserable...saw surgeon yesterday and he wants to do upper GI and upper endoscopy. Then they will submit to insurance for revision approval. I am super nervous, not because of the insurance but because I really want to feel better and just lose this weight already! It would be super to not have my esophagus feel like it's on fire. Any advice?

@@KristenLe Thank you so much. I have been feeling a little rough for sure. I am trying to keep the protein and water coming, but admittedly, some days are just harder than others. It will get better, but it's hard to stay positive with a belly ache. Thanks again for your kind words.

@ Thank you for your kindness. I am sure it will get better.

I finally stopped having panic attacks in the grocery store...but, I have developed a hernia at some point after my sleeve surgery. I have had to endure an upper GI, and I am scheduled to have another upper endoscopy (I had one pre-op already) At the very least, I am faced with a hernia repair surgery, and possibly conversion to RNY. So, I guess complications are weighing me down right now. Kind of discouraged. And on top of it all, my weight loss has stopped at 3 months out.