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Since i had my sleeve done on June 2nd i have not had one bit of heartburn or acid at all. Before surgery i was having episodes everyday quite sever that felt like heart attacks with pains in the left arm and so on. i dunno maybe its just because its so soon but ive ate all kinds of spicy GERD triggering Soups and have been fine. I was told it would likely get worse but its gone for now at least

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Well, you're one of the lucky ones. Usually the sleeve makes it worse. It did in my case. I actually was on full liquids for 6 weeks after surgery because of it. I'm still taking a PPI, but at almost 10 months out, it seems to be improving. I sure hope so, especially after the new study that just came out about PPI's. I really would like to stop taking them someday....

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I have heard of people for whom GERD gets better post-sleeve, but it definitely seems to be the more rare outcome. Typically speaking, GERD is worse in VSG patients post-op for at least the first few months to a year. Some people continue to have issues with it beyond that point. I, like Babbs, had my GERD get significantly worse post-op, so I've had to be on 40mg of omeprazole daily. I'm a little over nine months post-op.

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I also had had get a and took meds everyday, I learned I had a hiatal hernia that was repaired at the time of surgery and I have not had a single issue since. U have not been nausous once either get but I am still pretty new post op so who knows what might happen

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