Coming of PPI´s 6 months after Nissen - rebound effects?

Having a endoscopy and PH-test next week due to (earlier?) problems with my throat. I am at my 6-month mark and I am now completly of PPI´s since 4 days. Not really looking forward to the check up, but it is the only way to really find out what is going on.

Question: Caught a cold of couple of days ago along with coming of PPI´s and now I wonder if this sore throat and stuffy nose that comes an go can be a result of reflux? Did anyone of you have/had cold-like symptoms due to reflux?

I do not have heartburn, just this sometimes stuffy nose and discomfort in my throat.

Hope all is well!

My GERD/LPR started about a year ago. Started with breathing problems and the feeling of an elephant sitting on my chest, pretty soon I had the constant throat clearing and mucus/phlegm and burning throat. I actually ended up in hospital when my EKG was running wild, I belive this was all from GERD, never had it since I started PPI´s. At first the doctors diagnosed me with severe astma and/or anxiety.... Well, they were wrong.

Had all the tests done, endoscopy twice, PH-test and manomentry. They showed a small hital hernia and reflux 15% in a 24 hour period.

So I had surgery in november at one of the top bariatric clinics in Scandinavia, two surgeons performed the Nissen, both of them specialists in GERD.

After surgery I´ve had all the common problems after Nissen, but the one that won´t go away is this thing with my throat. Even tough it has improved over time, I´m still worried it´s reflux.

That´s why I´m having all these tests done in next week, to find out. I know that healing can take up to a full year and at least 20 of weird symptoms that I´ve had has disappeard or lessen alot over time, so maybe this throat thing will go away in the end... Sure hope so.

So for all of you post-ops out there, here is a list for all the symptoms I´ve had after surgery:

Bloating, nausea, constipation, feeling of low blood-sugar, dysphagia, food getting stuck, heartburn that burns all the way out in my back, residue reflux right after surgery (burned in my mouth), ongoing trouble with my throat - pleghm, mucus, dry throat and so on, weird pressure in throat, not beeing able to burp, rumbling in chest, water brash in throat/mouth, burning in stomach, not beeing able to eat normal sized portions (still far from that) severe weight loss (30+ pounds) and so on...

Like I said earlier, most of it is gone by now... And some things will probably be forever, like small bites and chew, chew, chew. Don´t mind that at all as long as my throat are okay.

Did notice a big change when I was able to burp about 4 months out of surgery. It really took the pressure of things and I belive that some of my throat issues has been connected to the fact that I (still) can´t burp properly. I can burp some, but that´s like one burp every third day.

So my tip to all of you, use your GAS-X pills and pamper your stomach for months afterwards.

Gax-x can help if you're able to burp at all.  If you get the burps going before the bloating gets ahead of you, it can be a big help.  If the bloating gets the lead, the pressure on the wrap won't allow burps, and no matter how well the Gas-X works it won't help if you can't release the gas.

BEANO is great when eating any kind of bean.  I also heard that there are other enzymes that work well for other types of food.  I only use BEANO, since I don't really have a problem with other foods being gassy.

Denise