Acid Reflux Long Term

[cmartin15 3]

I was wondering if any of you have had your re-flux issues resolved??? Or just controlled? I am thinking of having this surgery and this seem to be the only thing i cant find any information on. I can find the information that says this is a complication but not how its treated other than meds. Do the meds work? I have never had issues with re-flux but it scares me to think that i could after surgery.

[leylaseven 1]

I take nexium every morning and have no trouble except when i am really hungry,

[VJSlim 156]

Even at 4 months post op, I get acid reflux every now and then. If I have not eaten anything for a long time or if I eat something too spicy. My family is from South India and our food is generally very spicy, and I'm having a hard time letting go of that damned chilli powder

[clk 3,519]

Mine resolved around 4-6 months out but prior to that I took a PPI (generic Prilosec) every day. Now I'm nearly 2 years out and only occasionally do I need an antacid.

~Cheri

[tyvette04 40]

I use to think I had reflex really bad. I would take medicine like candy. And to my surprise they had to do a hernia repair on me while doing my sleeve. That is what was giving me the so called reflex

[bikerchick519 202]

I had acid reflux before surgery and have not had it even once since surgery. I haven't had to take any medicine either. Somehow the surgery fixed the problem for me.

[diochick 40]

I had horrible reflux prior to surgery. I'd been taking protonix daily for about 7 years. I would need to supplement it with tums and/or pepcid almost daily. Now, I'm almost 2 months post op, and take 1 prilosec daily. I did not have a hernia repair. I still occasionally have episodes, mainly if I go too long without eating, or eat too much dairy (that was always a trigger food in the past for me too). I don't get it anywhere near as bad as I used too. Prior to surgery my dr tried to sway me from doing the sleeve because of my reflux. He said typically it can exacerbate the issue. I really think he was trying to sway me to do rny. Even if I had to take prilosec daily for the rest of my life, I'd have no problem with doing that, because the surgery was worth it.