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 March 18, 20224 yr by yesno789

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.

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 March 18, 20224 yr by catwoman7

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.

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