After a forum from yesterday. The worry I had about getting GERD is a lot stronger. The thought of it happening to me scares me. When I do do acid reflux (which is not often ) it does make me sick. This is a out of pocket surgery for me. My insurance doesn't cover wls. So I can't afford this surgery and then have to pay to get bypass if I get GERD. My mood now is so different. I was so happy I made the decision to get the surgery. And after yesterday today I'm scared and sad. I need positive thoughts ❤️

Ok I looked it up. Thanks for that info

6 minutes ago, Robz said:

Ok educate me.... what is MGB??

https://www.obesitycoverage.com/mini-gastric-bypass-the-good-bad-and-ugly/

7 minutes ago, Robz said:

Ok educate me.... what is MGB??

42 minutes ago, Robz said:

Ok educate me.... what is MGB??

Don’t forget you asked for it!! Just kidding, you definitely asked the right person.

Do research and figure out if this is really what you want also take a look at the article below it might you.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4579881/

It’s a little bit like reading product reviews before buying something. A lot of people will only do a review if they are unhappy. I imagine there are thousands of people who have never had one problem with reflux after the sleeve and thousands with reflux who have never had any surgery. There’s no guarantee as far as if you will or not. I didn’t have trouble with it from my sleeve until I regained weight. It was probably more weight related than sleeve related. I would postpone until you are sure because all surgery causes changes and you don’t have a lot of control of whether a side effect happens to you.

I am one year out and have not had heartburn once yet. So there are definitely people on both sides of it. That being said it is a possible complication that you have to be aware of. Their is no shame in postponing your surgery if you are not ready. But I’d talk to the doctor and see if bypass is an option. I went with sleeve because I am on medication that I was worried about the absorption issues however bypass is the tried and true surgery. I would have gone with it if I wasn’t worried about my meds.

When researching studies about any weight loss surgery, it helps to find studies that are recent. Within a year or two published. Otherwise, you might not get the most up to date, accurate data. One of the studies posted was from 2015. That seems a bit old, and the data may have changed from 2015. That's almost 7 years old.

The esophageal sphincter takes several years to fail. Because the Lap Band and Sleeve operate under a high pressure system, it's something that takes a while to become an issue. It doesn't happen right away. It's something that creeps up on you when you're years out from your surgery date.

My surgeon explained that a minority of people will have Gerd after surgery. He said that for the vast majority of those people, medicine alleviates it. He said there is a small percentage, I forget whether it was one or 3%, for whom the medicine does not work, and they need revision surgery.

1 hour ago, WhispersOfAngel said:

The esophageal sphincter takes several years to fail. Because the Lap Band and Sleeve operate under a high pressure system, it's something that takes a while to become an issue. It doesn't happen right away. It's something that creeps up on you when you're years out from your surgery date.

If that happens maybe I'll be on social security and have Medicaid. Maybe it will pay for a revision surgery lol.

2 hours ago, Toomany#s said:

It’s a little bit like reading product reviews before buying something. A lot of people will only do a review if they are unhappy. I imagine there are thousands of people who have never had one problem with reflux after the sleeve and thousands with reflux who have never had any surgery. There’s no guarantee as far as if you will or not. I didn’t have trouble with it from my sleeve until I regained weight. It was probably more weight related than sleeve related. I would postpone until you are sure because all surgery causes changes and you don’t have a lot of control of whether a side effect happens to you.

You are so right. I remember working for a retailer and they said. If you make one person happy they might tell 5 people. But if you make one person made, they will tell 50. There is a lot of truth to that. I never go by reviews. Not sure why this forum has me 2nd guessing.

I also paid out of pocket. I then got GERD and an upper endoscopy showed that I had a hiatal hernia. I needed a second surgery. I could either get a Linx device put in, have a hiatal hernia surgery or have a bypass. since these surgeries were now medically necessary to fix an issue they were covered. I had the hiatal hernia surgery and paid about $400 total.

Don't let the possibility of a side effect scare you!! Just because the first surgery is not covered does not mean the second won't be. I could have gotten any of the three surgeries covered and went with the one that worked best with my situation. Losing weight over the past 8+ months makes the issues I dealt with more than worth it.

Edit: BTW, OTC medication helped alleviate all the acid reflux symptoms. Then, the reflux was gone immediately after the HH surgery.

Edited March 17, 20224 yr by SarahMan80

2 hours ago, WhispersOfAngel said:

Because the Lap Band and Sleeve operate under a high pressure system

Another reason having basically a direct tube to the intestine works for me so far. It's a low pressure system by definition.

1 hour ago, Robz said:

If that happens maybe I'll be on social security and have Medicaid. Maybe it will pay for a revision surgery lol.

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