Lori E
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Lori E reacted to Teetee5490 in June Surgeries
I went for my pre-op this morning… it’s finally hitting me…June 2nd is near. I scheduled my COVID 19 test today(you have to get a COVID 19 test done two days before surgery), got blood work and urine sample done. Those were the last things I had to get done…WHOOOOHOOO!!
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Lori E got a reaction from Shrink&Grow in June Surgeries
I had my consultation yesterday. I'm officially scheduled for June 15th! Yay!!
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Lori E got a reaction from Elahnen in June Surgeries
I have my consultation this Wednesday, May 5. Hoping to schedule surgery for the week of June 13th or 20th!
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Lori E reacted to Crick in Gastric Sleeve and Reflux
My surgeon wanted to do the sleeve because of where I was (BMI around 40) but she told me up front that an endoscopy was required first to check for reflux and if it showed scarring then I’d have to do a bypass. I did have reflux some before but no scarring. Got the sleeve and I haven’t had reflux at all since.
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Lori E reacted to XtinaDoesIt in Gastric Sleeve and Reflux
I had the sleeve even though I was on omeprazole for my acid reflux pre-wls. Im only roughly 3 months out and have been OK for the most part. However, I'm not currently drinking or eating the things that gave me reflux before and I'm still taking omeprazole. I forgot to take my pills on a weekend trip and did feel slight reflux after having ricotta bake with extra marinara. I have a feeling my reflux will be back once I'm in eating "normally."
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Lori E got a reaction from starladustangel in Gastric Sleeve and Reflux
I’m sorry to hear you’re having such bad reflux now. I hope all goes well with your revision. Of course I still have to talk to my surgeon but I’m definitely leaning towards bypass. The thought of my reflux getting worse really worries me. And congratulations on your weight loss - it looks like you’re doing great with that part of it. It’s so encouraging to see people’s post-surgery stats.
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Lori E reacted to catwoman7 in Gastric Sleeve and Reflux
I did bypass because I had reflux prior to surgery, and I wasn't willing to risk it getting worse with the sleeve.
it gets worse for about 30% of sleeve patients, so that means it DOESN'T get worse for the other 70%. It's kind of a crap shoot as to whose reflux gets worse and whose doesn't, so it really depends on how willing you are to take that risk. I wasn't willing to take it - but some people are, and some of them have lucked out and it didn't get worse..