Goodluck on your surgery hope everything turns out great

Don't give up.

Are you on the gastric bypass forums, too? You might find some folks there in your shoes.

I just had the hiatal hernia repair on July 21 2016 and was supposed to have the bypass with it ,but my dr changed his mind when he saw how bad my hernia was .( my whole stomach was in my esophagus and pushed up into my diaframe , The hole was so big that he was for sure that this would solve my severe heartburn but the very next day we did the upper GI and the reflux is still there. It's been two weeks and I'm still having heartburn and now tightness in my chest but I'm not throwing up any more so I'm gonna give it some time ,I wish he old have just gone with the plan and done the RNY.

Originally Posted by Beautiful

I just had the hiatal hernia repair on July 21 2016 and was supposed to have the bypass with it ,but my dr changed his mind when he saw how bad my hernia was .( my whole stomach was in my esophagus and pushed up into my diaframe , The hole was so big that he was for sure that this would solve my severe heartburn but the very next day we did the upper GI and the reflux is still there. It's been two weeks and I'm still having heartburn and now tightness in my chest but I'm not throwing up any more so I'm gonna give it some time ,I wish he old have just gone with the plan and done the RNY.

I too had the hernia repair when they sleeved me. I hated the way I felt afterwards and have had acid reflux to this day. From what I have gathered thus far, the doc should have done the RNY on me instead of the sleeve. For people with severe acid reflux it is something that can be made far worse with the sleeve. I have tried everything from drining Apple idea vinegar to tums with my Dexilant. The esophageal spasms that have been going on since the first surgery have landed me in the hospital on a few occasions and resulted in the inability to take any kind of pain medication at all or it will trigger another episode, so needless to say, I will be going through with the fix. I am anxious to put the drama of this situation far behind me.

That's what I wanted but my doctor chicken out told me that I couldn't lose any more weight that I was carrying about 12 pounds of extra skin and I would be malnutrition . Good luck to ya and hope you keep me posted on how the outcome goes .

Originally Posted by Beautiful

That's what I wanted but my doctor chicken out told me that I couldn't lose any more weight that I was carrying about 12 pounds of extra skin and I would be malnutrition . Good luck to ya and hope you keep me posted on how the outcome goes .

Will do. I called and asked about the time line for dealing with the red tape and they said it would be about a month and a half till we get the approval. Anything to make this stop. I have more weight to lose so I am not very worried about that, just the malnutrition. I take a lot of vitamins.