spicy foods after the DS???

I read someone mentioning here recently that they haven't been able to eat Italian food anymore since the DS. I know everyone's experience and tolerances are difference but I wondered if it is common that you are unable to eat spicy food anymore. I know some do get GERD and then it's understandable but how common is GERD after the DS? I would miss Italian and Mexican foods for sure if  I wasnt able to eat spicy foods. I just want to know what your experiences are here as the more we know the better. . .

I am able to eat spicy foods to the same degree I was pre-op.  Italian food though, I eat very little pasta, if any.  It fills me up too fast and too many carbs, unless its dreamfields. 

I didn't get heartburn pre-op but do now.  I havent been able to pin point the food, but its not spicy ones.

Good luck in your journey...

Teri

As a pre-op I had gerd AWEFUL, also I did not tolerate or like spicy foods at all. As a post op the gerd has completely disappeared and I now love, and eat quite often spicy food. Emrils bam creole seasoning is a staple of my almost daily cooking. No need to fear, your eating habits return to normal as a post-op.

Spicy is no problem for me; I love hot peppers and all sorts of hot and spicy foods and none of them cause even the slightest probem. Pasta however can make me gassy if I eat a lot of it; same with white bread and pizza dough / crust.

Kerry

 I am coming up on 6 months out, and spicy food is not a problem.  I have always loved spicy food!  Thank goodness, it still likes me!

thank you all for your responses. It's good to know that spicy foods can stil be enjoyed and that not everyone gets GERD after the DS.

I don't have any indigestion issues as a postop. Never really had a problem. A few times really early postop I had some mild indigestion which was no worse than what I got as a preop. I took some tums (a total of 2 times) and I was fine.

I don't eat a lot of italian food due to the carbs and room it takes up in my belly but I eat tomato based sauces with chicken or ricotta and dreamfields. I also eat tons of mexican and low carb tortillas without issues. I never was a huge fan of super spicy foods and I do feel it coming out the other end the next morning if you know what I mean but it was the same as before the DS.

I didnt try eating anything particularly spicy until I was at least a month out, maybe longer.

I'd say I eat spicier foods now than I did before I had surgery.

I enjoy spicy foods the same as I did pre-op.  I had heartburn/indigestion more often in the first 4-6 months post op that was easily controlled with a tums (it wasn't always from spicy food though - sometimes it was from a lack of food). 

I haven't had to pop a tums now in about 2 months so I think it was just an early out thing.

I liked both Italian and Mexican foods before the DS.  I can't handle Italian now, but I could eat spicy Mexican food every day!  I actually CRAVE mexican food now.  Any marinara type sauce, though, will give me reflux every time, even with a PPI every day.