Acid reflux

[mgt3boys 24]

I am almost 4 yrs post op and last year after visiting my dentist and having a mouth full of cavities(prior 6 month check up I had none) my doctor started investigating and a few months later my gall bladder started acting up and I was having acid reflux, which caused all the cavities. Turns out my gall bladder was bad and the hernia he had repaired during my original sleeve surgery had ruptured in the same spot again. After a painful recovery, I continued to have reflux, while not as bad as it use to be before surgery, it’s still there. Following my sleeve, my acid reflux was gone, but since this gallbladder/hernia surgery I have it again. I saw my gastroenterologist after the gallbladder surgery and he put me on pantoprazole 40mg everyday. I saw the nurse practitioner at my sleeve dr and told her about still having reflux and she said she doesn’t like the fact I’m on acid reducers because it’s not good to be on for an extended time. Next month the dr will do an X-ray of my hernia repair and my stomach because I’m also finding I can put more food into it, which has caused a 10lb increase in my weight this last year. Has anyone else had these issues?

[esskay77 785]

Oh, I had replied to your other post without reading this one which has more information in it.

Do you get reflux all the time or just sometimes? I do know that before my surgery I had reflux and discovered what the triggers were: garlic, tomatoes, red wine, caffeinated beverages, carbonated beverages, citrus fruit (pineapple was the worst for me!), chocolate, peppermint, cigarettes. I personally think there are others but those are some of the ones listed. Imagine going to an Italian restaurant -- Pasta with a tomato/garlic based sauce, diet coke, chocolate and coffee for dessert, and a mint on the way out and then a cigarette in the car. Whew! I had to carry plastic bags with me for when I got sick. Glad that is over now for me!!

[mgt3boys 24]

Oh, I had replied to your other post without reading this one which has more information in it.
Do you get reflux all the time or just sometimes? I do know that before my surgery I had reflux and discovered what the triggers were: garlic, tomatoes, red wine, caffeinated beverages, carbonated beverages, citrus fruit (pineapple was the worst for me!), chocolate, peppermint, cigarettes. I personally think there are others but those are some of the ones listed. Imagine going to an Italian restaurant -- Pasta with a tomato/garlic based sauce, diet coke, chocolate and coffee for dessert, and a mint on the way out and then a cigarette in the car. Whew! I had to carry plastic bags with me for when I got sick. Glad that is over now for me!!

It’s not all the time if I take the meds, just certain foods, but if I try to take myself off the meds completely it is in full force. Maybe I should start keeping a good journal.

[esskay77 785]

A journal is a great idea!! Find the pattern. But also, log your food intake anyway. I just started back with a journal since I have sort of lost my way, too. The one thing that i know is that when you keep a food journal, it's like magic and you actually lose weight. But it's hard to do something so simple!!

[mgt3boys 24]

A journal is a great idea!! Find the pattern. But also, log your food intake anyway. I just started back with a journal since I have sort of lost my way, too. The one thing that i know is that when you keep a food journal, it's like magic and you actually lose weight. But it's hard to do something so simple!!

Thanks for the advice!