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chels_bellz    5

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I haven't gotten a call yet, most likely I'll be the following Tuesday then... I added you as a friend on here if you don't mind, seems nice to have someone going through the process simultaneously

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amschuttpelz    6

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Hi all! I am in Walnut Creek. I had my surgery done March 3, 2016...just passed my one year mark. Due to some complications from the sleeve, it looks like I'm going to have a revision to an RNY. I'd like to find people to talk to about all this. My husband is wonderful, but he hasn't experienced anything like this, so he doesn't have information or opinions to offer me. If anyone wants to chat, message me!!

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PatientEleventyBillion    851

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Hi all! I am in Walnut Creek. I had my surgery done March 3, 2016...just passed my one year mark. Due to some complications from the sleeve, it looks like I'm going to have a revision to an RNY. I'd like to find people to talk to about all this. My husband is wonderful, but he hasn't experienced anything like this, so he doesn't have information or opinions to offer me. If anyone wants to chat, message me!!

complications?



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amschuttpelz    6

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2 minutes ago, PatientEleventyBillion said:


complications?


Well yes. Apparently the issues I'm having are SUPER rare according to my surgeon, but they do happen. So I am having really bad reflux (taking 80mg of Nexium daily), but that's not rare...I know a lot of people say that they have that issue. My big problem is the burping. Doesn't matter what I eat or drink, I burp. I don't mean cute little lady burps...I mean manly belching that lasts anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 hours depending on how much I ate or drank! It's really annoying, very uncomfortable, and down right embarrassing! The surgeon had me do an upper GI in which he saw that my sleeve was having some trouble emptying. So he did an EGD, and injected Botox into the pyloric valve at the bottom of the sleeve to hopefully make it stay open a little more so that my food can empty. Well, I just went for my one year appointment, and we discussed how things are going. Apparently the only way to fix this is to do a revision to the RNY. Still not sure how I feel about it.

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PatientEleventyBillion    851

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Well yes. Apparently the issues I'm having are SUPER rare according to my surgeon, but they do happen. So I am having really bad reflux (taking 80mg of Nexium daily), but that's not rare...I know a lot of people say that they have that issue. My big problem is the burping. Doesn't matter what I eat or drink, I burp. I don't mean cute little lady burps...I mean manly belching that lasts anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 hours depending on how much I ate or drank! It's really annoying, very uncomfortable, and down right embarrassing! The surgeon had me do an upper GI in which he saw that my sleeve was having some trouble emptying. So he did an EGD, and injected Botox into the pyloric valve at the bottom of the sleeve to hopefully make it stay open a little more so that my food can empty. Well, I just went for my one year appointment, and we discussed how things are going. Apparently the only way to fix this is to do a revision to the RNY. Still not sure how I feel about it.

Ouch. Did you have EGD and/or barium swallow before your VSG? if so did you have reflux already?



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amschuttpelz    6

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4 minutes ago, PatientEleventyBillion said:


Ouch. Did you have EGD and/or barium swallow before your VSG? if so did you have reflux already?


I did have an EGD prior to surgery. They didn't find any damage from reflux, but they did find a hiatal hernia. I knew I had reflux when I chose the sleeve, however, there was no way to be sure whether or not fixing the hernia would fix the reflux. So I took the chance. Keep in mind, at that point, I was taking the lowest dose of nexium a couple of times a week...and there was no pain with it. This burping thing is the main issue though. It's ridiculous!

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PatientEleventyBillion    851

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42 minutes ago, amschuttpelz said:
I did have an EGD prior to surgery. They didn't find any damage from reflux, but they did find a hiatal hernia. I knew I had reflux when I chose the sleeve, however, there was no way to be sure whether or not fixing the hernia would fix the reflux. So I took the chance. Keep in mind, at that point, I was taking the lowest dose of nexium a couple of times a week...and there was no pain with it. This burping thing is the main issue though. It's ridiculous!


I hope you get that settled. It's a concern of mine given my reflux problems.

Wonder if seeing a success video like this would help..

1 hour ago, Bill Yanez said:

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karmanodrama    31

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Well yes. Apparently the issues I'm having are SUPER rare according to my surgeon, but they do happen. So I am having really bad reflux (taking 80mg of Nexium daily), but that's not rare...I know a lot of people say that they have that issue. My big problem is the burping. Doesn't matter what I eat or drink, I burp. I don't mean cute little lady burps...I mean manly belching that lasts anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 hours depending on how much I ate or drank! It's really annoying, very uncomfortable, and down right embarrassing! The surgeon had me do an upper GI in which he saw that my sleeve was having some trouble emptying. So he did an EGD, and injected Botox into the pyloric valve at the bottom of the sleeve to hopefully make it stay open a little more so that my food can empty. Well, I just went for my one year appointment, and we discussed how things are going. Apparently the only way to fix this is to do a revision to the RNY. Still not sure how I feel about it.

I have GERD and my surgeon talked me into a sleeve ( which exacerbates GERD) instead of the bypass ( which cures GERD). He said this is because the GERD is caused by the weight gain. Now i am worried. Surgery is April 3.


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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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