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I am pre-op My procedure is scheduled for Jan 4. I have been told all along that I would need an endoscopy as I have acid reflux. Now that we are in the pre-op stages, there is no record of me ever needing an endoscopy. I have brought it to the attention of the doctors office and they just seem to forget to find out if it needs to be scheduled. I have an attack once a month - according to what I read this is most common. Should I push to have the endoscopy prior to the procedure as I now am told by the office that I can have it done after the procedure? Have any of you had similar experiences?

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This may be happening due to a hyatial hernia. My doc told me about 1/3 of his patients need hernia repair during the lapband surgery. It is common in obese people. My acid reflux/gerd stopped as soon as I had this done.

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My surgeon required me to have an Endoscopy before he would do my surgery. It was during the Endoscopy that they discovered my hiatal hernia, which they'll repair when placing my band on Dec. 6th. I had no idea I had one. My reflux was minimal, so I never thought it was worse than eating food that didn't agree with me. Who knew?

Surprise surprise: Surgeon asked me to start taking Prilosec OTC, and I have not had a single episode of reflux since. No matter what I've eaten. I'm pretty amazed.

I'd insist on them doing an Endoscopy for you. It's pretty easy and painless.

Dave

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It's up to you if you want to get one or not. I will tell you that my SIL had GERD and reflux issues for more than a decade and took medication multiple times per day. Since surgery, she has not had one bit of problem and no flareups or issues since with no meds. Beats hundreds of dollars a month for prescriptions. If you get an endoscopy, at least you should know the status of the possible damage to your esophagus or the likelihood of a hiatal hernia. The surgeon can fix that with a few stitches in no time during surgery.

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