Hi! I'm new here. I had the gastric sleeve procedure done 4 days ago. I didn't think the recovery would be as rough as it is. My current concern is the heart burn that won't stop tonight. I probably either drank too much at once, or took too many pills too quickly. Has anyone else experienced severe heartburn so soon after surgery? Should I be concerned?

Thanks

I had pretty bad heart burn. My doctor had me start taking Prilosec for the time being, which helped a ton. He said that my body was still making the same amount of acid as it did before I was sleeved and that it would take some time for my body to adjust to the new smaller stomach.

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Mine was really, really bad ..... Even on a PPI acid reducer. I had few frothing and foaming episodes that woke me up in the middle of the night, and had daily discomfort.

I didn't have GERD or suffer from acid reflux before.

After the sleeve, it was out of control. I stopped drinking V8 juice, elevated my pillow, would take 2 tablets of my PPI at times.

When I switched to Nexium, it finally went away!

I am now weaned off Nexium, and remained acid free at 8 months post op.

The sleeve can initiate acid reflux in some people.

I hope you are on a PPI, acid reducer.

If not, call your surgeon.

Good luck!

Gerd and related acid reflux issues seem to be common with sleeve at least for awhile. My surgeon automatically puts patients on a PPI or proton pump inhibitor like he put me on protonix. He also said it can help prevent stricture too. I'm only on it for 30 days.

Thank you for your replies.

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I also suffered from gerd for the first time after surgery. Drinking water, even warm water made it worse. It passed after two weeks thankfully.