Help! Question about EDG now & after surgery!!???

Hello,   I had an EDG prior to my upcoming RNY. I have reflux (who doesn't??), a small hiatal hernia, and a very inflamed and swollen stomach lining with ulcerations (not an ulcer) and lesions.......I'm sure because I take a high dosage of anti-imflammatories for arthritis. ( I also had a polyup, which was removed and was benign). Doc said I need to take Prevacid and Librax for six weeks, then redo EDG prior to surgery. I'm okay with that, but it brought up a bunch of questions.......This doc (not my bariatric surgeon) said that it's difficult to do an EDG after bypass and you can't see anything but the pouch part anyway. So, have any of you have an EDG after bypass surgery? And secondly, what happens to the rest of your stomach? He indicated there was NOT a way to ever check the "leftover big part" of your stomach again. I asked about cat scans, ultra sounds, MRIs, and he still said no. The only way to check the "rest" of your stomach is to cut you open! Seems weird to me. Anybody know anything about this? And also, (and maybe I should know this), but what function does the "other" part of your stomach have after surgery? Still doing something, or just sitting there? I assume it can still cause problems for you, right....can still develop cancer or whatever? Then, according to this doc, it seems it would go unnoticed or couldn't be detected? Really? Huh?  Any wisdom any of you have about this stuff, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.  

I have had two EGDs since my surgery to check on my Barrett's esophagus condition; all went well. The first time, Dr. Kemmeter at MMPC in Grand Rapids remarked on the size of the pouch but didn't say anything about the original stomach, so I can't answer that question. The second time, Dr. Farr in Grand Rapids, who's my GI doc, did it, and he was mainly checking on the esophagus. Don't know if he could see anything past the pouch either. But the docs can do other tests to see other parts of your GI system, such as a colonoscopy, or a CATscan (which I have had too). I don't know anything about your third question, what the function of the "other" part of the stomach takes or if it can still malfunction and develop cancers. I would assume if it's in the body, tumors could grow on it, but I'm no expert. I guess there's some areas of the body that can't be seen unless there cut open (for instance, a couple people on this board had bowel issues that weren't found until the surgeons got in there). 

Thanks Eileen, I appreciate your response. Anybody else have any additional knowledge or experiences?

You ask very good questions.   I also had severe gastritus, hiatal hernia (corrected during wls), barrett's esophogus, reflux, etc, as determined by my EGD prior to wls.   This Doc (gastro specialist) was in favor of wls and said I was to come back every two years for another EGD & Colonoscopy, just to monitor the situation.   I didn't worry about it because both this gastro Doc & my wl surgeon were in agreement that this was a good plan.  BTW, I believe the refux is totally gone as a result of wls.  This is just my opinion, I am on Protonix daily as a precaution.  I suggest you ask your Doctors - I'd be very interested in the answers,  'cause now I'm thinking I should have asked these same questions!