PPI's....what cha' think

As soon as I started reading your post I remembered all the correct type of calcium conversations.  My biggest problem is remembering to take my calcium throughout the day.  I always take my AM one, usually remember my dinner one and hardly ever remember my afternoon ones, and I even keep them on my desk at the office.  It's the biggest problem I have with my vit's.

Anyways, thanks for the reminder.

Edie

I read the article link you posted, and this is the first time I have heard anything about it. My doctor has me on omeprazole for 1 month after wls and now nothing.  I take calcium citrate everyday and also Evista which helps my bones (but I started on that a couple years ago after beng diagnosed with  breast cancer).

Edie,

Dr Krause did my RYN 7 years ago and he put me on Protonix for 1 year.  6 years later I got  a bleeding ulcer, got 5 units of blood and almost died?  Everyone and every doctor are different.

Robin

That's why I'm staying on my Prilosec.....I don't want to go down that ulcer path.

Do you take a ppi now?  Have you had any more ulcer issues?  Who do you see for your follow up now?  I stopped seeing Krause within the 1st year of surgery.  All he ever did post op was ask me how I was doing, feeling.....charge me my 30.00 copay and say "I'll see ya in 3 months", and he only does that so he and Beaumont can stay a 'center of excellence'.  Sorry I'm not paying a copay and missing work to keep him in good standing.

Edie

Edie,

I am currently back on Protonix and will not stop it.  I see Dr Robert Goo( Gastro) in West Bloomfield for follow-up  yearly.  Like you, I stopped seeing Dr Krause 1 year post-op and its now been 7 years for me.

I had no symptoms of a ulcer until I woke up in pain and had bloody stool, I then went to  the ER and I had a 6gm hemaglobin.  They admitted me to ICU and gave me 5 units of blood.

I can't blame Dr Krause, he saved my life by doing my RYN and I am very thankful for that.

Robin

I was told after WLS I wouldn't need my PPI anymore. But two days after my surgery, I started having acid reflux again ... on liquids! I was put back on Prevacid. Now I'm on Nexium twice a day because my reflux is so bad. So I'm probably at double risk of fracture. So I take my calcium citrate daily and have ever since my surgery. I eat lots of cheese. It's part of my daily diet. Couldn't live without cheese. And I have a DEXA scan every time it's due. Last one I was fine.

I often wonder if my knee replacement hasn't worked because of the various drugs I'm on. I guess I'll never know.