FINALLY No More Acid!

[SleeveDreamer 383]

I had VSG 5 1/2 years ago for some upper GI issues, not really for weight loss. I had severe acid reflux also. The sleeve did not do anything to help my reflux, and recently my acid was out of control. My doctor said the only way to cure it and avoid more acid damage to my esophagus was RNY. So I had revision to bypass in June. He said I would experience acid for about 60 days maybe, but no more than that. I was on my two pills a day. I had reflux about twice a week very early morning. At about 7 weeks, my acid stopped. When I went to my post op, he told me to cut down to one pill a day, and then after a week if I still had no acid, to stop them completely. so I did stop them completely, and have had NO acid at all! Finally! So this is just my suggestion, but if you have severe acid and are opting for the sleeve, you may want to talk with your doctor to see if bypass may be a better option for you so this issue can be resolved instead of maybe a revision down the road. IMO since I have had both, I can say that the recovery from RNY is no different than the sleeve. Of course there is greater restriction because you are dealing with a small pouch now instead of a banana sized stomach, but I am now starting 12 weeks, and everything is coming along nicely and every week is better as far as eating goes, and for once I can say I do not have acid reflux!

[Mhy12784 423]

Why would you have had a sleeve for severe acid reflux, when statistically the sleeve makes acid reflux worse?

[SleeveDreamer 383]

4 minutes ago, Mhy12784 said:

Why would you have had a sleeve for severe acid reflux, when statistically the sleeve makes acid reflux worse?

I didn't have it for reflux. I had a nissen fundiplication for reflux in 1999 and it completely out did itself. 2/3 of my stomach was up through my diaphragm between my lungs headed for my heart and had to be taken back through my diaphragm. In order to prevent severe damage to my diaphragm, he had to cut off 2/3 of my stomach, thus a sleeve! He didn't even mention RNY at that time, he was more concerned with damage to my diaprahgm and me having a heart attack with my stomach headed for my heart. My acid was not that bad for about 4 1/2 years after VSG. I always took a ppi, but in the past year it got very severe and took me over about 24 hours a day! I developed a very thin spot on my esophagus from acid damage (which was repaired during my bypass) could have ruptured by now had I not had the RNY. No regrets and feeling so good!