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My husband is 7 weeks post op and eating soft foods. He gets a "gurgly" feeling in his sleeve after he eats anything but liquids. He wants to know if this ever goes away or is it just part of living with the sleeve?

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Well... I am going on 17 months post op and I still get gurgly. Not sure if this will ever go away, but it seems like it might.

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I just asked my surgeon this question yesturday!!! His answer was "it's worse with the bypass patients, so be glad it's not that bad" So my assumption from that statement is yes, it's here to stay. I can tell you that it get's a little better as you go along, mine isn't nearly as loud now. Liquids do it to me worse than solids, but it sounds like a drain gurgling to me lol

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That's one symptom I haven't had at all. I hope it gets better for him, but maybe he can find a way to make a joke out of it... Something like "Oops, time to refill!" ;) Is he on an acid reducer? That might help a little bit.

Good luck to him!! :)

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I'm 6 weeks out and I get that sometimes but not alot.. It happened more earlier in my journey. I have a feeling it will fade as time goes by.. tell him I wish him great success !! We were sleeved almost at the same time.. take care

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Mine gurgled incessantly when I laid down, never before or after eating - and THAT passed in a few months. So it sounds like this symptom is all over the board - he'll just have to wait and see if it passes!

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You don't have to be sleeved to have it either. I'm not sleeved yet and I have been doing it for 13 years. I have post-surgical dumping syndrome {gallbladder related} and I sound like draining pipes all the time. I've just gotten used to it. It doesn't hurt, so oh well :0/

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Is he taking any sort of ppi like protonix or prilosec(don't know if I spelled it right)? I take protonix and it helps me with the reflux.

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