I go for my very 1st appt tomorrow with a dietician because of my diabetes. I really would like the vertical gastrectomy but was told by a friend that because I have barretts esophagus that may not be possible. Does anyone know if this is true? Would I be able to have any surgery? Does anyone know?
Gastric sleeve with barretts esophagus/
- Thread starter kdeec
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TwoMas
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- Surgery
- Rue-N-Y
- Date
- 3/28/2010
- Start Weight
- 310 lbs
- Goal Weight
- 170 lbs
- Currently
- 200 lbs
- Progress
- 79%
Hi Kdeec, Welcome. That's a tough question. Have you gone to a seminar or spoken with the bariatric cooridinator or doctors? Good luck and come back and let us know what you find out. 
Tom
TomSandie
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- Surgery
- RNY
- Date
- Dec 3 2012
- Start Weight
- 210 lbs
- Goal Weight
- 138 lbs
- Currently
- 148 lbs
- Progress
- 86%
Barretts Esophogus- Sleeve will not be done is my information because the Sleeve can cause GERD and you do not want GERD with Barretts' Esophogus as much as possible. I have GERD withoiut Barretts and they will have to do RNY and not Sleeve due to this GERD. That is what I have been told by doc and my research. OTHERWISE Sleeve is faster, safter and has similar results, only one draw back and that is it is PERMANENT but redoing a RNY is NOT easy, so consider it permanent. Talk to your surgeon about Sleeve vs RNY.
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