I'm 4 weeks post up and I've been having mixed feelings, mostly regret as I've been admitted twice last week for dehydration. I'm finding it impossible to get anything down, not even water as I'm nauseous 99% of the time. Did any of you go through this during the 3rd-4th week? Does it get better?

Have you talked to your surgeon? Ive not had any issues after the first few days like that. Pain yes, but not the inability to keep things down. From what I've read you shouldn't be struggling like this. Please call your Dr if you haven't and be checked out. They need to know what's going on so they can help you figure it out. Keep us posted. Good luck.

Nausea and dehydration are normal in the first couple of weeks. Four weeks out is a bit late to be experiencing such problems. So definitely talk to your surgeon and see what can be done to get the nausea under control. If you aren't getting in any calories and fluids this late in the game, it can really star having significant effects on your health.

I'm 3 weeks out and had to get fluids a week ago. Not admitted though. I am having no trouble keeping things down though. Not at all even from the beginning. My surgeon told me that they want to hear from me if I'm vomiting AT ALL.

I agree with the others, talk with your doc.

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^{I had my VSG in January 2015, I threw up everything that I put in my mouth for the first 5 months. After readmission and multiple tests, we discovered my cardiac sphincter was basically paralyzed. My surgeon put me on Prilosec 2X a day and after a couple months I decreased to once a day and it changed my life...I pretty much instantly stopped the vomiting and nausea and have been a new person since...push your surgeon to run tests if you're not feeling any better. I wish I would have pushed mine a lot sooner! Best of luck!}

^{Hey there,}

^{I had my VSG in January 2015, I threw up everything that I put in my mouth for the first 5 months. After readmission and multiple tests, we discovered my cardiac sphincter was basically paralyzed. My surgeon put me on Prilosec 2X a day and after a couple months I decreased to once a day and it changed my life...I pretty much instantly stopped the vomiting and nausea and have been a new person since...push your surgeon to run tests if you're not feeling any better. I wish I would have pushed mine a lot sooner! Best of luck!}

Surprised you weren't on Prilosec or another PPI from the get go. Could have saved you a lot of misery if your surgeon prescribed a PPI from the beginning like mine does with all his patients! It's always fascinating to me to see how different every surgeon's plan is. But ultimately, you got your issues sorted out in the end and it sounds like you've come out the other side. Best of luck!

^{Hey there,}

^{I had my VSG in January 2015, I threw up everything that I put in my mouth for the first 5 months. After readmission and multiple tests, we discovered my cardiac sphincter was basically paralyzed. My surgeon put me on Prilosec 2X a day and after a couple months I decreased to once a day and it changed my life...I pretty much instantly stopped the vomiting and nausea and have been a new person since...push your surgeon to run tests if you're not feeling any better. I wish I would have pushed mine a lot sooner! Best of luck!}

Surprised you weren't on Prilosec or another PPI from the get go. Could have saved you a lot of misery if your surgeon prescribed a PPI from the beginning like mine does with all his patients! It's always fascinating to me to see how different every surgeon's plan is. But ultimately, you got your issues sorted out in the end and it sounds like you've come out the other side. Best of luck!

I was on a Pepcid, but it wasn't working at all... we didn't think anything of it until I had to do a barium swallow test and as I did the test the reflux occurred and they found the problem.

^{Hey there,}

^{I had my VSG in January 2015, I threw up everything that I put in my mouth for the first 5 months. After readmission and multiple tests, we discovered my cardiac sphincter was basically paralyzed. My surgeon put me on Prilosec 2X a day and after a couple months I decreased to once a day and it changed my life...I pretty much instantly stopped the vomiting and nausea and have been a new person since...push your surgeon to run tests if you're not feeling any better. I wish I would have pushed mine a lot sooner! Best of luck!}

Surprised you weren't on Prilosec or another PPI from the get go. Could have saved you a lot of misery if your surgeon prescribed a PPI from the beginning like mine does with all his patients! It's always fascinating to me to see how different every surgeon's plan is. But ultimately, you got your issues sorted out in the end and it sounds like you've come out the other side. Best of luck!

I was on a Pepcid, but it wasn't working at all... we didn't think anything of it until I had to do a barium swallow test and as I did the test the reflux occurred and they found the problem.

Interesting! Again, glad you got it figured out and the solution was so easy!