Seriously considering getting sleeved

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I had GERD pre-sleeve and took Ranitidine 40 mg. twice a day. That was sufficient for me.

Post-op for the first 4.5 months I took a stronger antacid -- a PPI called Protonix. That seemed necessary as my much smaller tummy was healing.

Now, and for many months, I've been back on the Ranitidine 40 mg twice a day regimen. And I'm fine -- if I don't eat a lot of the foods that aggravate GERD in massive quantities at the same time, e.g., wine, chocolate, sugar, caffeine, etc. And no serious sleeve patient would do that anyway.

I also find that drinking a glass of milk after dinner seems to help me a lot.

The most effective lifestyle change to improve GERD is to not eat for two hours prior to lying down to sleep at night.

Finally, I was aiming only for an 85-pound loss with WLS, so I didn't think that warranted RNY. The sleeve has been a great tool for me so far. I'll hit my surgiversary in two weeks. I reached my weight goal 3.5 months ago.