I have had my heart set on getting sleeved but was recently told by my surgeon that bypass would be a better option for me since I struggle with acid reflux. He suggested the "mini" gastric bypass.

Will this actually cure my reflux? Obviously if I go the sleeve route I don't want to be on PPI's for the rest of my life and I do worry about the risk of cancer with reflux. But I'm also terrified of getting bypass. The sleeve feels safer to me since it doesn't involve messing with intestines and there's more stomach left behind. I worry about long term deficiency issues and dumping syndrome.

So I'm sort of torn right now...

Actually your entire stomach is left behind with bypass. That's one of the reasons I chose it. To me it felt less drastic than removing most of my stomach. Plus I had issues with reflux too. In fact I'd had surgery in 1994 to fix a hiatal hernia (fun fact: my WLS's mentor was the surgeon who did it, and said there's a chance he was in the OR!) My WLS had to undo that surgery before he could do my bypass. I haven't had issues with reflux at all. Now for dumping. I haven't had issues with that either, and I'm a little disappointed. Another reason I chose bypass was because I had such problems controlling my sugar intake I thought dumping would be a GOOD thing. As for deficiencies, I've always been a faithful supplement taker so I wasn't concerned. If you take your supplements you'll be fine.

I have a lot more friends who've had the sleeve, and are at various stages post up, and long term I see more success with the bypass. Oh, and they all lost their hair. I didn't.

MGB or RNY can cure your reflux - or not.

Mine got way better but it's not cured. I still need PPI. However, I also had a hiatal hernia. I might have one again so I guess I'm going in for diagnostics again soon.