i have GERD and take a PPI twice a day for the past several years.

my surgeon is very thorough and he really believes that once i have significant weigh loss my GERD will clear up. i carry all my weight up front and i often get asked 'when are you due"?

i will be staying on the PPI for almost a year post op or until i lose around 70 lbs however long that takes.

please share with me if you had GERD that cleared up. i have read stories about how it worsened. i would love some supportive documentation that shows i have a chance of this going away...

I rarely have any reflux since being sleeved.

I had surgery in Mexico this past December. I had GERD pre-surgery but never had heartburn to tip me off that I had it. What I DID have for many years was a chronic cough that woke me up in the middle of the night but no heartburn. The GERD was discovered in a second procedure in Mexico (the day after my sleeve) because I had a build up of scar tissue from years of acid, scar tissue that if left untreated could have become cancerous. I'm almost 5 months out and If I don't take my prilosec, I have heartburn. The chronic cough is gone though I have an appt. with a GI doc here in Seattle at the end of the month.

I had really bad GERD for years before my surgery. I still had to take a PPI for about two months post-op while my stomach was healing, but now I only have heartburn when I go too many hours without food or Water. Its actually surprising when I get heartburn now, so yeah its pretty much completely gone.

I had very bad GERD before surgery. I had a hernia repair during surgery and have had no problems since surgery.(6 months out)

I had it...pretty much gone unless low on fluids.

Shelby

GERD got better, but the sleeve now requires daily PPI or I am in severe discomfort. Don't think I will ever be rid of them.