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Same. Chucked it up to heart burn. Guess I will just have to live with it. @@swtnss what was his suggestion for that?

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I take 40 mg of Nexium and 20 mg of Prilosec each morning and then 20 mg Prilosec before bed. I also keep Rolaid chews, Tums and Gas-X with me all the time. I get acid in my throat/nose every night I sleep in a recliner at 45 degrees. I've asked about this at my support group and I was told it could last up to 6 months post op, but will eventually stop.

I'm finally getting regular, but I've used the vegetable stool softeners/laxative since surgery out of necessity. Hopefully I'm past that stage.

You're not alone. These are just a couple of the complications that you hear about before surgery but can't truly appreciate until you have them. Good luck.

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@@Chuckie

He said double the dose of the PPI.

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I was started on colace in the hospital. I was discharged on Saturday and had my first BM on Monday. Not a great one, but I went. I was kept on colace for the first 30 days post-op and have been regular since (at least once a day). They were just never as how should I say it? Robust as they used to be. I just figured this was the new way things would be. Well I switched to Isopure unflavored Protein powder this week. I eat a mostly "clean" diet. I am 4 mths out and I've noticed this week that things are back to normal. Nice, healthy BMs.

Hang in there folks. There's hope that as you return to a regular diet, things will returned to normal.

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