Joe1619: Being fairly symptom-free is relatively new for me. I was still taking a lot of medication through March (6 months after surgery). My heartburn was much worse than it had been before surgery...
So, next month will be a year since surgery and my symptoms have mostly resolved: I take Prevacid 1-2 times/week total if I notice burning and am now eating everything except pasta, which still gets...
StuM: A GI Doctor I consulted a few months after my Nissen (to repair the Hiatal Hernia causing the GERD) told me that sometimes the PPIs stop working for unknown reasons. After Omeprazole stopped...
Oh, I just remembered this! There were a couple of months of recovery when Omeprazole quit working--awful heartburn and reflux. I switched to Prevacid (double the recommended dose, which my GI guy...
Sirkit: I had these symptoms too, but they've mostly resolved now, 11 months post-surgery. I'm eating almost normally and have been able to stop the PPI. Healing took much longer than I would have...
Hi Catlady: I had the surgery in October 2009 and lost 30 lbs over the next 7 months. Now that I'm able to eat normally again (I no longer get full quickly and stay full for hours), no surprise, the...