I will be a Newby on this RNY forum on the 27 of December 2017, my surgery date!

I also converted from VSG to RNY. I had lost all my weight, but developed a bad case of GERD. While my GERD/Reflux is MUCH better, it did not resolve 100% and I'm back on PPIs. Still, I feel much better than I did when I had full-blown reflux. Good luck!!

Well, I bet you'll be out of surgery by the time I post this. I pray you will have an easy recovery. I had a rather large hiatal hernia according to my surgeon which he repaired. I love coffee but it exacerbated my gerd if I didn't put a boatload of creamer in it. I started thinking a few days ago, maybe I don't need all that creamer so I put 2 tsp instead of 3 in my coffee. No problems at all and today, I used only a tsp and it was great. I like the flavored creamers but less is better. I've not had any gerd since surgery. I did ask my surgeon why bypass is better for gerd than the sleeve. He said your acid pumps are at the bottom of your stomach and so when they separate your pouch into 2 parts, the acid pumps are no longer able to push acid into your esophagus. With a sleeve, your acid pumps are still there and your tummy is smaller so if you have even the slightest problem with excess acid production, a small tummy makes it worse.

Happy New Year Kgrammy,

I no longer drink coffee, but before the nutritionist put me on the diet. I used to drink Kava Instant Coffee which is an acid reducer coffee. It was good but it was regular coffee they don't make de-caffeinated. So, I am going on without coffee these days, if I decided I will get a coffee brewer and get de-café. Thanks so much for chiming in.

I hope that your surgery went well and that you are doing well with your recovery.