Hello To All Getting Ready For Esophyx Soon

MIke

The diet is very restrictive for the first 4 to 6 weeks post op.  By 12 weeks you should be on soild food.  For the first two weeks you can only have broth, strained soups (no tomato base), pudding,milk, jello, yogurt, cottage cheese.  If you go online, the "surgeons for TIF coalition" has a copy of the diet posted.  Or google TIF diet and you should be able to find a copy.

divergcm said...
I am brand new hear and really want some information.  I have been on Aciphex for 7 years with great results.  No scid reflux as long as I take it everyday.  The doctor want me to have this ESOPHYX procedure.  I was wondering If I should stay on the Aciphex another year and see better data on the procedure ?

Any advice would be appreciated..  Also what is the extensive diet needed after the procedure ?  I am a pilot that goes all over the world and could have a hard time sticking to the diet.

Thank you,

Divergcm  (mike 40 years old)

A quick update

I'm doing fine with very little discomfort.  Sore throat is all but gone.  Mucas thing cleared up quickly.  No ill effects from the surgery, shoulder and neck pain gone.  I've been fairly tired and have been resting quite a bit.  The diet is bearable but not what I want to consider forever.  Broth gets old fast.  I do mostly the strained soups with cream of chicken being the favorite along with cottage cheese, vanilla yogurt, and pudding.  The jello is ok too.  I tried some pureed vegetables today with mixed results.  I find them a little hard to get used too.  I get some very minor reflux which I believe is from taking my crushed pills that I need to take daily.  I'm going to try taking them one at a time during the day instead of all at once and see if it helps.  I'm also taking a liquid multi vitamin daily and using gasx as needed.  I am able to burp with no discomfort but use the gasx to avoid major belching.  Have lost about 8 lbs so far.

I was due back to work tomorrow Monday 10/26 but am waiting till Wednesday due to the fact that I have VERY loose stools, probably from the liquid diet.  I don't get much warning and so that would make it hard for me at work.  I wish I knew a way to add some bulk in to counteract the loose stools but considering the diet, I don't see a way to do that.

couchtater said...
Take it easy. I'm getting excited about it the more I hear. I don't like the mucus thoughts though. I've got one month to go to find out if I can have the surgery. If the answer's no I guess I hold out for the linx.

Joy

couchtater and all

Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been busy and kind of tired at night lately so that's the reason for the delay.

Let me fill you all in on how it's going.

I had my followup with my DR on 11/05/09 (17 days post op).  I'm having some issues, namely some pressure after eating , minor pain around the top of the stomach area, and some very minor reflux type throat irritation which I talked to her about.  It seems I'm still eating too fast and too big of bites.  My DR says I need to take small bites, chew them to liquid, and wait two minutes between bites.  That is SO hard for me and I'm trying to get a handle on it.  Also asked about the slight pain and discomfort around the top of my stomach area and she informed me not forget that my stomach was pulled down and stapled, so there is going to be some pain.  I forgot to ask, but I'm guessing I have some post-op swelling going on down there too.  I'm now officially off the Nexium and the DR warned me that I might get discomfort due to rebound effect of being off the PPI's.  That could also account for the discomfort as well I suppose.  One of the downsides of the TIF is that it's so new there's not alot of feedback on the forums yet so it's hard to tell what to expect.  I'm still sleeping on my wedge at night.  After 10+ years of using a wedge, I find it hard to not use it.

Friday 11/06/09 I woke up with quite a bit of pain and pressure in my chest and stomach.  It was not nice but not severe like it used to be pre op.  I ate slowly and very small portions during the day and it mostly cleared up by that afternoon.  Have been OK since with just very minor discomfort.

Diet wise, I'm OK to mix in some more well chewed solids like fruit, pasta, and soft fish, mashed potatoes and the like, but am still taking it easy and doing about 60 % soft foods and liquid still.  I don't want to screw anything up. 

My weight was 224 lbs at the hospital on surgery day and I'm at 205.9 lbs now.  Down about 18 lbs which is good.  I'd like to drop about 30 to 40 lbs before the end of the year so I'm on a good start.

The main question is ... would I do it again over the LAP Nissen?  Right now the answer is yes.  Time will tell how it works out. 

I'll get another post up as soon as I can.

couchtater said...
Lowdown,
Are you still posting?
I want to know how you're doing......

Joy

Hi to all

Just checking in again.

Doing good without my nexium and am learning to slow down when eating.  Mixing in some solids and citrus.  Right now the only thing going on is that I've had constant diarrhea for the last 3 days.  It doesn't seem to matter what I eat I'm still very loose.  Makes it hard as I have to stay close to the bathroom.  Work is tough.  I'm going to put a call in to my doctor tomorrow and ask what might be causing it.

Take care