@bborth
I pretty much had no option, but to try the bypass. I had nissen fundoplication wrap surgery in 2001... almost immediate failure. In 2007 I had a repair of it and the surgeon (different than first.. first had retired) used mesh in an area he should not have. I complained and complained of pain and he had the god syndrome of none of his surgeries ever fail. I put up with the pain until 2012 when I started losing a lot of weight, had lots of nausea and vomiting, and more pain. My gastro doctor ran test and said you need to see a surgeon.. the hernia is bringing your stomach into your chest again. I went to a different surgeon and he had one more test he wanted me to have done. At my next visit with him he said that I needed surgery, but he would not do it. He wanted me to go to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville Fl because they are experts at fixing other surgeon's mistakes. My first surgery at Mayo was an undo and repair of hernia. I lost the upper portion of my fundus, so no redo of the wrap. The fix of the hernia immediately failed.. that was 2013. In 2014 I saw a different surgeon at the Mayo .. the first was on sabbatical. Dr Bowers said it just did not make sense to use the traditional method of repair again when it has failed. He told me my options and I researched what he said. I agreed with his reasoning. One reason was that the bypass surgery was created to repair such hernias and weight loss was just a side effect. So yes I would do it again even though I had complications. Oh I cannot remember all the side effects of the surgery. I can only remember one can be more susceptible to pancreatitis. I have not had it so far. I eat soft, tender foods. Only raw thing I eat is ripe bananas. Mainly because I have achalasia. .. difficulty swallowing. The acid really did a number on my esophagus.