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Hi All,

Does anyone here have GERD and/or LPR (Silent Reflux) after gastric bypass surgery? If so, can you please advise:

1. How long ago you had the gastric bypass surgery (and if you had revision from sleeve to bypass)?

2. When your symptoms of GERD and/or LPR started?

3. If you have managed to treat it?

I have LPR and am struggling. So other people's experiences would be appreciated.

Thanks all.

Edited by yesno789

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I'm in the process of revising from Band to Bypass due to GERD. Good Lord, I hope I don't get GERD again after the Bypass. That's supposed to cure it.

My sister in law has LPR, but she's not a wls patient. Her father had it and it led to his esophageal cancer. So this sort of thing terrifies me.

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in most cases, gastric bypass improves if not outright cures GERD.

Mine went completely away for 2-3 years. I do have issues occasionally now, but it's really minor reflux rather than GERD. Nothing a couple of Tums can't deal with (as well as not eating things that might set it off). And it's just occasionally - not every day like it was before surgery (and certainly much milder).

P.S. I had gastric bypass almost seven years ago. Not a revision. I chose bypass over sleeve because I had GERD.

Edited by catwoman7

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How is everything going now? I am 3 1/2 months out from my sleeve and for the first time in my life, I started having HORRIBLE gerd symptoms 2 days ago. I'm uncomfortable during the day, but at night is when I'm in agony. I'm on 40mg of Omeprazole for 6 months because of the surgery, so I'm shocked this is happening. I made a post titled "Is this GERD?" because I literally have never felt anything like this before and it's freaking me out. I'm scared that if GERD is starting 3 1/2 months out from surgery, I'm going to have to be miserable for years before I can be approved for a revision. And I thought bypass was kind of the gold standard for eliminating GERD, and now I'm nervous having read a few threads on here about people getting the bypass and developing GERD after, or getting it because of GERD and it not going away.

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Hi All,
Does anyone here have GERD and/or LPR (Silent Reflux) after gastric bypass surgery? If so, can you please advise:
1. How long ago you had the gastric bypass surgery (and if you had revision from sleeve to bypass)?
2. When your symptoms of GERD and/or LPR started?
3. If you have managed to treat it?
I have LPR and am struggling. So other people's experiences would be appreciated.
Thanks all.

I had the gastric bypass 3/15/2017 I still have gerd and acid reflux

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