I’ve just had my sleeve revised to the SIPS procedure on 4/22/21. I Been a week and I can’t seem to eat anything without gas pains, even water is so uncomfortable. The pantoprazole my doctor prescribed me is no help. Does this ever pass? Any suggestions?

It's been 15 months since I had mine done, but if my memory is correct it was around 2 weeks or so for the gas pain to pass (more like 10 days or so). Fluid was very difficult for me to get in and I struggled so much with the two protein drinks I had to drink in the beginning of my journey. Sorry that you're struggling! I hope it passes for you soon!

Also, with the pantoprazole do you feel that it's helping with acid or making it worse? I can't take proton-pump inhibitors because they create MORE acid for me for some reason so I take famotidine (a.k.a pepcid) instead and it works great for me (I have EoE which I was diagnosed with BEFORE my surgery so yes I still take famotidine).

Edited April 29, 20215 yr by NovaLuna
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Honestly, with the pantoprazole, I haven’t been on it long enough to tell. It just might be contributing to the gas (which is so bad, even when drinking water). Maybe I should give the Pepcid a try and see if there’s a difference.

Are you able now, 15mths out, to eat solids with ease? I’m hoping within the next 6wks things get better, but I’m still in my liquid phase and everything is just giving me trouble. I can’t even finish 1/2 a protein drink and I know I can’t go many more days/weeks like this. That’s why Im trying this forum. Not too many people I can find that have had this procedure, so thank you so much for the help!

Yeah. I mean I eat tiny portion sizes, but I can eat solids no problem. I'm eating 1/2 cup of homemade macaroni and cheese made with chickpea pasta noodles right now as I'm typing lol. One odd thing that happened though is that I developed a wheat allergy. I heard it's pretty rare, but any WLS surgery that has the malabsorbative part with it CAN make that happen or even cause Celiac Disease, so just be aware. It's only something like 3% of people though, so you'll probably be fine. I just kind of wish that they would have warned about that... I mean, I still would have done the surgery, but at least I would have been aware that it was a possibility.

If you have any questions feel free to ask.