I had the lab band removed after 9 years in 2012 little success I was 220 and got down to 170, then the reflux started and the weight gain. Had it removed and then had my stomach plicated with no success and still reflux and pain. I weight 199 now and 5'6, currently I am back on two meds for my diabetes, and I have high bp. Doctor said the only way to relieve my symptoms is to have a gastic by pass. Any one else been through this.

I never had a lap band. But I did have acid reflux quite often before surgery. I had high blood pressure and diabetes for several years before surgery along with several other problems. I had bariatric surgery (Roux-En-Y) 11 months ago. I was completely off my blood sugar medicine when I left the hospital two days after surgery. I was completely off my blood pressure medicine three weeks after surgery. I lost 20 pounds pre-op and 80 pounds post-op and now weigh 160 pounds.

From what I hear if you have reflux RNY is the way to go. I personally had reflux and had RNY and haven't had any reflux since the day of surgery. I've also gone from a high weight of 234 down to 107 in a year.

I started down this path because of a referral for GERD and surgery to fix it. I am having RNY because the other surgeries can cause reflux and I have to lower my BMI for the Linx procedure to be effective.

I do not have high blood pressure or diabetes.

Had my RNY 5 months ago... chronic severe GERD..damaging my lungs! Problem resolved..My surgeon said it is the only way to clear out the reflux since the part of your stomach that produces the acid is removed . Good luck to you!

GERD and hiatal hernia are two of the main reasons I am having the Roux-En-Y surgery. I have never had the lap band. I have talked with three different specialists about this surgery and how helpful it will be for my reflux. They have all agreed that this takes care of GERD/reflux in a majority of the cases. This combined with my much needed weight loss will greatly reduce my health problems. I am very excited about starting this journey. I hope to have my surgery in June.

Good luck!

I too have had life long GERD. quite literally, I saw a pediatric gastroenterologist for it when I was about 4 yrs old. I have been on daily meds since age 19 (prior to that i took only when it was unbearable), but because I had it for so long, I also had a positive Barrett's screen come back a few years ago. Barretts is essentially pre-cancerous lesions in the esophagus.

This is only one of the reasons I am having RNY, but a big reason. I also have hypertension, PCOS and insulin resistance, plus fatty liver disease.

My surgeon plans to work on the hiatal hernia that I also have during my RNY surgery and has told me that I should remain on GERD meds for only a couple months and should then be able to stop them forever.