Problems sleeping with a Lap-Band: Choking in your sleep!

Honey up your dose to 40mg Omeprazole daily.  It will help!

Things will get worse for the first 2 months of your VSG (well it sucked after my DS) but eventually the excess acid went away (guess my banana finally got the point that they didn't need **** tonne of acid).  I took my Omeprazole at lunch time to get better snoozy cover.  Give it a go. xx

Here is my problem with Omeprazole, it doesn't sit well with some of my meds that I take at night.  I take a med called Reyataz that limits you to 20mg of Omeprazole a day and it also requires you to take it 12 hours away from Reyataz.  I also can't take any kind of antacid ( like tums or maalox) within 2 hours of taking the Reyataz.

So in that case I am kind of ******

I am going to speak with my Dr on Wednesday about my surgery and I am going to ask for a larger sized bougie (or at least a good stretch with some slack around a smaller one).

This is what worked for me.    do not lie down for at least 3 hours after eating.   Placed a brick on each end at the top of the bed where we sleep, and purchased a wedge pillow.  big help!    I feel for you as the chocking just freaked me out!

Good luck with your band removel, and hope if you have a new surgery it all works great!!

sorry, have to ask.
bricks in your bed to deal w/reflux?

do they stay in place?
have you cracked your head on one?

extreme measure for me - but hey if it works.

It slopes the bed.  You usually put them under the legs of the bed, although, if you have a solid bed platform, you can put them directly under the box spring/mattress.

It can be pretty helpful.  Although I find the wedge pillow a better alternative choice.

Also, if you must lie on your side, it should be left side down.  Gastroenterologist told me that one and it does seem to be true.

The left side thing... I've been told that, as well. When I was having tremendous left shoulder pain, the doctor recommended that I lie on my left side so gravity would pull my stomach down slightly, since the stomach is on the left side. It never actually worked for that pain, but it did help a little with reflux.

 I agree the acid reflux is worse when you lay on your right side. The left does soothe it a bit. 

I don't think my boyfirend would allow the bricks..   But I may check into the wedge pillow. 

So far I have been going downstairs to sleep on this oversized chaise lounge that we have so that I can sleep sitting straight up.  I wedge all the pillows around me to keep me upright even after I sleep.  The problem is that even straight up, for the past 3 nights at least, it's still heading up my throat.

Yep, I think that is definately what I am going to have to do since I have hit a ceiling with the Omeprazole.