Acid reflux/heart burn

[Big Opie 32]

I haven't had surgery but I have been teetering back and forth between the sleeve and the bypass. The only co morbidity I have is acid reflux/heartburn and I'm wondering has it gotten better since surgery or worse?

[cpower100 36]

I had a very serious life long issue with bile and acid reflux. I was told by my GI dr that the sleeve was absolutely off limits for me and I had the bypass. I can honestly say that I have not had a single episode since surgery and went from taking 8 pills a day to control the GERD to ZERO pills the day after surgery. I do know people who have had mild reflux and had the sleeve with no issues but I know many more who have had no reflux and developed issues after the sleeve as well as people who had mild reflux that got significantly worse after the sleeve and ended up revising to bypass. My advice would be do as much research as possible and go with your gut instinct and surgeons suggestion.

[Djmohr 6,965]

@@Big Opie,

Hi there! I was one of those people with horrible reflux prior to my RNY in September. I have not had a single episode of heartburn, reflux or gerd since my surgery.

I take no medications for reflux at all. RNY cured me of that disease!

Best thing I ever did for myself.

[SleeveandRNYchica 1,155]

I never had Gerd presleeve, I have it now. I am revising to bypass.

[kiss-my-kitty 12]

I never had issues with reflux other than during both of my pregnancies, but during my gastric bypass surgery my surgeon found a hiatal hernia - and apparently that can be a common cause of reflux and the like. My mom also had one.

[BubblyTXGirl 30]

This is the main reason I had surgery. My experience is YES!!! it fixed it for me!!! I can eat jalapeños, with my food now. I enjoy eating "normal" things like spaghetti sauce, I avoid the Pasta, but it's a very meaty sauce . Things I would not have dared to eat, lemons, limes, citrus of any kind, tomatoes.... I feel like a new woman. I'm sooooooo glad my reflux is gone!!

I keep waiting for it to rear its ugly head, but it hasn't and I had my surgery in October 2014

[KDM74 186]

My surgeon recommended bypass because sleeve can make reflux unbearable. He has some patients who still chose the sleeve and now he is doing revision to bypass on them a year later. I chose bypass after hearing that.