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barefoot_gardener    18

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I'm just starting to look more into GERD after VSG (surgery next month). I'm seeing that about half of all sleepers have issues with it after surgery. What if you have issues with it before surgery?

I'm on omeprazole (Prilosec) and have been for maybe 9 months. I had daily heartburn before and now I haven't had ANY since I've been on this med. So for people that had taken meds BEFORE surgery, do they still work afterwards?

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JaelVSG    7

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Have you discussed this with your surgeon? Depending on why you have GERD, he/she may recommend bypass surgery instead.

I did not have GERD prior to surgery, had wicked wicked heartburn within 2 weeks but discovered it was due to lactose sensitivity. Since reducing my milk product intake, I have had zero problems

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barefoot_gardener    18

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Not really. I mean, they knew the meds I was on and I guess I would think if they were worried they would have said something. I don't have another appointment until pre-op appt. 6 days before surgery.


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soccermom2    27

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My surgeon recommended bypass for me over the sleeve since I have GERD. They said they could do the mini gastric bypass if I wanted something with less malabsorption.

I'm still going to go with the sleeve though because bypass scares me. I didn't have GERD issues before gaining weight so I'm hopeful that it will subside with weight loss or remain manageable. Worse case scenario I'll have to have a revision.


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barefoot_gardener    18

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My surgeon recommended bypass for me over the sleeve since I have GERD. They said they could do the mini gastric bypass if I wanted something with less malabsorption.

I'm still going to go with the sleeve though because bypass scares me. I didn't have GERD issues before gaining weight so I'm hopeful that it will subside with weight loss or remain manageable. Worse case scenario I'll have to have a revision.




Bypass scares me as well. I do think that the majority of my issues are food related (binging, eating before bed, spicy food), so hopefully I won't have as much of an issue. I'm also hopeful that since my meds work that they will keep on working, although I was hoping at first that the heartburn would resolve itself with losing weight.


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Gwoman77    9

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My gerd got so much worse after the gs and i even had hiatal hernia repair. The gastric reflux 3.yrs post op is horrible.

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funinthesun00    154

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I guess I'm lucky. No problems for me before or after surgery. I'm 4+ years out.

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Deactivatedfatgal    377

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9 hours ago, funinthesun00 said:

I guess I'm lucky. No problems for me before or after surgery. I'm 4+ years out.

Hopefully I'm going to be the same! I don't even take the antacid proscribed after my procedure because I have not had any issues with gerd so far.

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ryan_86    335

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I take prevacid and have for years. It was well controlled prior to surgery, and I don't have any GERD since the surgery.


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barefoot_gardener    18

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2 hours ago, ryan_86 said:

I take prevacid and have for years. It was well controlled prior to surgery, and I don't have any GERD since the surgery.

Thank you. That gives me hope that the meds will continue to work even if I still have it after surgery.

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TeahTeah    22

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Hopefully I'm going to be the same! I don't even take the antacid proscribed after my procedure because I have not had any issues with gerd so far.


I'm only 5 days post-op but haven't had any problems. I've had GERD for a few years.


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