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So I had my EGD this morning and the procedure itself was A breeze. No issues other than a little bit of drowsiness after. My doctor quickly went over the results with my sister and I'm a little concerned. Apparently I have a small hiatal hernia, ulcers that are in the healing stage and moderate to severe gastritis. Yikes! Anyone else have things come up they were unaware of where the EGD?

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Had hernia they fixed it when I got my sleeve

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Yes, I have a 3cm hiatal hernia & chronic gastritis. They tried to give me Prilosec...but, I refused due to its severe side effect of complete kidney failure....I went to a natural supplement for healing. Although, this was not a major concern..I have been approved for surgery. Doc says gastritis needs healing before surgery so, I'm working on it...Hopefully, they will repair the hernia during surgery...Waiting for my date...I have read a lot of post regarding hernia & gastritis...it's quite common amongst overweight people..Who knew?? ;-/

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I had my EGD in November and found that I had Barrett's esophagus (cell changes that can change into cancer, this is caused by acid erosion) and I never had what I thought was severe GERD. Just occasional heartburn. This diagnosis makes me not a candidate for the sleeve. I was really shocked and more than a little upset because I had decided on the sleeve, not the RNY.

Since then, I have come to terms with it and am grateful that I started on this path, I likely wouldn't have been diagnosed at all and who knows where that could have led. I feel good about the choice if RNY now because it will hopefully make my GERD a non issue and allow my lower esophagus to heal. I plan on having surgery in July even though I would qualify for April, I have a ton of stuff going on in the spring and can't take the chance of not feeling well.

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Yes. I found out I have a hiatal hernia and they had to remove three polyps. Thankful none were cancerous. When I have my bypass surgery on 1/26 they will see if the hernia needs to be repaired and will do it if necessary.

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I am glad your polyps were benign! Today was your day... wishing you well!

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