Slimsoon1988

Thank you I read your thread! Are you still GERD free?

Thank you. I’m 80% going to move forward with the bypass. I just have to get my courage there. I had such an easy breezy sleeve recovery. I just don’t want any issues with the bypass. I have gained 50 pounds from my lowest sleeve weight. Another thought I have is what if I lose weight. Would that fix the GERD on its own without surgery? Or no matter what I will need RNY

Hi there, I’m also planning to do a revision later this year due to GERD. Do you still have no reflux after your revision? How are you doing?

Thank you all that have replied. Right now I’m debating between just living my life with GERD or doing the bypass. But what if the GERD gets worse. Right now I’ve had a sore throat for a week. This is my 3rd sore throat this year. I’m just really nervous.

Hello all- I’m interested in hearing people’s stories as they went from sleeve to bypass due to Gerd. I’m extremely nervous restarting this process. I was sleeved 5 years ago and have been suffering with GERD ever since, which I feel has gotten worse. In 2018, I did the linx surgery, which is a metal band around the esophagus to stop GERD- it didn’t work so I got it removed later that year. Now here I am in 2020 thinking about the switch to bypass. Obviously my fear is this will now be my 4th surgery in 6 years. In addition, will this really work.

Ugh my few days with Zantac has not gone well.. While taking Nexium my acid reflux was 90% controlled. And would on most occasions last me 24 hours. Zantac didn't even come close to helping me. I had terrible acid reflux all throughout the afternoon and night. Today I switched back to Nexium. I have an appointment with my doctor in 2 weeks. I would prefer not to take Nexium due to the relation to kidney disease but that pill does the trick with my acid reflux. I'm so confused as to what to do.

I didn't know that! My bariatric nurse told me that I should probably switch to H2 receptors like Zantac. As of today I am switching.

I called my nurse at the Bariatric program and she told me the same thing. She said if I'm concerned take H2 receptor like Zantac. As of today I will be switching.

So today in the NYT there is an article stating PPIs such as Nexium are related to kidney diseases. What are your thoughts? I developed acid reflux after my sleeve and have been taking Nexium once or twice a day for a year now. I'm very concerned, as I only have one kidney. Here is the article http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/heartburn-drugs-tied-to-kidney-problems/?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone

Yeah I'm still pushing forward in hopes to lose the extra 10-15 pounds but my body is definitely not making it easy. Wait, whuuuuuuuut?? This ISN'T the easy way out???? They told me it was!!!! Liars!

Yeah I'm still pushing forward in hopes to lose the extra 10-15 pounds but my body is definitely not making it easy.

I'm certainly healthy at this weight. Two reasons that I would like to go lower is I still have fat around my stomach and thighs that I would like gone. The second reason is I want plastics later next year so I would like to get lower for optimum skin removal results.

So I'm 5'7 and started out at 278lbs. Within 8 months after surgery I hit 175lbs. My personal goal is 160-165. I am now 10 months post op and I have toggled between 175-177. I wonder if my body has decided this is it. Or can I continue to push the envelope. I go to the gym everyday. My eating is fairly good but it could be better, however once I see I hit 177 I get back on track to go back down. Even when I was doing perfectly for weeks it seemed like I could not get below 175. Coworkers and friends, who don't know I had the surgery, tell me all the time that I look so small and should stop losing weight. But I feel I still have 10 to 15 pounds in me before goal. Thoughts?

I want to get my thighs done next year to remove the skin. How are you legs exercise post plastics? How soon could you run again for example?

I'm 10 months out. The only thing I would have done differently after surgery is done more strength training