Post Surgery Reflux..How much worse did it get?

[TheWigster 70]

I have chosen the Sleeve for my surgery but my surgeon is really pushing me to go for a bypass. When I told him that I suffer from acid reflux he REALLY started pushing saying that the reflux would get much worse with the sleeve. How much worse did your reflux get compared to before surgery?

[capecoralgrandma 44]

Oh, my goodness. I also had acid reflux so my surgeon did an endoscopy to see if I had a hiatal hernia. It did show that I did have a hiatal hernia so he repaired it at the same time that he did the gastric sleeve. My surgeon recommended the sleeve right from the very beginning and with the repair, I should have no problems with reflux. I would really question your surgeon on this. I have heard of more patients having dumping problems with the bypass.

[PdxMan 4,292]

I agree with Betty. I had terrible reflux, had a hiatal hernia repair during sleeve surgery, and have had only one reflux issue since surgery. But that was my fault as I worked very late one night and ate something as I was crawling into bed. Just tired and not thinking.

The sleeve cured my reflux issues, so ...

[KayleeC14 159]

I had prior to the sleeve the lap band, I had horrid acid reflux with the band and my surgeon said that the reflux will stick with me for life because of the damage the band did to my stomach. I am on medication for it too this day and I am 9 weeks out of having the revision surgery to the sleeve, I can't go a day without it. Hopefully down the road it will get better.