1 year, 1 month,16 days post-op

Well here I am at 215lbs for a total loss of 185lbs!!! My blood pressure is great, my sugar levels are great ,my apnea has vastly improved, and I am getting compliments every where that I go!!! I have never posted anything here before but I thought that I would inquire of others out there concerning the one and only side affect that I am experiencing - to much acid in my stomach! NO I am not having heartburn nor am I experiencing acid reflux but I am in regular pain and nausea if I do not take a certain pill on a daily basis called a PROTON PUMP INHIBATOR! Basically it shuts off the acid producing pumps in my stomach! My family doctor put me on it after trying an acid reducer, which only worked for short periods of time.The pain is similar to that of a severe hunger pain or an ulcer perhaps but my family docter cannot figure it out and I now have an appointment with my surgeon on feb 12th! When I stop taking the medication the pain returns two days after stopping and is usually accompanied by daily vomiting for no apparent reason and with no warning save about 1 minute and 30 seconds before I let loose!! I have had this pain ever since the surgery but I chalked it up to the healing process, and I was able to control it to some degree with an over the counter acid reducer but it has seemed to worsen in the last few months and it now requires the PPH that Im on! Anybody else having any trouble???

Can't help you there Frank but I do have a bleeding ulcer and am seeing the surgeon too. I was havng no pain until recently and I've had this for 5 months. Just reading the board to see what I can find out. I hope someone responds to you. Have you gone on to spotlighthealth? Thats a great website if you have not been there. Someone out there may have been through this. THey are great at responding. Good luck to you. Jeannie

Hi Frank, I just wanted to reply to your message you posted on obesityhelp.com. I was taking a medicine called Vioxx for my severe back pain (I have a herniated disk) The Vioxx removed the mucous lining in the stomach that prevents acid from eating away the lining on the stomach. Well in most people, they can take antacids or pepsid etc to fix the problem and keep that from happening. However, the Vioxx was taking away the mucous from my "bypassed" stomach and the antacids had no way to get to that stomach. No only that, but it never got food or drink in that part to coat the lining therefore it just ate away at the lining of my bypassed stomach giving me horrible ulcers. I had the same symptoms you had, unbelieveable pain, nausea and so forth. I was miserable. The doctor had to do three surgeries to fix this. It could have been done in 1 procedure but the insurance required it to be in 3. First he put me under anesthesia and and a tube with camera down into my new pouch to see if there were any ulcers in there. The next day, he cut into my bypassed stomach to see if there were any ulcers in there. There were. So one week later, he went back in and completly removed my bypassed stomach. What an ordeal! But I am grateful it is over. No more pain. I am probably giving you more info than you needed but I am just trying to help. If you would like to ask me any questions, feel free to write to me. Laura Waters [email protected]