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I’ve read about gerd impacting surgery choices, does chronic gastritis?

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I've never heard anything about that, but I just found this article where it lists gastritis as a risk of sleeve surgery (#7). I'd ask the surgeon - but I'm thinking that if gastritis can be a side effect of VSG, already having it before you even have surgery might be an issue. Although again, I'd just ask your surgeon

https://www.ramsayhealth.co.uk/blog/2014/09/25/9-things-you-need-to-know-about-a-gastric-sleeve-surgery-sleeve-gastrectomy

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thanks ... i see him again in a few weeks so will ask them; i just started worrying if it would impact things though 😞

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Well I had Chronic gastritis, GERD, documentation of a Gastric Ulcer, who I had christened Hector, since his pain hectored my existance quite a bit, and I marched right up for an RNY bypass, never had a VSG or less considered. Remember my surgeon asking if I needed advice to my choice? Nope knew with a 1st cousin dying of esophageal cancer, starting to show Barretts MYSELF, GOD and I had made our decision, he gave a slight chuckle and said then the 3 of us concurred because that also would have been his professional advice. And frankly I had reached the point that surgery was much less frightening than continuing without intervention. And even with my Rocky twisting road of Recovery from it all, I NEVER WOULD want to go back to BEFORE when the HEREAFTER is So Much Better.

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thanks @Frustr8 that's good you were able to have the bypass and that you are not wanting to go back to before surgery even with all you've gone through health wise since you had yours 🌸

...... my surgery is planned as the sleeve so just hoping the chronic gastritis won't mean changing this

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