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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ianerc" data-source="post: 183932" data-attributes="member: 33017">I had endobarrier put in about 5 weeks as part of the London clinical trials (457th person in the world to have it!).  It's put in as part of an endoscopy, so no surgery and nothing comparable to the months of problems you can have from surgery. However, it's still not an easy option and I'm starting to have problems with it.My experience was this:1. In and out the same day for procedure under general anasthetic.2. First 24 hours - Hell. No voice, raw throat, bags and bags of abdominal pain and no sleep.3. 2nd 24 hours, still damned painful, but feeling better.4. By four days feeling almost totally normal.  No appetite at all and forcing down the liquid meals you have to live on for the first week was difficult.5. 2nd week. weight starting to really move - lost 10lbs in 6 days!  Purée food a pain in the ar*e. No pain, very slight discomfort.6 3rd and most of 4th weeks, more of the same. Total of 1st 2 lb lost, Feeling great. All the fatigue from diabetes nearly gone. Feel lighter and energetic. great. Weight loss really noticeable - dropped a clothes size.7. Week 4 - start to hit problems. Massive acid reflux.  They put you on a protein pump inhibitor as a matter of course - it's a know side effect. However, there is a an awful lot of abdominal bloating & discomfort. The worst part is that I know am awakened every night in terrible pain - acid burning through my back. Have to get up for at least an hour and walk around and take antacids. Not had a full nights sleep in 10 days. And a total stop of weight loss! Indeed I put on a pound, and this is on the sub-2000 calorie a day diet they recommend.8. Next Monday - as this is NOT normal I'm having an examination and blood tests to see what's happening with the acid reflux.If we can sort the acid reflux and pain then I'll be very happy to take up where I was 10 days ago with this; it was sweet as a nut.</blockquote>

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