Question:
Why does my mouth water?

My mouth waters constantly causing me to spit, anyone esle experience this?    — Ponselle E. (posted on December 30, 2002)

December 30, 2002
Hi! - I had this problem at about 2 1/2 - 3 months post op. How long ago did you have your surgery. It started the way it is happening for you. It got worse then it got to the point where I was unable to keeping anything down. I was in the hospital for almost 2 weeks straight because I was so dehydrated. They took tests and the only thing that they found was some mucus reflux (same thing as acid reflux but with mucus). The doctors said that everyone has mucus in their stomach but since ours are new that it might take a while for the stomach to reprogram to push the mucus the other way. My surgeon recommended Dimatapp. I took it for about 2 months and it worked wonders. I am just short of 1 year post op. I would call my surgeon and ask them about this. If it gets as bad as I had it definitely call them since you do not want to get dehydrated. I hope this helps. Email me if you have any questions. Tracy
   — tracyr

December 30, 2002
Yes,I had that problem at first also. I'm now almost 3 months post op. It was from being dehydrated. Mine was also kinda foamy. I kept lots of paper towels handy to spit in. Make sure you are drinking all you water. Even now if let up on the water my mouth will start back to watering. Take care!
   — LuLu C.