question about regurgitation...

[JA4602 0]

so i have the normal heartburn,etc...but at nightalmost everynight and during the night,,, i have a regurgitation of liquid into my mouth casuing me to choke and be ripped out of sleep...any ideas of how i could avoid this, should i stop eating.drinking earlier?

[Wheetsin 714]

Sounds like classic acid reflux. Some easy treatments include antiacids, sleeping propped up, not eating or drinking a few hours before bed, etc. But if you're banded, and this is new, do mention it to your surgeon, even just as a better safe than sorry kind of thing. Onset of acid reflux post-op is one of the signs of a slipped band (no, that doesn't mean you have a slipped band, it just means that many people who have slips also had sudden onset acid reflux as a symptom).

[Linds 0]

I have hears many solutions to this over the years.....have a small defill can help but may cause you to put on weight, stop drinking at 6pm and go to bed with a dry mouth with loads of pillows risking a stiff neck in the morning. I have tried them all and in the end what works for me is I have a prescribed ant-acid from my Doctor (1 a day type thing) and I also clear my pouch before going to sleep which is just coughing up (not vomiting) any liquid that may be there and I sleep like a baby. No choking or gurgling any more and no panic waking up to rush to the loo thinking I am dying!!!

I do not wretch so apparently am doing no harm to my band...I just cough it up. It is something a lot of us bandsters will suffer with so we just have to learn the best way for us to deal with it...I hope you find yours.

[DonHoll1 0]

I am so.....glad this has not happened to me. It sounds scary. I think you should let your doc know like Wheetsin said. Hope they can stop the problem for you.

[JA4602 0]

well, i think that this has come as a result of a possibly too tight fill,although now i can eat soft foods without pbing...so i think im gonna leave it i sure dont wanna go backwards and gain weight i am at the 70 lbmark and have been banded since march,..so i am anxious to get my last 30-40 lbs off ya know....i think i will stop drinking b4bed, even though i am sooooo thirsty!