Hi everyone!

Brand new to the forums here. I am gearing up for my December 15, Roux-en Y surgery at Stanford Medical. I know that a majority of patients get the RNY for weight loss. I've been having a hard time finding people who have the surgery to purely address GERD/Acid Reflux. Is there a thread here specifically for this? I'd love to find some people going through the same thing so I can be supportive as well. ?

54 minutes ago, Secondtimelucky said:

I’m scheduled for bypass in a week. It’s a revision from a sleeve. I’m having bile reflux and that’s the primary reason I’m doing the surgery. I’ve had some pretty mixed feelings about it, but logically it is the best choice.

I went into this from the beginning for Roux-en-Y only to correct my reflux. Talk about some mixed emotions!!! I understand. I felt like I was being punished in order to cure my absolutely severe acid issue. But I couldn’t keep sleeping upright in a chair my whole life, am I esophagus already had erosion despite medicine! ? Tomorrow is 5 weeks post op. I have not had heartburn in five weeks and it almost seems like a dream. On top of that from starting my meal replacement two weeks before surgery until now I’ve lost 40 pounds. This past week my own daughter and boyfriend didn’t recognize me from a distance across the parking lot... So the weight loss is a win-win ?

Weight is my main concern, GERD is my second.

Hi all! I had RNY on 11/18/2019. I had GERD and Gastroparesis plus other issues. I have been on acid reducing agents for so long.. My GERD did get better. However I keep getting break through GERD and nothing is helping. I have a choking burning sensation constantly in the back of my throat. A metallic taste that never goes away and my stomach hurts, it feels bloated. I am trying to get most of my "food" from protien drinks to see if that helps cuz eating food makes it worse. I am constipated so bad. :(. I am suppose to be scheduled for an upper GI but still waiting on the dr. office to schedule it. IDK.. my taste is weird/off too. I can eat a few bites of something sweet and then i can't taste it(flavorless). I notice though it is different with salty things. Anyone experience any of this? Thank you!

I have a lower BMI and should have had sleeve if I didn't have GERD. I take medicine for it and still have issues daily. I am self pay. Where you are having surgery was my 1st choice for quite awhile and if it didn't work at where I was going (closer to home) I would be going there. I had hoped to have surgery last fall and my oldest could have gone with but it didn't work out that way. I am having surgery in 3 weeks.