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Posted 10/26/2016 8:28 PM (GMT 0)
I had Nissen Fundoplication 10th December 2015. When i was working out i could hear something pop and then days after i could feel like acid coming more up through the wrap. My surgeon said it was no big deal and i could still work out and it might go away within months. So i resumed my workout with low intensity and i could feel my wrap like never before.

One day i was eating and then i got pain around the wrap area. The day after i got a strong heartburn and now the acid even came more up the following days.

Today, i had my endoscopy done, and one of the doctors said it seemed fine, but he will talk with the surgeon.

I actually talked with a man, who said that despite of an endoscopy, 24 hour acid test and a barium test that showed nothing. His wrap had still slipped, they found out when they opened him up for a redo. Has anyone had similar experiences?

Post Edited (Benjawood) : 10/26/2016 2:37:00 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 10/28/2016 2:22 AM (GMT 0)
They can't always tell everything, even with all the tests.

My wrap is sitting at the diaphragm, on some tests showing just above and others they just can't tell.

I have pain, but it's tight enough that I am not having reflux. Mine is a partial, maybe 270.

Endoscopy isn't very accurate. If you are sleeping nothing happens. I'd ask for a barium swallow. It shows what happens when you are actually swallowing. Some places are better than others for that though. If you are at a big university center they may rush you through fast and not care. I prefer to go to a small but good local hospital where they have time and are interested in the results. I do go to the big university hospital for that sort of surgery.
Posted 10/28/2016 10:07 AM (GMT 0)
I have pain and the acid has partly returned, it does not go all the way up, but i still have to sleep with a head elevated and if i eat acidity foods i get acid before around the wrap, which i didn't´have at all after the surgery.
Posted 10/28/2016 9:18 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Benjawood, sorry to hear that. lifting weights obviously puts pressure on the wrap, these wraps are fragile and perhaps going back to normal heavy weight lifting is not a good thing. I used to love working out but after this nissen im so scared. don't want to go through another one again. Im even scared to do push ups. This surgery is life changing
Posted 10/28/2016 9:26 PM (GMT 0)
Also Benjawood forgot to mention, I had mine done 2 months ago, ate something I shouldn't have and also had prolonged belching and nausea. I guarantee the weight lifting loosened up your wrap a little then after eating the food exacerbated the issue even more. You mentioned " So i resumed my workout with low intensity and i could feel my wrap like never before". When you felt your wrap was it a pinching pain in the bottom part of the sternum where the wrap was placed. If so how long did that last, I also have a severe pinching pain below the sternum and the upper part of my abdomen
Posted 10/29/2016 10:33 AM (GMT 0)
I could feel the wrap when i did the exercises. Then i got home and ate dinner, i had pain that slowly became less, then i ate like 3 hours before bed and then the pain intensively increased. It more or less went away the day after.

From my own experience: I would wait 1 year with lifting weights and then perhaps skip some exercises and dont do it heavy, like i did. If you do those things, i think you should be fine.
Posted 10/31/2016 6:29 PM (GMT 0)
Benjawood, that sounds like an intercostal strain, which often happen with things like dips. Intercostal strains make a popping sound and are basically a tear in the muscle and cartilage that hold the ribs together. The reflux you feel could be due to the pain in that area (the esophagus interprets pain as reflux). They usually take from 2-8 weeks to heal, but could be longer.

Remember, don't lift on a full stomach.
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