Bad news..I have recently developed acid reflux. Good news...is this a comorbidity? I made an appt tomorrow with a gastroenterologist. My BMI is 38-39 with co-morbidities. If this counts as one I will use it to my advantage.

I'm really not sure if it is considered a comorbidity, but I think people who are overweight tend to suffer from it alot. I was banded on the 14th and when my surgeon did my EGD a few weeks before hand, he said I had reflux and just put me on Protonix for 3 months.

I believe it is a comorbidity. It was on the list I had, and it was one of my ailments. High blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, reflux, joint arthritis, diabetes--I think that is the list. There may be a few others, but from this list I had everything but diabetes, with a BMI of about 38-39, and I qualified.