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I am 6 months post op and I was on pantoprazole until roughly 15 weeks out taking it twice a day from about week 10-15. Once I was completely off it the reflux was triggered with just about everything. I think its most due in part to the sleeve kind of being in shock of solid foods and is adjusting to in-taking it. I has gotten significantly better since that initial shock phase but it is still there at a more calm state depending on many factors. Such as what I have eaten, the position my upper body is in, and whether I chewed well. I find that moving after eating or simply taking a halftime during my meal helps a lot. Just sitting there after meal doesn't do my digestive process any good because lets face it, not many of use have perfect posture to promote the easiest path of travel for our food down the digestive track. Some remedies I use to reduce the reflux/hearburn are to eat my meal with a side of pickled ginger or ginger root tea 30/45 minutes after my meal. Laying down after a meal is a no go for me because I find to use gravity to my advantage for digestion. No medications and barely any antiacids required, I focus on vegetables and proteins cooked without oils that make it harder to digest. It's all a give and take to figure out what you can tolerate and make those good decisions because your sleeve will let you know if it is not comfortable with your food choice.

I too experience it now where as pre-op it was not an issue. I am just under 6 months post op. The reflux is very dependent on what is on my plate but some remedies I found helpful are, eating my meal with a side of pickled ginger, drinking hot water with ginger root in it roughly 45 mins after a meal, and eating a couple bites of a banana at the end of a meal help calm things down as well.

25 year old male SW on 7/23/18: 255lbs Today: 170lbs

You have to cut connections to known bad habits before surgery. You'll thank yourself when you are months out and are far removed from those poor food choices. If sweets are a weakness, try having fruit (berries, grapes, oranges, etc) on hand so you can join in on snack time and get a little sweetness that are not refined sugar sweets. That stuff is addictive. Post surgery it will be very hard and you realize food does not go down the same for a while until your esophagus and sleeve adjust to whole foods and you have to be vigilant 24/7 receiving signals from your sleeve. It is going to take a lot of mental strength and inner voice reasoning but keep your eyes on the long term goal and align them with short term habit forming of new habits and being mentally conscience of your food decision making

I'm four months post op at 25 years old. I had a UGI done at around the 2 month mark and it showed minor reflux, I never had an issue with it. It's a much tighter space in there now with the sleeve, if you put food in there that isn't properly prepared for a sleeve patient you'll feel it & take it as a learning experience. Posture and movement help settle feelings of reflux, you have to be vigilant of what you're eating before you take the first bite and how it will settle once ingested. I take a step back and analyze how the food was prepared and envision how my sleeve will react to it once it's chewed up. If it doesn't feel right move on. It's an unsettling feeling and the feeling will only last longer the more I eat it. I'd rather eat whole foods that don't cause discomfort. As far as remedies go, I drink aniseed tea, ginger tea, pickled ginger on the side with my meal, & a little bit of banana after a meal which helps calm down the waters due to its mushiness. I longer have the sense of wanting to lay down on a couch after eating, that will most certainly cause discomfort after a meal. Gravity is my best friend for the first 45mins after a meal. It's all give and take. Don't beat yourself up once you're able to introduce whole foods. I think of it as a control that guides you towards better decision making. Because without it is how we got obese in the first place. It's a physical restriction that we have to mentally match in our approach. I hope this helped

Sleeved Monday July 23rd. The gas pain in my shoulder was real. Weird experience with that but walking and standing straight relieved it until it passed. Looking forward to this learning journey of forming and maintaining new healthy habits

I was always a husky kid growing up & I would say I ballooned up in middle school. In high school my highest weight was about 295. I graduated in 2012 and have been in the high 270's since. 190 is what i see as accomplishable. My father is about 165 at 5' 8" and to be right above that that just doesn't register in my brain because I never thought that would be achieveable before learning about WLS. During my time in college and late high school I always looked for the biggest plate possible and would want to finish it but now that I'm no longer a student and on a weekly routine I am able to control my tendencies better. At my last dietitian appointment I was told to try to gain a little weight (5-10lbs) to keep my BMI around 37 to not risk my insurance denying approval and it is hard to take a step back and undo some of the pogress I have already made. once again I'm sitting at 257 with a initial weigh in of 274 in February.

Those are my general practitioner's thoughts in regasds to me not fitting the bill of patients that have this procedure done. I do see it as a great tool to maintain a healthy weight and never get back up in the high 200lbs once I get older and health consequences get larger. As for insurance, it would be covered 100% assuming they approve it and my surgeon is confident it will since my BMI was 37 I believe

I’m a 5 foot 11 inch tall 25 year old male who is scheduled for the gastric sleeve surgery on July 23rd. I had my consultation with the surgeon on February 22nd and he stated I do not need to lose any weight before surgery. My dietitian said the same thing and to continue the diet I have been on since December. I have lost 20 pounds in the last 3 months by changing my diet to much cleaner foods and walking my dog for roughly 30 minutes a day. I was 278lbs December 19th 2017 and now on April 2nd I weigh in at 258lbs. I cut out almost all carbs and artificial sweets in the morning and replaced them when egg white omelets with cut up vegetables and half a cup of oatmeal with honey and raisins. Lunch & dinner consist of vegetables, high protein beans/rice/lentils & lean meats. I try to stay away from sandwiches due to the bread and their favorite sidekick, chips. I have also cut down my dairy intake by about 90% and avoid pastas. I don’t have a sweet tooth so candy and soda consumption have never been an issue for me. I’m more of a greasy burger and cheesesteak with fry’s and ketchup kind of guy. My general practitioner believes this surgery is a bit extreme and unwarranted due to my age and state of health. I do not have diabetes, show signs of pre-diabetes, sleep apnea (never been tested), or constant high blood pressure for it to be an issue. My family background does consist of type 2 diabetes on my mother’s side as recent as my aunt. High blood pressure and cholesterol is evident on my father’s side as well but no diabetes. I have recently graduated from college and am no longer in that unhealthy atmosphere of drinking alcohol and poor eating choices. I want to cement a solid foundation from here on out to live a healthy and happy life and am looking for any advice on my situation with this surgery choice and/or any questions for me that I may have not asked myself. I appreciate your time reading this and hope to hear from anyone out there in regards to their thoughts or recommendations for me.