Hi,
Can anyone tell me if the heartburn gets better after time, is it just my new stomach settling down ?
Thanks in advance for any help or advice.
All I know is my surgeon put me on a preventative med for 1 month after surgery, and after 1 month I didn't need it anymore. Talk to your doctor, he/she can help. You may need a prescription.
It's a crapshoot. I never had heartburn before surgery. Got it afterwards, and it has never rectified itself. I take prescription Protonix. If I'm even an hour or so late taking it, my day is going to suck. I hope you're one of the lucky ones who only has it for a short while.
No pre-op diet
Day of surgery 11/4/14: 5'4" 213lbs
1 month: 187
2 months: 171
3 months: 155
4 months: 148
5 months: 142
6 months: 136
7 months: 131
8 months: 125
9 months: 120
10 months: 114
11 months: 111
1 year: 109
1.5 years: 105
2 years: 108
2.5 years: 102
3 years: 113
4 years: 115
5 years: 115
6 years: 117
It got better for me shortly after surgery. Then I started feeling hungry all the time and found out that heartburn can also feel like hunger so be aware of that if it happens to you. After a few months all of it stopped. If it persists or gets worse definitely let your surgeon know because it could be a hiatal hernia too. Apparently those are common with sleeves?? I didn’t know that until recently when my heartburn came back and my surgeon did an EGD and found one.
Hope this helps! Take care.
Hi sally,
My heartburn definitely got better. I had it most days for the first month. Hardly get it now, if i do don't need to take anything for it.
I find it keeps at bay as long as i don't bend down straight after a meal or full drink, like a cup of tea. Fine if i crouch down just not bending forward.
At the first sign I use one Tums. I don't chew it, just kind of let it melt. Works for me. But my stomach was touch prior to surgery
I used to take tums for dessert, a couple tums, and my heartburn would go away. Now I take less and less tums. I still take them when I have a different food or so; but a lot less, I used to take 2 at a time, and now I might take 6 a week. A lot less then daily that's for sure, and I'm over 2 years out. I saw the change in the last 7 months or so.
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