GERD and life after WLS

So I am one of those individauls who still experience GERD after WLS. My gastroenterologist made me realize before this surgery that I needed to cut out caffeine, loose some weight, not eat after 8PM, stay away from fatty, spicey foods, loose some weight, take the special perscription medication, and loose some weight and the GERD would stop creeping up my esophagus and burn my vocal cords and throat. So I left the hospital with no GERD medication and was doing very fine for about 6 weeks when I began experiencing indigestion again. Since I could no longer take the time release gogunga pill any more I was put on a small pill. After 2 weeks I told the doctor my GERD was still a happening everyday. The doctor put me on Nexium and it is finally working. I went to see and ENT so he could take a look into my throat and make sure that nothing else bad was going on to make me so hoarse and clearing my throat all day long. This ENT said the throat looks good. No bad polys or other stuff going on. (Hurrah) He suggested I stay on the Nexium for 12 weeks and then try to step down to another medication. I am very happy that I voiced (HA HA) my concerns and followed through with checking this out. I have noticed an improvement, slowly, but getting better. I can talk all day and the voice does not disappear by 4PM. Lucky people all around me can now know that I am talkable and the mouth will be flapping on. Well I am going on about this because even through we might be told one thing by a medical provider, we are all individuals and we do not fit one super mold. Listen to your body, let it tell you when something might be wrong and believe in yourself. Monica 330/280/???

Hi Monica; I too know what you are talking about as they took me off all my meds right out of surgery and 2 weeks later I landed in the hospital again so they could tell me I needed to be back on the nexum and metotoprol for my heart. We are not all going to fit the same mold and I don't take anyones advise except my own body's and wls is a tool not a cure-all and we have to be sly as foxes and wise as owls when it comes to our health. I think after I lose another 100 lbs I might try getting off some more of my meds and maybe my cpap but at this stage of the game it is going to be steady as you go withme. Well I will talk to you soon if the Lord is willing. James

I'm one of those people where the GERD is back, I guess. I stopped my Prilosec after surgery as the heartburn was completely gone. Now this week, it is back again. Well, not exactly heartburn, but rather a burning sensation in both the pouch and the stomach remnant. I don't feel sick, so I don't think it is from anything other than too much stomach acid. I added the Prilosec back in. Sue O.

I'm one of the lucky ones as my GERD did not return after surgery. I had a that feeling in my pouch for about a week after about three weeks after surgery that my GERD wanted to return but it did not and I was scared that my GERD would hang around to huant me. I'm glad your getting better and able to talk. I love to talk so taking my voice away would be a punishment Donna