Hey y'all! I have had a hard time the last few nights with waking up to what feels like a MASSIVE stomach acid attack in my throat lol. I have had GERD/heartburn most of my life, and I take my medicine daily like I should. I just think it's weird it didn't start until the last 2 or 3 nights and it always only happens once but it's so severe it wakes me up. Anyone experience this?

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talk to your surgeon - you may need to adjust the dosage on your GERD meds. Also for the first couple weeks post op - I didn't lay completely flat when I slept. I propped myself up with pillows and actually have a mattress frame that elevates. In addition to helping keep the acid from backing up in your throat - it made it so much easier to get in and out of bed. But check on your med dosage - not uncommon for people to need to increase the PPI dosage

I was told by my surgeon that someone with GERD should never have the sleeve, because research has shown it makes it worse. I'd question your surgeon and the clinic/hospital that preformed the surgery.

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Edited December 21, 20169 yr by Melser

One of the reasons I didn't have the sleeve was because I already have a raging case of GERD. Bypass will hopefully alleviate that as well.

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Mine has always been mild, nothing crazy and most of it was due to how I ate which was so horrible and obviously led to all my weight gain. I didn't really have to take medicine before surgery except for the rare occasion my food sat horrible with me. This is a new kind of burn though. My surgeon knew all about this and knew all other factors about my health and agreed the sleeve would be a good choice. So I don't feel in confident about my choice of surgery, just wasn't sure how common it was to have acid attacks in the middle of the night. I didn't think about the lying flat so I will try sleeping elevated tonight, thank you!

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Unconfident*

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