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SleeveDreamer    383

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I had VSG 5 1/2 years ago for some upper GI issues, not really for weight loss. I had severe acid reflux also. The sleeve did not do anything to help my reflux, and recently my acid was out of control. My doctor said the only way to cure it and avoid more acid damage to my esophagus was RNY. So I had revision to bypass in June. He said I would experience acid for about 60 days maybe, but no more than that. I was on my two pills a day. I had reflux about twice a week very early morning. At about 7 weeks, my acid stopped. When I went to my post op, he told me to cut down to one pill a day, and then after a week if I still had no acid, to stop them completely. so I did stop them completely, and have had NO acid at all! Finally! So this is just my suggestion, but if you have severe acid and are opting for the sleeve, you may want to talk with your doctor to see if bypass may be a better option for you so this issue can be resolved instead of maybe a revision down the road. IMO since I have had both, I can say that the recovery from RNY is no different than the sleeve. Of course there is greater restriction because you are dealing with a small pouch now instead of a banana sized stomach, but I am now starting 12 weeks, and everything is coming along nicely and every week is better as far as eating goes, and for once I can say I do not have acid reflux!

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Why would you have had a sleeve for severe acid reflux, when statistically the sleeve makes acid reflux worse?

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4 minutes ago, Mhy12784 said:

Why would you have had a sleeve for severe acid reflux, when statistically the sleeve makes acid reflux worse?

I didn't have it for reflux. I had a nissen fundiplication for reflux in 1999 and it completely out did itself. 2/3 of my stomach was up through my diaphragm between my lungs headed for my heart and had to be taken back through my diaphragm. In order to prevent severe damage to my diaphragm, he had to cut off 2/3 of my stomach, thus a sleeve! He didn't even mention RNY at that time, he was more concerned with damage to my diaprahgm and me having a heart attack with my stomach headed for my heart. My acid was not that bad for about 4 1/2 years after VSG. I always took a ppi, but in the past year it got very severe and took me over about 24 hours a day! I developed a very thin spot on my esophagus from acid damage (which was repaired during my bypass) could have ruptured by now had I not had the RNY. No regrets and feeling so good!

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      Iʻm roughly 6 weeks post-op this morning and have begun to feel like a normal human, with a normal human body again. I started introducing solid foods and pill forms of medications/supplements a couple of weeks ago and it's really amazing to eat meals with my family again, despite the fact that my portions are so much smaller than theirs. 
      I live on the island of Oʻahu and spend a lot of time in the water- for exercise, for play,  and for spiritual & mental health. The day I had my month out appointment with my surgeon, I packed all my gear in my truck, anticipating his permission to get back in the ocean. The minute I walked out of that hospital I drove straight to the shore and got in that water. Hallelujah! My appointment was at 10 am. I didn't get home until after 5 pm. 
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      My general disposition lately is hopeful and motivated. The only thing that bugs me on a daily basis still is the way those supplements make my house smell. So stink! But I just bought a smell proof bag online that other people use to put their pot in. My house doesn't stink anymore. 
       
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Oh yeah, something I wanted to rant about, a billing dispute that cropped up 3 months ago.
      Surgery was in August of 2023. A bill shows up for over $7,000 in January. WTF? I asks myself. I know that I jumped through all of the insurance hoops and verified this and triple checked that, as did the surgeon's office. All was set, and I paid all of the known costs before surgery.
      A looong story short, is that an assistant surgeon that was in the process of accepting money from my insurance company touched me while I was under anesthesia. That is what the bill was for. But hey, guess what? Some federal legislation was enacted last year to help patients out when they cannot consent to being touched by someone out of their insurance network. These types of bills fall under something called, "surprise billing," and you don't have to put up with it.
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      I had to make a lot of phone calls to both the surgeon's office and the insurance company and explain my rights and what the maximum out of pocket costs were that I could be liable for. Also had to remind them that it isn't my place to be taking care of all of this and that I was going to escalate things if they could not play nice with one another.
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Some days I feel like an infiltrator... I'm participating in society as a "thin" person. They have no idea that I haven't always been one of them! 🤣
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    • ChunkCat

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      Thank you everyone for your well wishes! I totally forgot I wrote an update here... I'm one week post op today. I gained 15 lbs in water weight overnight because they had to give me tons of fluids to bring my BP up after surgery! I stayed one night in the hospital. Everything has been fine except I seem to have picked up a bug while I was there and I've been running a low grade fever, coughing, and a sore throat. So I've been hydrating well and sleeping a ton. So far the Covid tests are negative.
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Still purging all of the larger clothing. This morning, a shirt that I ADORED wearing ended up on top. Hard to let it go, but it was also hard to let go of those habits that also no longer serve my highest good. Onward and upward!
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