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12-15-2008, 05:52 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: close to Toronto
Posts: 497
Weight Statistics November 21, 2008 Start Date:
November 21st, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
265 lb Start Weight:
149 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
116 lb Weight Loss:
-1 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.7735849057 % % Lost:
no hurry Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.7674471993 BMI Start:
24.0466023875 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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k for about a week now....heartburn..not the worst heartburn ive ever had(i had it once realy bad before, but other than that its never been an issue)...but very constant. I dont have it first thing in the morning and it doesnt wake me up at night. It creeps up slowly ..all day long(could it be the lack of money at xmas). My surgeon called and i told him..he said over the counter stuff is fine...man the counter isnt near big enough. There is not enough Maloxx in the world to stop it. Infact...the maloxx is peppermint flavoured and i swear it makes it worse for a minute. Remember this is Canada..and we have free health care...therefore you wait months to see a doctor(unless your losing blood or other bodily fluids quickly)..as they have all moved to the states to work for real money(only the c average and the ones that feel to bad for us to leave are left). I wont likely get to see anyone for a month. Dont say milk..im so sick of milk, never did like it. IM about to go eat a snow bank to try and extinguish the flames..and its dark out..and i may not see the yellow stuff.
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12-15-2008, 06:59 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 2,004
Weight Statistics July 07 Start Date:
1/24/08 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
309 lb Start Weight:
135 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
174 lb Weight Loss:
-5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
56.3106796117 % % Lost:
02/01/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.4146745562 BMI Start:
22.4627218935 BMI Current:
23.2946745562 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I was and still am on Prevacid Solutabs. They work wonders. Have your doctor order you some. Then go to Prevacid website and sign up and you get $25 off each month. Good luck on your pain.
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12-15-2008, 07:08 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY
Posts: 10,174
Weight Statistics 4/19/2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
260 lb Start Weight:
152 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-13 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.5384615385 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index38.3910943079 BMI Start:
22.4440243646 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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the only thing that ever helped me was nexium. it use to be very expensive. now a 30 day supply is about 30.00 (without coverage) i dont know if its cheaper with insurance but it is worth a shot.
also, were you put on anything directly after surgery? i was on a course of zantac for the first 3 months post-op if i remember correctly.
there is nothing worse than an acid/reflux issue. i hope you find a way to alleviate it soon.
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12-15-2008, 07:22 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: DEPTFORD NJ
Posts: 1,773
Weight Statistics Pre-Operation. Start Date:
oct 21st 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
278 lb Start Weight:
149 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
129 lb Weight Loss:
-1 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.4028776978 % % Lost:
2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index47.7133789062 BMI Start:
25.5729980469 BMI Current:
25.7446289062 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodAitkens
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i take the generiac brand of previcid and i think it cost 10.00
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12-15-2008, 08:52 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: close to Toronto
Posts: 497
Weight Statistics November 21, 2008 Start Date:
November 21st, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
265 lb Start Weight:
149 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
116 lb Weight Loss:
-1 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.7735849057 % % Lost:
no hurry Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.7674471993 BMI Start:
24.0466023875 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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thanks guys!!!!
I will call my doctor and see...when i can get in to see him. Perhaps if i hassle my sexy surgeon again (im not kidding hes hot) ..he will see me again..weee. He never said a word about taking anything for heartburn...he sent me home with pain killers. So im taking it that... this is a side effect ? Oh well... ill take the side effects of weight loss over weight gain any day.
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12-15-2008, 09:19 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY
Posts: 10,174
Weight Statistics 4/19/2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
260 lb Start Weight:
152 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-13 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.5384615385 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index38.3910943079 BMI Start:
22.4440243646 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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if the pain killers are liquid HECK YEAH its gonna burn...constantly. i know they each have their own way but goodness. until you are off them they will screw with your pouchy!
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12-15-2008, 11:46 PM
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Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
Posts: 8,641
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.5714285714 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Down here where we have expensive and instantly available health care (for the moment, the new kid admires the Canadian model), Prilosec is available without a prescription. It works really well!
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12-16-2008, 01:05 AM
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Pain killers can irritate the stomach/pouch surface. If you are still taking them, then get off them and see what happens. Maalox may work better without the interference of pain meds. Zantac, nexium, prilosec etc, H2 blockers or PPIs do a good job, too.
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12-16-2008, 06:40 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: close to Toronto
Posts: 497
Weight Statistics November 21, 2008 Start Date:
November 21st, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
265 lb Start Weight:
149 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
116 lb Weight Loss:
-1 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.7735849057 % % Lost:
no hurry Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.7674471993 BMI Start:
24.0466023875 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Thank you all!! again. No im not on the painkillers , infact of a bottle of 30 i may have taken 7...i hated them. Percoset is a horrible nasty sickening buzz. Nope this heartburn is au natural, i havent taken a painkiller since about 5 days out. I do think Prilosec is a prescription here...as is aleve. Apparently the govnmnt thinks we are not capable of reading labels or something.
Im calling the surgeon today as i KNOW i will be able to get ahold of him far quicker than my family doctor. Ill et you all know how i make out...
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12-16-2008, 06:58 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Davenport, IA
Posts: 1,848
Weight Statistics 12/28/06 Start Date:
May 14, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
253 lb Start Weight:
191 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
62 lb Weight Loss:
41 lb Lb Left to Lose:
24.5059288538 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index42.0968047337 BMI Start:
31.780591716 BMI Current:
24.9585798817 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Pepcid AC is what I took. If I remember when I was in the hospital they had me on Pepcid.
I even give it to my dog when he has an upset tummy. The vet said it was okay for dogs.
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