Lucas

I am 6 months post op and I was on pantoprazole until roughly 15 weeks out taking it twice a day from about week 10-15. Once I was completely off it the reflux was triggered with just about everything. I think its most due in part to the sleeve kind of being in shock of solid foods and is adjusting to in-taking it. I has gotten significantly better since that initial shock phase but it is still there at a more calm state depending on many factors. Such as what I have eaten, the position my upper body is in, and whether I chewed well. I find that moving after eating or simply taking a halftime during my meal helps a lot. Just sitting there after meal doesn't do my digestive process any good because lets face it, not many of use have perfect posture to promote the easiest path of travel for our food down the digestive track. Some remedies I use to reduce the reflux/hearburn are to eat my meal with a side of pickled ginger or ginger root tea 30/45 minutes after my meal. Laying down after a meal is a no go for me because I find to use gravity to my advantage for digestion. No medications and barely any antiacids required, I focus on vegetables and proteins cooked without oils that make it harder to digest. It's all a give and take to figure out what you can tolerate and make those good decisions because your sleeve will let you know if it is not comfortable with your food choice.

I too experience it now where as pre-op it was not an issue. I am just under 6 months post op. The reflux is very dependent on what is on my plate but some remedies I found helpful are, eating my meal with a side of pickled ginger, drinking hot water with ginger root in it roughly 45 mins after a meal, and eating a couple bites of a banana at the end of a meal help calm things down as well.

25 year old male SW on 7/23/18: 255lbs Today: 170lbs

You have to cut connections to known bad habits before surgery. You'll thank yourself when you are months out and are far removed from those poor food choices. If sweets are a weakness, try having fruit (berries, grapes, oranges, etc) on hand so you can join in on snack time and get a little sweetness that are not refined sugar sweets. That stuff is addictive. Post surgery it will be very hard and you realize food does not go down the same for a while until your esophagus and sleeve adjust to whole foods and you have to be vigilant 24/7 receiving signals from your sleeve. It is going to take a lot of mental strength and inner voice reasoning but keep your eyes on the long term goal and align them with short term habit forming of new habits and being mentally conscience of your food decision making

I'm four months post op at 25 years old. I had a UGI done at around the 2 month mark and it showed minor reflux, I never had an issue with it. It's a much tighter space in there now with the sleeve, if you put food in there that isn't properly prepared for a sleeve patient you'll feel it & take it as a learning experience. Posture and movement help settle feelings of reflux, you have to be vigilant of what you're eating before you take the first bite and how it will settle once ingested. I take a step back and analyze how the food was prepared and envision how my sleeve will react to it once it's chewed up. If it doesn't feel right move on. It's an unsettling feeling and the feeling will only last longer the more I eat it. I'd rather eat whole foods that don't cause discomfort. As far as remedies go, I drink aniseed tea, ginger tea, pickled ginger on the side with my meal, & a little bit of banana after a meal which helps calm down the waters due to its mushiness. I longer have the sense of wanting to lay down on a couch after eating, that will most certainly cause discomfort after a meal. Gravity is my best friend for the first 45mins after a meal. It's all give and take. Don't beat yourself up once you're able to introduce whole foods. I think of it as a control that guides you towards better decision making. Because without it is how we got obese in the first place. It's a physical restriction that we have to mentally match in our approach. I hope this helped