nightowl1971

Thank you, that sounds reasonible 😊

Hi guys! I had a gastric bypass R-n-Y in Latvia in 2011. All went well, and I have now a BMI at 20,4. Two weeks ago I had severe cramps in my stomache, and my GP sent me to hospital to "take a look" with a tube down my throat (don't know what it's called in english - gastroscopy?) The doctor found that I have GERD, inflammation in my eating tube (?) due to defect muscle between the pouch and this eating tube. This hurts so bad. Acid-medication doesn't help. I have called a hospital in my homecountry (not Latvia), and asked if it is possible to remove the pouch, and thereby get rid of the inflammation and acid problems. And they could do it. Has any of you done this? The small intestine is placed directly on to the eating tube. How does this work for you?

I don't know what the best thing for me is... All I know is that something has to be done, soon. Because I can't take this pain any longer, and cannot imagine a lifetime further on with meds to deal with this... 😞

Please think twice about surgery. You look great now, and your surgery is yet so recent, so when you are a bit further ahead you will save some more fat, and your skin doesn't look so saggy anymore. It really doesn't look saggy noe either. I'm afraid you will regret it, and only end up will ugly scars. I have lost half my bodyweight, but my skin has slowly gone back. Not all, I am 50 years old. But good enough for me.

I don't know if it's acid or bile, but after reading about it, I'm quite sure it's bile. The acid meds doesn't help at all, and even the smallest meal causes pain. I know that there are good surgery options for GERD, fundoplication surgery. But I'm not sure that my pouch is big enough to be fitted around the esophagus. And you are absolutely right: there is a weakening in the LES. You explained what I couldn't say in English with the right words.

It can be done, I have already spoken to a surgeon. It is called total gastrectomy. Usually done if there is cancer in the stomach. (But I don't need to remove the rest of the stomach, as I don't have cancer). My question was if someone here in this group had done this procedure

I don't want to reverse it, just remove the rest of the little pouch so that that the small intestine comes directly on to the eating tube (oesofagus) instead.

The hunger hormon is in the stomache you are about to remove. So as long as you are not using food to anything other than eating, I think it will work out just fine.