Hi All,

I recently just had my gastric sleeve converted to the gastric bypass. I was sleeved in April 2013 and began to suffer from severe acid reflux along with weekly vomiting. My surgeon suggested doing a conversion to the bypass that that would stop the acid reflux and vomiting.

I had the revision surgery on 5/30 right now I'm still on puréed food.

Has anyone else done a surgery conversion and what has been your experience?

Thanks in advance!

Hello Rebecca, i do pray that all goes great with you as well. Just a few hours ago, i was questioning my decision again as well. I asked my husband, quality over quantity of life. ..he said, "I've watched you suffer for almost 2 years since day one, if i had to choose for you, I'd say quality". So for right now Rebecca, I'm sticking with having the surgery but I'm still scared. I'm on day 3 of liquids but I've been nauseated for about a month now, I'm scared there might be something else wrong with the sleeve, never been nauseated before, ugh. Wondering if it's trying to tell me something about the gbs, ughhh!!

It is a hard decision - I don't want to do it because I remember how much I did not like the 2 weeks before and then the couple of months after. I absolutely hated crushing pills - the taste of some of them made me nauseous. But, I also can't live like this with the reflux being so bad. I guess the 2 weeks before and the couple of months after are a short period of time to suffer compared to a life of reflux and heartburn.

Nausea is a terrible feeling - have you told your doc? Maybe they can give you something for it. I hope everything goes well for you, I will keep you in my thoughts and send you positive energy on your surgery day. It is scary but I also remember just going through the motions and then things got better with each passing day.