2 months out--ACID ugh

[jess9395 5,448]

Anyone? Been fine so far, taking Protonix (PPI) daily. All of a sudden acid hit me yesterday. Waited to see what today would hold and it was awful! Accompanied by hiccups (when not eating).

Gonna call doc tomorrow but thought I would ask here in the meantime.

[Christian Zaccone 243]

Thats been my only issue but i take prescrived med for it and im all set .. just dont eat and lay right down.. if you eat you must wait 2-3 hours before bed and that usually will solve your issue.

Chris

[jess9395 5,448]

I take a prescription for it too and it seemed to work fine for eight weeks then all of a sudden not so much. The acid starts in the am and lasts all day...will the 3 hours before lying down (at night) still help? That will be hard...but I can try.

[jess9395 5,448]

UGH called this morning and they said they'd call back. Waited till 4:15 and finally called back myself and they leave at 4 on Fridays!!!

Any advice on lasting the weekend? I tried not eating for 3 hours before bed last night and it was just the same (a little worse) today.

Anyone experience acid reflux starting new 2 mos out even while on meds?

Anything I can do/take to help?

Any concerning things I should watch for?

[BabySheldon 158]

UGH called this morning and they said they'd call back. Waited till 4:15 and finally called back myself and they leave at 4 on Fridays!!! Any advice on lasting the weekend? I tried not eating for 3 hours before bed last night and it was just the same (a little worse) today. Anyone experience acid reflux starting new 2 mos out even while on meds? Anything I can do/take to help? Any concerning things I should watch for?

Are you getting all of your fluids?

Shel

[jess9395 5,448]

Yes. 64+ oz

[lsereno 2,525]

UGH called this morning and they said they'd call back. Waited till 4:15 and finally called back myself and they leave at 4 on Fridays!!! Any advice on lasting the weekend? I tried not eating for 3 hours before bed last night and it was just the same (a little worse) today. Anyone experience acid reflux starting new 2 mos out even while on meds? Anything I can do/take to help? Any concerning things I should watch for?

Go back to an earlier stage of eating. Maybe just Protein drinks and Water? I'd go to the emergency if I couldn't keep liquids down.

Lynda

[HardWork13 83]

I had it before my sleeve, and within a month, got 100% worse! I now take dexilant 2x a day. My dr said it could take 6 months to resolve. Good luck! I sympathize. Talk to an on call dr @ your office.

[BabySheldon 158]

Yes. 64+ oz

Ok good.....

[CrissyRing77 232]

I was in Protonix for 10+ years and about a month before surgery it stopped working, weird! He put me on Prevacid Solutabs post op then switched me to regular Prevacid after one month! He also told me Icoukd double up and take two pills one in am one in on of I had any issues...I did and it worked! For what it's worth I used to take double Protonix for a while too...40mg 2x/day, perhaps put a call in to them and see if this will work, typically they say to do it to get you out of a "bad spell" I'd make sure they ok it tho! Good Luck I've struggled with GERD for so long and he wasn't the slightest worried about me having this surgery, tho his partner that did my Endoscopy figured we might change to Bypass...he seems to think I'll get relief when the weight is going away! So far so good, down 40lbs in 10 weeks! Hope you get some relief too!

[jess9395 5,448]

Thanks everyone. I never had this pre surgery except when I was pregnant, and this is my first bout post surgery.

I did kind of back up on my food (haven't really progressed very far anyway) and just did shakes, Greek yogurt, some chicken and laughing cow cheese today. Prob will do even less tomorrow.

Getting a bit worse and starting to have these pinching pains sharp behind and above my solar plexus, kind of like the esophagus is spamming =(. Not very many, maybe two an hour (they seem to come in pairs).

Gonna try to make it through the night and then maybe call the on call doc tomorrow if it doesn't get better.

[adamfishaa 139]

I have been taking tums... they seem to work great! I am 2.5 mos post op and get acid reflux abiut 3-4 times a week.