Just curious, why do I read some people have to have an endoscopy and/or colonoscopy for surgery requirements? I mean, they're going in and can see all of your insides anyway.

It's not required for my husband and I. Maybe it's an insurance approval prerequisite? That sucks. And here I was fretting over the psych appt. I probably wouldn't be having this surgery if those were required. Sounds silly but when you have an anxiety problem with medical procedures it's not an easy thing to do. I could do an upper barium though. Not a lower. Uh uh. Nope. Lol

I didn't have any procedures prior to surgery. I was only required to have my cardiologist do an ekg.

I got my surgery date July 30th. Woohoo!!!

@@blessed7 join the July bypass support group! Yay!!

I'm so glad I did the endoscopy because they discovered I have barrettes esophagus which are pre cancer cells. It saved my life.i wanted the sleeve but was told I have to have gastric bypass instead.

Hey, I have Barrett's also & had the bypass instead of the sleeve. (:

My BE and hiatal hernia were discovered during an upper endoscopy, too. Even though only a small percentage of BE turns into cancer, I'm glad that a RNY stops the progression. It made my decision of which surgery much more cut and dry. 8.5 months post-op and I couldn't be happier!

Molly