Doing well right now...I think.

[LorraineC]

You're doing great I think! Trial and error on protein and what works.

Regarding water, have you tried putting lemon or lime in it? I could NOT tolerate plain water, it killed me! When I put squeeze of fresh lemon in it, totally different feel, I could DRINK! I'm 10 months out now and can finally drink water without lemon but usually still use it.

Wow, you're lucky if your sense of taste is already back to normal! Mine took a long time. It's normal now but thankfully I broke my addiction to diet sodas. I could not stand even the smallest sip of my beloved Diet Coke, taste wise, not talking about the discomfort the fizz would give. I don't miss it at all now and when we eat out it saves us money because hubby as mostly stopped ordering them too.

I have tried lemon and a bit of lime. It honestly doesn't matter what drink it is, unless my stomach is 'coated' with protein first, it hurts for some reason. I get my fluids in by making coffee and putting premier protein in it or by drinking 1/2 a protein shake, then water, then the shake again.

 

[LorraineC]

I eat a lot of fish--salmon and cod are my favorites. I bake them with butter and lemon pepper. You can flake the fish, put ranch dressing on it and eat it like tuna. Fish sets better on my stomach than just about anything else. I also bought a fruit infuser water bottle. You get a hint of fruit taste without actually eating the fruit. It helps with the water consumption and doesn't make my stomach feel bad.

Thanks for that!
I definitely will look for a fruit infuser water bottle. I miss fruit

 

[LorraineC]

Glad you're on the mend!

That's a lot of prilosec. Are you experiencing heartburn? Try a different brand, like Nexium. Not all brands work for all people. My PCP had to try all of them to find one that worked for her.

I couldn't eat dense protein at all at 2 months out. Even the smallest bite sat in my stomach like a rock until I puked it up. Even now, 18 months later, I can only eat about two ounces of dense protein before I feel like I'm going to explode. (BTW, it wasn't until I dropped my PPI to 20 mg that I believe I had enough stomach acid to digest dense proteins and my vomiting became infrequent. I'm currently trying to wean myself off it completely.)

I still rely on a premier protein shake for breakfast every day to meet my protein goals. And as southern lady does, I eat constantly, just not very much at a time.

Good luck to you.

Heartburn and like a 'blockage' is permanently in my throat, no matter how much I take. Premier is my breakfast as well, because of gym time in the morning. Thank you!

 

[LorraineC]

protein shakes. I had severe issues I ended up on Protonix twice a day along with Prevacid once a day. I had the acid reflux so bad at night vomit would ever come out my nose.

sounds like you are on track

Ouch, sounds painful. Sorry to hear that.

 

[Butterfly]

I hope every day gets a little bit better.

 

[DianaCox]

I didn't say it was the same PPI, just the same company makes it.

Actually, Liz you're right - but the fact is,
Nexium (esomeprazole) is essentially the same as Prilosec (omeprazole) - Prilosec is comprised of two mirror image molecules, with identical composition but different stereochemistry (think of how your left and right hands are related to each other). Due to the chemical synthetic mechanism, both forms of the molecule are made in the process of manufacture, but only one of the forms (the S-form (for sinister, Latin for left, based on chemical nomenclature) as opposed to the R-form (rectus = right), is functional (think of how useless a left handed glove would be to someone with only a right hand), so 40 mg of Prilosec only has 20 mg of the functional S-omeprazole.

AstraZeneca figured out a clever way to synthesize/separate the purified S-omeprazole (esomeprazole, get it?) - and proved that it was actually unexpectedly a bit more effective than the mixed (or racemic) form (probably because the R-form interferes with uptake of the active S-form at a receptor, or something like that). So they got another patent on the purified form.

A little bit of hype and a little bit of actually difference in effectiveness on a mg for mg basis - but if Prilosec stopped working for me at 80 mg, I HIGHLY doubt that Nexium would be more effective - just a more expensive form of the same active ingredient.