Is this acid reflux/GERD?

[Wheetsin 714]

I think I may have had this lastnight, but I'm not sure. When I read descriptions it sounds like it "might" be what I experienced, but not exactly. I'll def. talk to PCP (she doesn't work Mondays) to find out for sure, but I know a lot of you suffer from this so I thought I could get some informal yeas or neas.

So lastnight after I'd been asleep for a few hours I woke up with a feeling like vomit in my throat. Not like I was nauseous/needing to vomit, but like it had just come up a little while I was sleeping. I wasn't really aware of waking up, it was more like "bolt upright" out of my sleep - like a reflex. I had the taste of it in my mouth, and it felt "caught" in my throat. I was swallowing a bunch, and had to cough/clear my throat quite a because it felt like it was just sitting there "stuck", and of course each time I did this, the taste was fresh in my mouth again.

I never felt nauseous or ill in my stomach, but I did think to myself that if I had to keep on tasting this, I was going to lose it so I ran downstairs and grabbed some mints from the cady dish & sucked on one. It definitely helped get rid of the taste, and seemed like the swallowing cleared everything from my throat. I went back to sleep shortly after, but propped a couple extra pillows behind me, just in case. This morning I feel fine, like nothing ever happened.

Does that sound like acid reflux to you? If so it's the first time it has happened... and when I met with my anesthesiologist last week I told him several times I'd never had it (he asked maybe 8 times) -- so if it sounds like it could be, I probably need to call him up!

Thanks!

[Alexandra 55]

That sure sounds like it, Wheetsin, but the question is why would this occur to you out of the blue since you're not yet banded? How very odd. I wonder if stress alone can do this?

Edited to add: One occurrence does not GERD make. Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease is, by definition, a chronic, frequently occurring condition. You may very well have had an incidence of reflux, just one, for whatever reason, and that's not anything to worry about.

[Wheetsin 714]

I think it was related to dinner. Usually I finish eating several hours before I lay down for bed. Lastnight we were running late and I ate within an hour or two of going to bed. As I laid down, I remember thinking that my stomach felt weird.

Yes - you are correct, my oversight. I should have been more specific in - does this sound like an instance of acid reflux, and not a condition.