I am scheduled for February 18th. I will be first in. Wow, this process takes forever.

I haven’t participated in our group in a few weeks. I did some reading and definitely feel behind everyone in my weight loss (not surprised, just how things always work for me). I want to kick up my exercise routine! I joined the ymca this week. I’m planning on starting out w pool class on Wednesday’s and saturdays. Weights on Fridays and Sundays (and some cardio each day as well).

I was just wondering what everyone else is doing and did it rev up your weight loss?

Had a great 6 week post op Dr. & Dietician visit today. I can move on to the next food stage early. I was told that I needed to up my calories to 600 - 800. I think that'll be hard, but I'll try. Crazy to feel like that for me!! I'm down 57 lbs, very excited about that!! So thankful that I am able to take this journey!!

I haven’t really done much at all. I just started walking this week and my rowing machine is supposed to get here today.

Sheri- I went in at 2 weeks, 6 weeks and I’m scheduled in June, which will be 4 months.

I still can’t believe that another person in this group, has surgery the same day I did, same hospital, with the other dr in a 2 dr practice. We were probably one room away walking the halls and then... we are on this same forum? How random is that?

Edited April 10, 20197 yr by Everythinganna

8 minutes ago, Everythinganna said:

I still can’t believe that another person in this group, has surgery the same day I did, same hospital, with the other dr in a 2 dr practice. We were probably one room away walking the halls and then... we are on this same forum? How random is that?

That is pretty random since I think we have at least three countries represented in this group!

I'm curious how many of you who had gastric bypass are taking an acid reducer. I have been having a lot of chest pain (heartburn?) lately. This can occur after a few sips of my protein shake, as soon as I start eating, or even an hour before I start to eat. I am very conscious of chewing everything and eating very slowly, so I can only assume its GERD. I was told I did not have to take my Protonix any longer at this point because I would no longer have GERD after gastric bypass surgery. Are others of you having this crushing chest pain on and off (not just when eating or right afterward) and if so, are you taking an acid reducer or not? I had the bypass as opposed to the sleeve because of my GERD (surgeon saying GERD would only get worse if I had the sleeve). SO confusing, I am starting to take my Fromadine (generic acid reducer) again as the pain is obnoxious!

On 04/10/2019 at 17:20, ldawn said:

I haven’t participated in our group in a few weeks. I did some reading and definitely feel behind everyone in my weight loss (not surprised, just how things always work for me). I want to kick up my exercise routine! I joined the ymca this week. I’m planning on starting out w pool class on Wednesday’s and saturdays. Weights on Fridays and Sundays (and some cardio each day as well).



I was just wondering what everyone else is doing and did it rev up your weight loss?

Congrats on joining us again in the discussion.
I find it really helps keep me focused and plugged in even when I’m having busy/bad days and all I have time is to read and post a single quick post.

I started walking on my treadmill day 3 post surgery.
I was making me crazy to feel like a sick invalid and since walking was encouraged, I did it.
Started out walking just 1 mile per day and was up to 5 miles by the time I went back to work 2 weeks later.
I started Pilates at week 4 (didn’t want to stress my core out too much too fast) I still walk 1-2 times per week and I go to Pilates classes 3-4 times weekly.

On 04/10/2019 at 18:23, taylormomto6 said:

Sheri- I went in at 2 weeks, 6 weeks and I’m scheduled in June, which will be 4 months.

Hmmm. Guess my Dr wanted to skip the 6 week visit and go straight from 2 weeks to 4 months ?‍♀️

On 04/10/2019 at 19:27, Gottajustdoit said:

I'm curious how many of you who had gastric bypass are taking an acid reducer. I have been having a lot of chest pain (heartburn?) lately. This can occur after a few sips of my Protein Shake, as soon as I start eating, or even an hour before I start to eat. I am very conscious of chewing everything and eating very slowly, so I can only assume its GERD. I was told I did not have to take my Protonix any longer at this point because I would no longer have GERD after gastric bypass surgery. Are others of you having this crushing chest pain on and off (not just when eating or right afterward) and if so, are you taking an acid reducer or not? I had the bypass as opposed to the sleeve because of my GERD (surgeon saying GERD would only get worse if I had the sleeve). SO confusing, I am starting to take my Fromadine (generic acid reducer) again as the pain is obnoxious!

I had the sleeve, but I had horrible GERD and I had to have an endoscopy done before they would let me have the sleeve instead of bypass.
I’m on a daily pantoprazole and dr said I should be able to be off of it 6 months post surgery so it’s just too soon for me to know what my situation is.
I do know that I take that pantoprazole religiously out of fear of acid reflux or stomach upset.

I can say I’ve had zero acid indigestion, but that’s not surprising right now.
Guess I’ll know in 4 more months.
I can say for sure that the GERD isn’t worse though, so there’s that

5 minutes ago, Sheribear68 said:

I had the sleeve, but I had horrible GERD and I had to have an endoscopy done before they would let me have the sleeve instead of bypass.
I’m on a daily pantoprazole and dr said I should be able to be off of it 6 months post surgery so it’s just too soon for me to know what my situation is.
I do know that I take that pantoprazole religiously out of fear of acid reflux or stomach upset.

I can say I’ve had zero acid indigestion, but that’s not surprising right now.
Guess I’ll know in 4 more months.
I can say for sure that the GERD isn’t worse though, so there’s that

I had something similar. I also had to have an endoscopy and a barium swallow test before they would let me do the sleeve vs bypass. I previously had a lap band though and developed horrible acid reflux when my band slipped and was ultimately removed.

I'm on omeprazole daily since surgery as a precaution. I have not experienced any acid reflux yet but I don't know if that will be different whenever my surgeon takes me off omeprazole.

That is interesting how different practices see people at different check-in points post-surgery. I saw mine at 10 days, 6 weeks, and I'll go again in May for my three-month check-in.

I had the bypass and they had me on a protein pump inhibitor until just this week. Haven’t felt any heartburn or reflux unless I eat too close to bed. I’m exactly 2 months from surgery and I’m able to eat pretty consistently 900-1000 calories a day

I had RNY on 2/5. I only had to take PPIs for 4 weeks. No issues since stopping it 4 weeks ago. Prior to surgery I took my pantoprazole daily and still had break through indigestion.

I hope it gets better for you.

19 minutes ago, ldawn said:

I had RNY on 2/5. I only had to take PPIs for 4 weeks. No issues since stopping it 4 weeks ago. Prior to surgery I took my pantoprazole daily and still had break through indigestion.

I hope it gets better for you.

Thanks for all the responses on this so far. I was on pantoprazole for about 10 years prior to the bypass and was also told I could stop taking it after 4 weeks or so. I was told to take it after surgery to ensure that I would not get an ulcer. I am going to have to call my doctor on this one. I want to get rid of GERD for life!