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Ugh!! I know how you feel!! I would ask about getting scoped and see if you can get an upper gi. I would hate to see you back in the er!! Good luck!! Btw. I just switched to premier Protein from

Costco! Pretty good

Thanx! My doc is gonna scope me in 2 weeks. She didn't want to on Monday bcuz she said its to soon. Thanx for sharing!

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What does acid reflux and heart burn feel like. I never had this before. What I have now is sometimes after a sip of Water I get a pain in my chest between my boobs. I am 5 days post op.

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I have been checked for leaks, don't have any. She wanted to scope me on Monday, but she felt it was a lil too soon since I was then only a lil over 2 weeks. Reason for bypass was to reduce the reflux. I was told because of having the reflux issue prior, I should have gotten that anyway. But we'll see...

well hopefully its just the reflux and they can get it under control without doing a bypass..my friend is looking into vsg also but has heartburn and reflux..how bad was your prior to surgery? im wondering if bypass would be better for her but i know she wont want to do bypass..smmmhhh good luck!!!!

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Thanx! My doc is gonna scope me in 2 weeks. She didn't want to on Monday bcuz she said its to soon. Thanx for sharing!

geez i dont know if waiting two weeks is a good idea because it sounds like your not able to get anything down at all. they need to make sure nothing is wrong..hopefully its nothing but i wouldn't wait two week..maybe if your not better by monday i would call and insist that something be done..i just have had serious issues with other medical stuff because of neglect from doctors and i learned that if you know something isn't right than it probably isn't and alot of times we have to fight to get the treatment we need....ill be praying for you..hopefully this weekend you can get something down

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I am 5 weeks post op sleeve. I had extremely bad acid reflux prior to surgery( just another reason why I chose surgery) along with a hiatal hernia. I do take a RX acid reducer 2X a day and I have not had any problems. I did have to switch my Protein Shake because it was to sweet for me with only 2gs of sugar. I use soy milk. I have not had any problems outside of the normal gas/constipation/stalls etc. I am saying all this because I would hate for someone to have to get another major surgery and everything has not been check out. Try a different shake and milk (mon fat lactaid, almond milk) also have your doctor check for H Pylori. I had that also treated it and found out it came back. Not suppose to have surgery with not but my test before surgery n was negative not until did pathology report if stomach that was remove that it showed so now I am treating that once again. Check the symptoms out and see if you have them. Better than another surgery. Good luck to everyone

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What does acid reflux and heart burn feel like. I never had this before. What I have now is sometimes after a sip of Water I get a pain in my chest between my boobs. I am 5 days post op.

Acid reflux is basically when u can't keep any Fluid or anything u eat down. It'll go down but come back up like when u burp. Ull also have a nasty taste in ur mouth or the back of ur throat. Sometimes it may feel like u have a lump in ur throat and u may have a sick feeling in ur stomach.

These are the symptoms that I've had and because of it, I haven't been able to get in what I need to. Its not a good thing at all!!! I hope u don't have or get it!

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well hopefully its just the reflux and they can get it under control without doing a bypass..my friend is looking into vsg also but has heartburn and reflux..how bad was your prior to surgery? im wondering if bypass would be better for her but i know she wont want to do bypass..smmmhhh good luck!!!!

Well, my reflux wasn't really bad prior, but it's worse now. Tho when I was doing research on the vsg, it did mention that the reflux may get worse. Now, I was asked by someone that was working with my doc in her office why didn't I get the bypass since I was having this issue. He said bcuz of the reflux it would've been better. I also read on here on ladies post that she'd gotten a scope done and bcuz of her reflux they were gonna do the full bypass and not the sleeve.

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geez i dont know if waiting two weeks is a good idea because it sounds like your not able to get anything down at all. they need to make sure nothing is wrong..hopefully its nothing but i wouldn't wait two week..maybe if your not better by monday i would call and insist that something be done..i just have had serious issues with other medical stuff because of neglect from doctors and i learned that if you know something isn't right than it probably isn't and alot of times we have to fight to get the treatment we need....ill be praying for you..hopefully this weekend you can get something down

Thank u much!! Yeah, I am gonna call on Monday. Today, I've just been sipping Gatorade...that's it! Not even 8ozs all day. But I also don't want to be on this medicine forever either. I pray it'll come under submission real soon. Thanx again!

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I am 5 weeks post op sleeve. I had extremely bad acid reflux prior to surgery( just another reason why I chose surgery) along with a hiatal hernia. I do take a RX acid reducer 2X a day and I have not had any problems. I did have to switch my Protein Shake because it was to sweet for me with only 2gs of sugar. I use soy milk. I have not had any problems outside of the normal gas/constipation/stalls etc. I am saying all this because I would hate for someone to have to get another major surgery and everything has not been check out. Try a different shake and milk (mon fat lactaid' date=' almond milk) also have your doctor check for H Pylori. I had that also treated it and found out it came back. Not suppose to have surgery with not but my test before surgery n was negative not until did pathology report if stomach that was remove that it showed so now I am treating that once again. Check the symptoms out and see if you have them. Better than another surgery. Good luck to everyone[/quote']

Thanx for the info and I will ask about that. Its not just the Protein that comes back up, its anything that I drink or have tried to eat...even Water at times. I do use soy milk with the Protein Powder that I use.

Thanx again for the info! And I pray ull continue to do well in ur process.

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