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Congrats!!!!

Some surgeons do not allow fruits and fruit juices.

I have GERD and am preop. My surgeon said it shouldn't be an issue as long as I stay on my meds. I take protonix twice daily and it is controlled with no issues. I have been told the breathing tube is removed before we wake up just like with other surgeries that they use general anesthesia for. April

Maybe it's an "Oklahoma" thing!!! Jk I'm an okie and my dr and nut are the same. April

She just told me a list of "no-no's" for the first six months and said in my final meeting with the PA well go over my pre and post op diets. At this point she said "our diets may be different than what your sister's was ( she knows my sis had the surgery, but used a different surgeon) for instance, we don't allow any potatoes or fruit during the first six months. Not even potato Soup or mashed potatoes on any stage". I honestly didn't think to ask because I figured on this next appt to finalize everything it would be explained in greater detail. In all honesty, I think it's crazy. Hopefully I misunderstood and she said "fruit juices", but I'm fairly certain she said fruits. If this is the case, I'll practically be in ketosis the entire six months if Protein and veggies (except corn, peas, carrots and potatoes) are all I'll be eating. April

I'll admit, giving up fruits for six months after surgery will be hard. I'm allergic to bananas and kiwi, but other than that, there isn't a fruit I don't love. April

They're hard to find but crystal lite has a few flavors sweetened with stevia called crystal lite pure. April

Crazy to read this, I haven't even been sleeved yet but my nut has already told me that once sleeved I won't be allowed fruit for six months Bc of the sugar content. My entire diet seems so much more strict than everyone else's (no mashed potatoes or potato soup, cream of wheat, etc after surgery). I'm definitely getting my fill of fruits now, preop. Lol

I misread. I'd be choking on ACID.

I'm not even sleeved yet but I'd do that no matter how late I ate. It is a symptom of GERD, which I suffer from. I take protonix twice daily for it.

When you're drinking a lot of water you're actually flushing your body and need to replenish the potassium and magnesium.

This is true. Upper GI is done totally differently than an endoscopy/ EGD

Definitely food for thought.

I went through my bariatric center and they did everything for me. They requested the letter from my PCP and set up every single appointment. All I had to do was show up to them.

my doctor and surgeon both told me it was "probably" due to a hernia, but my surgeon hasn't done my EGD. Like you, I'm hoping a hernia repair will take care of it. Since taking protonix twice a day I haven't had any issues. I've been on it for an entire year so far. It would be great to be off of it. Or even go down to once daily. If I skip a day, the following night I'll be choking on acid. It's awful.

thats only if it's acid reflux.

your tummy doesn't work like it did preop. I'd try it

I never got the munchies. It did help the pain from my spinal injury, though. I'd smoke, then I'd go to bed. Maybe had I smoked more often I wouldn't have gained so much.....

What would you do if it were your child? If you've exhausted every other method known? Just continue to let your child gain to such excess he/she is literally going to die from comorbidities? Become positively sedentary because he/she weighs too much to be mobile? I'd try and get my kid the surgery. I know I'm the only one, but it's what I'd do if it could save her life.... And if it didn't work long term? Redo the surgery if need be? Then what? I don't know, but at least I tried all of my options.

Lots of people on here need to change antacid meds or take them twice Per day. I have GERD and nothing worked for me except protonix, which I take twice daily and am hoping works just as well after my surgery. April

Welcome, Kelly!!!

I'm that innocent!!! It never occurred to me. Lol went over my head.

Well, if you're an alcoholic I don't think it's advocated. As it could lead you down a very slippery slope.

Going to a wine tasting is an entire other spectrum than an ALCOHOLIC swishing alcohol and spitting.

They aren't alcoholics. If you're going to reply, reply to what I said. Not to wine tasting.