Esophageal Erosion

[carolina07 45]

Has anyone had esophageal erosion with the sleeve? And if so, how are you treating it and can it be avoided?

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[FloraBama Girl 116]

My acid reflux got so much worse with the sleeve. If I miss a dose of Nexium I end up in the ER. As soon as I have enough money I am getting revision surgery to a bypass. This is suppose to

improve or eliminate the acid. Have you been seen by a GI doctor? Mine said the sleeve was

causing my problem and keep taking the medicine. The only think about that is I just heard long

term use of those type medicines can cause kidney disease. You need to get seen, erosion is

serious.

[carolina07 45]

My acid reflux got so much worse with the sleeve. If I miss a dose of Nexium I end up in the ER. As soon as I have enough money I am getting revision surgery to a bypass. This is suppose to

improve or eliminate the acid. Have you been seen by a GI doctor? Mine said the sleeve was

causing my problem and keep taking the medicine. The only think about that is I just heard long

term use of those type medicines can cause kidney disease. You need to get seen, erosion is

serious.

I've never had acid reflux before until I had the sleeve done. I'm 3 weeks out and I've been having really bad heartburn/acid reflux. I want to avoid any serious complications and I DEFINITELY want to avoid having another revision and now for the bypass. The sleeve is as far as I go.

I'm hoping it doesn't get to that point:-)

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[66mstgfsbk 2]

Protonix

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[OzRoo 1,492]

I had some acid reflux before my op, but nothing too bad.

2 weeks post op, or so, I had a nasty reflux attack, early in the morning. I woke up choking on and coughing up massive amounts of yellow, burning acid bile ..... Scary !

I have been taking Pariet (PPI) since my surgery.

If I have food that is too acidic, I get reflux.

If I eat the wrong food (bit of chocolate), I get the reflux with the "Foamies" ..... I don't eat the wrong food after that scary episode.

I recently changed to the last phase of Soft to more solid food phase.

Had really bad reflux for 2 days.

Took double doses of Pariet, and Somac, plus liquid Mylanta.

Brewed black tea was helpful too.

I am seeing my surgeon this Wednesday, and will ask him for Nexium.

I too am concerned with osteoporosis, and other side effects of long term PPI use, but I am more afraid of Oesophageal Erosion or even cancer.

All I know is that if my food is too acidic, I forget to eat and leave it for too long between meals, if I eat too fast, and if my food is too dense ..... I get reflux, sometimes really bad one.