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hey all- I have been a pretty regular poster over on the RNY boards because for the past several months I was under the impression that VSG wouldn't be an option for me due to GERD. When I originally explored WLS I wanted VSG but after going to support group meetings and seeing a nurse practitioner (who wasn't really too familiar with my history), I was told that likely my option was RNY...

I saw the surgeon for the second and final time today and he told me that he thinks I am a GREAT candidate for VSG!!! WHOOP!!!!

I am super excited. I'm happy that my journey is happening like I wanted it to, and that I don't have to accept something else. I am completely through my pre-op work up except for ONE final nutrition apt in May.

My surgeon hopes to have my insurance approval by late May, and my surgery happening around mid-June...

WOW!!!!!!!!! i'm so terribly excited and looking forward to any VSG advice, stories and tidbits that I can find on this board. So happy to be here! I am an RN by profession so I sometimes have a lot of medical based questions and hope other med people-or anyone else will answer!

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Hi and welcome! I'm preop also, should be submitting everything around June 6th(final nutrition class). I'm thrilled to hear what your surgeon said, because I've had GERD for years, and my surgeon said the same thing. I specifically asked about exacerbation and possible revision to RNY, and he reassured me that he's only had 3 patients in the hundreds he's sleeved that needed revision due to GERD. I know that there's no guarantee against complications, but this reaffirmed my gut feeling(pun intended) that the VSG was the right choice for me.

Good luck to you!

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