IsabellaL
Member
Hello all, I've just had my first meeting with my consultant and my surgery is now booked for August but I've yet to decide between a sleeve (which was what I thought I wanted) and an RNY (which scares me). My surgeon said his no.1 recommendation for me is RNY because:
1) I have had acid reflux for at least 10 years ( medicated with lanzaprazole) and he fears the sleeve will make it worse. He did say though that if when he's doing the op he finds a hernia he will as a matter of course repair it, which I thought was brilliant. I've never had an endoscopy so have no idea what's going on inside me, and I did have my gall bladder removed (by keyhole) 20 years ago.
2) I'm a sweet eater. I don't have particularly large portions, but if you put a selections of puddings in front of me I'd probably eat them all. So he thought the rny and the joys of dumping might be the solution - hopefully I'll be a good little Pavlov's dog
Anyway I do take his advice on board and having done yet more research I'm almost at the point of opting for the rny, but I wanted to know if:
1. Is there anyone who has had an rny who previously had (medicated) acid reflux, and if so was it improved post surgery?
2. Is there anyone who despite having medicated long term acid reflux went ahead and had a sleeve? If so how did you get on post op.
It's such a big decision choosing what surgery t go for and I've come a long way since I first started my research where I thought the only option was a band! I want to get it right so all advice will be gratefully received.
Isabella
1) I have had acid reflux for at least 10 years ( medicated with lanzaprazole) and he fears the sleeve will make it worse. He did say though that if when he's doing the op he finds a hernia he will as a matter of course repair it, which I thought was brilliant. I've never had an endoscopy so have no idea what's going on inside me, and I did have my gall bladder removed (by keyhole) 20 years ago.
2) I'm a sweet eater. I don't have particularly large portions, but if you put a selections of puddings in front of me I'd probably eat them all. So he thought the rny and the joys of dumping might be the solution - hopefully I'll be a good little Pavlov's dog
Anyway I do take his advice on board and having done yet more research I'm almost at the point of opting for the rny, but I wanted to know if:
1. Is there anyone who has had an rny who previously had (medicated) acid reflux, and if so was it improved post surgery?
2. Is there anyone who despite having medicated long term acid reflux went ahead and had a sleeve? If so how did you get on post op.
It's such a big decision choosing what surgery t go for and I've come a long way since I first started my research where I thought the only option was a band! I want to get it right so all advice will be gratefully received.
Isabella