HI everyone,

If you had surgery on or before Jan 18th and you had acid reflux - when did it go away? All the medications on the market seem to just treat the symptoms. But what makes it go away for good? Is this strictly a symptom of poor food choices on my part? Or do I really have a serious problem? My doctor prescribed Nexium but told me if it doesn't go away he wants me to get scoped. I don't want to have to go thru that.

Any suggestions?

Thanks so much for your replies :-))

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I have had GI Problems for many many years. For the last 6 years I have been on Omeprazol 10mg 2 in the morning and 2 in the evening- I was sleeved 11/2011 and I came off my meds in March of 2012. I also became a vegetarian and eat no fried food. I don't eat much bread and have no carbonation. I do however still have issues with my esophagus which are due to my auto immune issues and will never go away completely- i just had an endoscopy on MOnday to dilate it. The scope will tell you a few things a) if you have any scarring from the acid if you have any blockages causing things to get stuck and most of all enable him to prescribe something to help your symptoms. For me- I had amost instantaneous releif from reflux about a month after surgery and I had lost about 18-lbs at that time but they wanted to keep me on meds a little longer.

I now use a Tums if/when needed because sometimes a lettuce or onion(y) dish will get it aggravated.

I think that reflux is totally reversable in most cases if/when you change your diet but often times the damage is already done and therefore you may need to stay on meds for that purpose...