Sleeve to bypass weight loss concern

[GotItDoneInHarlem 302]

I've posted this before but am hoping to hear back from some others.

I am having a sleeve to bypass revision due to severe GERD. I am currently at my goal weight. I weigh 180 and am 5'11". Has anyone else had a revision due to GERD while at goal weight? I can only imagine I'm going to lose significant weight during my liquid and puree phases of the past-op diet. How much more weight did you lose?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

J

[xxjosettexx 72]

Following this thread because I have severe GERD as well and my doctor proposed this as an alternative treatment. I’m 4.5 years post op. I have an endoscopy next Tuesday to see what the damage is. I have been looking into different options aside from bypass because i don’t want to Frankenstein my intestines up more. There is a device called a LINX, that I’m going to ask my doctor about, and one other option that I forget the name of, that can be done before doing gastric bypass. I only weigh 140 pounds, down from 357 so I DO NOT want Gastric Bypass since regain has not been an issue for me. I have the same concerns that I will become malnourished if I have the bypass because I am way below goal weight

[GotItDoneInHarlem 302]

I looked into LINX but my insurance considers it experimental and does not cover it.

[JRT Mom 920]

I had to look the Linx up, and if sounds like a good way to help alleviate GERD on sleeved people. Too bad it's considered experimental, especially since it probably costs WAAY less than having a sleeve to RNY conversion.

[Losingit2018 1,170]

I was considering Linx before my recent bypass. There are study programs out there where you can get it for free if you qualify.

The main qualifier is to have and keep a BMI below 35. I came close to choosing this but just wasn’t comfortable having magnets around my esophagus.

My dr specializes in it and told me that it works very well as long as BMI is kept below 35.

Edited December 13, 2019 by Losingit2018

[Tracyringo 503]

I read about the Linx but I also came across LNF ? Does anyone know anything about it?

[GotItDoneInHarlem 302]

I cannot have fundoplication because I was sleeved and there is no stomach to wrap around the esophagus.

https://www.uhhospitals.org/for-clinicians/articles-and-news/articles/2018/05/multiple-choices-for-gerd-whats-in-a-name

[MsBrown76 43]

I had bypass 11/21/19 and maintained my weight for seven years after my sleeve. I’ve lost a total of 25lbs. My doctor is expecting me to lose up to 40lbs total with the revision which was due to GERD and hiatal hernia. He told me be prepared to lose 30-40lbs overall when I went in for the initial consultation.

[GotItDoneInHarlem 302]

Were you at your goal weight or did you have some to lose? I'm pretty much at my goal weight which is 180. I'm 6 feet tall. If I lose 30 pounds I'm going to look sickly. I know that I'm going to lose a lot in the first month and I'm really worried. Going to a nutritionist to see if I should pack on some weight so I have weight to lose.

[GotItDoneInHarlem 302]

On 12/13/2019 at 2:58 PM, xxjosettexx said:

Following this thread because I have severe GERD as well and my doctor proposed this as an alternative treatment. I’m 4.5 years post op. I have an endoscopy next Tuesday to see what the damage is. I have been looking into different options aside from bypass because i don’t want to Frankenstein my intestines up more. There is a device called a LINX, that I’m going to ask my doctor about, and one other option that I forget the name of, that can be done before doing gastric bypass. I only weigh 140 pounds, down from 357 so I DO NOT want Gastric Bypass since regain has not been an issue for me. I have the same concerns that I will become malnourished if I have the bypass because I am way below goal weight

How was your endoscopy?I have grade b esophagitis which is 2 steps away from Barretts.

[bikerchick519 202]

On 12/13/2019 at 1:58 PM, xxjosettexx said:

Following this thread because I have severe GERD as well and my doctor proposed this as an alternative treatment. I’m 4.5 years post op. I have an endoscopy next Tuesday to see what the damage is. I have been looking into different options aside from bypass because i don’t want to Frankenstein my intestines up more. There is a device called a LINX, that I’m going to ask my doctor about, and one other option that I forget the name of, that can be done before doing gastric bypass. I only weigh 140 pounds, down from 357 so I DO NOT want Gastric Bypass since regain has not been an issue for me. I have the same concerns that I will become malnourished if I have the bypass because I am way below goal weight

i just went through all the testing for GERD and was told the traditional acid reflux surgery isn't an option since most of my stomach was removed with the sleeve. I asked about the Linx surgery but was told the surgeon asked many other doctors and they all said I should have full bypass ( I already had the mini bypass to fix acid reflux but obviously that didn't work). My insurance just denied the surgery today so I'm looking at going back to Mexico, again.

[bikerchick519 202]

17 hours ago, Tracyringo said:

I read about the Linx but I also came across LNF ? Does anyone know anything about it?

I was told if you've had the sleeve, you don't have enough stomach to wrap around the esophagus so LNF isn't an option.

[bikerchick519 202]

On 12/13/2019 at 1:33 PM, GotItDoneInHarlem said:

I've posted this before but am hoping to hear back from some others.

I am having a sleeve to bypass revision due to severe GERD. I am currently at my goal weight. I weigh 180 and am 5'11". Has anyone else had a revision due to GERD while at goal weight? I can only imagine I'm going to lose significant weight during my liquid and puree phases of the past-op diet. How much more weight did you lose?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

J

is your insurance paying for the bypass? mine (bcbs of ks) just denied mine. they are saying the reflux is a complication of the prior weight loss surgery, which is not necessarily true.

[Losingit2018 1,170]

48 minutes ago, bikerchick519 said:

I was told if you've had the sleeve, you don't have enough stomach to wrap around the esophagus so LNF isn't an option.

That’s not true at all. I did choose to revise to bypass partly because I had not lost enough weight with sleeve.

However, I was excellent candidate for linx procedure. I opted to do it then changed my mind a few days later. My original surgery was sleeve.

oops I now see that you were speaking of lnf and not linx. Sorry

Edited January 4, 2020 by Losingit2018

[bikerchick519 202]

1 hour ago, Losingit2018 said:

That’s not true at all. I did choose to revise to bypass partly because I had not lost enough weight with sleeve.

However, I was excellent candidate for linx procedure. I opted to do it then changed my mind a few days later. My original surgery was sleeve.

oops I now see that you were speaking of lnf and not linx. Sorry

I thought they would do the LINX for me but the doctor said he took my case to a board of doctors internationally and they all said I need a full gastric bypass and not the linx. but of course my insurance has denied the bypass and the linx so I'll just have to keep suffering for now.