Heartburn???

**hope909** · 08-23-2012 08:19 PM

Hey guys I'm two months out my surgery was June 11th anyways the WEIRDEST THING HAPPEND to me today now I don't take my Prilosec everyday like my surgeon said to but my dad is a doctore and he told me its ok just take as needed...well idl why but my neighbor brought me over grape leaves and they are my favorite!! Idj if anyone knows what grape leaves are but it's leaves stuffed with rice and meat cooked in a lemony chicken broth....I could only eat 4 pieces and I was full yesterday so today I ate 4 pieces and I went to the mall w my sister and I just got this weird WARM FEELING in
My asaphugus and stomach like it was so ODD then it was going away and coming babk I took a prilosec And did not do anything...does anyone know what is happening to me?!

**barrbdoll** · 08-23-2012 08:23 PM

Sounds like Heartburn or Acid Refulx.... Try chewing on some Tumms... they should provide some relief!

Good Luck!

**dachsie** · 08-23-2012 10:20 PM

Prilosec is not fast acting. The reason we are advised to take it is to reduce the acid in our sleeves. You should consider taking it like your doc recommended.

**ebonylove** · 08-23-2012 10:31 PM

I haven't had my surgery but get this feeling all the time. I now drink ginger ale but was talking to others on what do after surgery. I have also tried a spoonful of mustard when I didn't have the ginger ale on hand. I was told to try chewing a sliver of fresh ginger and spitting it out. I'm not sure my sleeve nor myself would like the ginger or mustard after surgery guess ill get some prilosec.

**lisamarie0814** · 08-23-2012 11:19 PM

Try taking Zantac when you get heartburn because it kicks in 30 minutes after taking it and Prilosec isn't meant for immediate relief - I stopped taking daily Prilosec and now only take a Zantac on the days I get heartburn and I will pop a few Tums (the new smoothie ones are super good and aren't chalky tasting!)

**shparks** · 08-24-2012 01:41 AM

I keep getting heartburn, and feeling like I am going to throw up. I am afraid to take tums because the last time I took them I puked right afterwards.

**KMelendez** · 08-24-2012 04:49 AM

I get the really warm feeling after eating as well. It passes pretty quickly, but it happens to me quite frequently. I take Prilosec every night before I go to bed, and my doctor's office told me I could take it twice a day if needed, but that's not very often -- I'm already taking enough pills as it is with all the vitamins, calcium, and biotin.

**ChrisJ** · 08-24-2012 04:21 PM

Just curious...could that be acid refux or just a bit of "back-up" from a full little tummy? I love stuffed grape leaves too but I hear that leafy stuff is hard to digest at first. I was thinking that I wouldn't be able to eat them.

**shparks** · 08-24-2012 04:29 PM

I know that in my case it has nothing to do with food. I get it on an empty stomach most of the time.

**SECRETSLEEVE** · 08-25-2012 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by ChrisJ

Just curious...could that be acid refux or just a bit of "back-up" from a full little tummy? I love stuffed grape leaves too but I hear that leafy stuff is hard to digest at first. I was thinking that I wouldn't be able to eat them.

I am 7 weeks post op and just started back on dolmas and they go down fine~!

**shparks** · 08-25-2012 11:17 AM

I think that I mostly get the heartburn when I am lying down.

**zmdh39** · 08-27-2012 05:09 PM

Yes, if you have acid reflux, which is normally why they prescribe those types of medicines, you do need to take it daily to insure that you have a constant suppression on the acid in your stomach. If you only take it every now and again you are looking for the medication to suppress the symptoms when there is already an overbuild up of acid in your stomach. Not to mention that your stomach is significantly smaller now, so while you might not have over produced the acid when you stomach was a normal size, the decrease in volume of your stomach does not decrease the amount of acid you are producing. Another problem is that the medication works to suppress the acid vats on the bottoms of your stomach, but in my case of acid reflux, I have additional acid being spued from the side of my stomach as well, so the medicine, in theory, is doing what it is supposed to, it is just not reaching those other areas of acid to keep the reflux under control. That is where paying attention to the things in your diet becomes really important, somethings you just have to give up if you don't want to deal with the aftermath. I hope this helps!

**Trustin Sleever** · 08-27-2012 05:58 PM

I guess heartburn too. I have gotten it a couple times, always when sampling a former favorite (not particularly healthy) food, especially a fatty food containing meat.

**hope909** · 08-29-2012 02:04 PM

well just for everyone to read..I am two months out and at one month I can eat whatever I please...I haven't thrown up ONE TIME SINCE SURGERY the only thing that happend to me was a had a really bad gag reflex like 2 days out of surgery where i felt like i was going to throw up and was gagging and nothing came out...I cant eat a lot but I can eat a normal meal in a long time which kind of scares me bc I can have ice cream, sugary coffee, sushi maxamium 4 pieces (and i used to like eat 20-30 pieces) fish, and spicey indian food even like everything like pretty much everything I used to have but I make myself not have it!! I kind of wish things did hurt me so I wouldnt eat them lol