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Maryvsg87    164

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Hey everyone I went to do my Endoscopy today. They gave me paper work with the results saying I have a Hiatal Hernia and Mild Erythematous Mucosa of the Antrum which they did two biopsies. I know they are checking if I have H. pylori which I don"t think I do. Also it said it can be gastritis???? I'm worried I don't want this to get in the way of me getting surgery. I really want this done by at least October or November the latest. Anyone has gone through this and can let me know what to expect?

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Those won't get in the way of your surgery. Those are reasons why they would do the surgery (specifically the hiatal hernia repair during the bariatric procedure).

At the very most If the reflux/damage was bad enough they might have a conversation with you about having a bypass instead of a sleeve but that's it. And even that they would likely just leave it up to you to decide and probably just do whatever you decided on

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Thank you!!!! You made me happy! To hear that this will actually help makes me happy and that they repair that cause I would have never thought I would have a hernia. I'm glad I am actually doing this cause if I wasn't go for this surgery I would have never found out I had this probably. I honestly don't want a bypass and hopefully they won't consider this for me cause I really rather have the sleeve. Thank you for your time to reply to my post. Tell me a little nit about your journey?

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5 hours ago, Maryvsg87 said:

Thank you!!!! You made me happy! To hear that this will actually help makes me happy and that they repair that cause I would have never thought I would have a hernia. I'm glad I am actually doing this cause if I wasn't go for this surgery I would have never found out I had this probably. I honestly don't want a bypass and hopefully they won't consider this for me cause I really rather have the sleeve. Thank you for your time to reply to my post. Tell me a little nit about your journey?

Well the hernia isn't a big deal If it's not causing you problems. Many people have them and they don't cause issues. The bottom line is if reflux is a problem for you and how much if an issue surgery making it better/worse would be.

My journey hasn't started yet, hopefully will be having a bypass in November. But I've been working in bariatric surgery for years as a nurse, so I know a little

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Well the hernia isn't a big deal If it's not causing you problems. Many people have them and they don't cause issues. The bottom line is if reflux is a problem for you and how much if an issue surgery making it better/worse would be.
My journey hasn't started yet, hopefully will be having a bypass in November. But I've been working in bariatric surgery for years as a nurse, so I know a little


Can that be the cause of acid reflux and heartburn cause if I take anything that is spicy, tomatoes sauce, acidic, caffeine anything of that sort I am in pain and acid goes up and down. What do you think?


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1 minute ago, Maryvsg87 said:


Can that be the cause of acid reflux and heartburn cause if I take anything that is spicy, tomatoes sauce, acidic, caffeine anything of that sort I am in pain and acid goes up and down. What do you think?

Well its not a pure correlation (as again many people with hiatal hernias dont have GERD) so I cant say its the cause. But I would say that it generally makes it heart burn worse, and fixing it could make it better but neither is guaranteed.

Sounds like you definitely have GERD though and theres a very real risk that it gets worse with a sleeve. Which is the ONLY reason I decided on getting a bypass over a sleeve because my reflux is pretty bad and a bypass will likely cure it for the rest of my life.

The surgeon will ultimately do whichever surgery you want (even if they disagree) but its not a bad idea to just ask their opinion on the Sleeve vs Bypass for you because of GERD and see what they think. I mean they did your endoscopy so they have seen what kind of acid damage there is or isnt. And they are a well educated expert so they could tell you what kind of outcomes their patients similar to you have. It cant hurt to have a conversation. Its not like if you bring this up the surgeon will just force you to have a bypass, itll only benefit you imo

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