AnneElliot

I would like to survey all post op folks on their experiences with acid reflux.

Do you know your original bougie size? I didn't realize the sleeve actually stretched! Did you see before and after images of your sleeve to confirm the stretch?

You may have a stricture! Do not put up with throwing up so much. Your damaging your esophagus. Good luck, such is life when we screw up with biology.

Why would you take drugs after you had a surgery that removed 80% of your stomach??

Tots normal. It's a new reality of life. Drink more water and use a mouthwash that helps with dry mouth

This surgery destroys your personal life and . You can't enjoy eating out. You will have lots health issues over the years not immediately or maybe immediately. So yea depression and anxiety will be common.

@FAT TWO FABULOUS You will only be able to eat one cup for the rest of your life. No you cannot eat out comfortably. So stop spreading misinformation

It's going to be very difficult post op, as you simply won't have the capacity to eat unless it sit's well in your stomach. There are natural ways to lose weight. Try a keto/primal lifestyle! I regret my surgery. The weight loss is not worth not eating out, acid reflux and all the cap that comes the rest of my life

Congrats and welcome to the hell that's going to be the rest of your life!

It's probably going to be forever. It will hurt alot to drink Soda....

Woah! Before you take this irreversible step! Remember that as a revision you far more prone to complications! Is it worth the weight loss? He'll no. Get the band out and hold onto your stomach. Many band to sleeve revision suffer with severe acid reflux a few years out. Some even need a revision to gastric bypass!

@Smartfish don't do this! Manage your illness and eat healthy. Shit, this path is not worth the damn weight loss

You clearly don't understand that honesty is required when providing support! No worries at 3 months post op. The way I am headed with my acid reflux I will probably also be triple threat with yet another revision!

@bearhugs1975......so you had a journey filled with complications post op from your initial revision and yet you recommend the revisions! Lool. So you're a triple threat in the world of WLS! Please be honest, your complications are due to your revision! These ppl are asking questions to seek advice and not hear meaningless platitudes. They want to avoid our mistakes! There's no shame in admitting your revision from the band to the sleeve led to so many complications you needed to be revised to the bypass. That the revision may have staved of diabetes but led to more surgeries and other issues

If you can lose so much on your own....why do this drastic surgery. How do you rationalize, removing 80% of your stomach. I was hopeless and did this insane surgery. Now I am losing too fast and could care less about the weight loss. I would take every single pound back not to be on daily meds for this acid reflux

It's so It's so much easier to manage those things than the damn complications associated with this surgery. But good luck

Acid reflux issues with the sleeve may not pop up immediately. They can set in several years dose the road. Neither the bypass or sleeve maybe an option. There's so much to consider. Unless this is a life or the death situation. Take the time to consider your decision.

@Smartfish. I recommend neither. The bypass and sleeve are very drastic surgeries that will impact your life negatively.

Yikes, that's awful @rideoutpc She probably has stricture. I hope she feels better.

I would strongly recommend removing the band and working towards good health. The sleeve is a far more invasive surgery and your at a higher risk of complications as a revision. Don't do it. You will have the same experiences of crazy restriction one day and no restriction the mext. The sleeve is not your only option! It's a irreversible procedure that is very serious. Read the complications forum, all those ppl thought it would be best but it ruined their lives. Moreover regain is possible! So you lose 80 percent of your stomach. But can regain cause you're not addressing the true cause which is a good addiction. Listen to your family

I incorrectly thought it was the only way. food addiction is mental. You will regain after bariatric surgery if you don't work in it. You can lose weight without bariatric surgery if you work on the addiction. I would recommend seeking counselling for the food addiction before even considering this drastic surgery

Totally normal to freak out!!! Your removing 80 percent of your stomach permantely.

Don't consider a revision to the sleeve. Your right. You can't live a normal lif with 85% of your stomach gone. Try anything but don't do what I did.

Heh, the likelihood of cancer due to obesity is dependent on the individual. There are plenty of ppl that get cancer and are skinny. So then what? We all have our reasons. The complications are very real. It's always helpful to read the experciences of others since knowing the stats mean nothing, it's just numbers on a screen or rattled of my surgeon. I don't even think these are "horror" stories, its sad that we delineate these experiences as "horror" its the lives of people that took the same decision we did and didnt expext to be worse off.

I understand she's living without a stomach now. There's another young woman on insta too who had a twisted sleeve, that the only solution, when other interventions didn't work was also the removal of the remaining stomach. Here's her blog, it's the last post. I think ppl say oh it's a rare complications but honestly it doesn't matter when it happens to you https://curvyfitfabuloss.wordpress.com/