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Posted 1/16/2017 3:04 AM (GMT 0)
I am new to this site tonight. my life is a living hell. I had my partial nissen fundoplication surgery in April 2016. had hiatal hernia in stomach which traveled through incision and into my esophagus which I had to have a full nissen fundoplication done in june 2016. Diarrhea started day one in June after surgery. gas, bloating, nausea, weight loss of 30 ++ pounds. after much convincing my surgeon to refer me to a gasteroglist. they are now starting testing, 7 months of this. He did Cdef test.... Negative. colonscopy.......negative.
have to drop off samples tomorrow for special Cdef test again tomorrow...... doing breathe test on Wednesday. been doing so much research on line last two days. found you guys. wow I'm not alone...... but scared. been reading about this vagus nerve and gastroparesis, pylorus, gastric emptying, etc. I wish they never found the pockets and narrowing esophagus. open to any and all HELP. Thanks
Posted 1/16/2017 1:39 PM (GMT 0)
good thing is surgery hasn't damaged anything to you , but my guess is you have tons of bacteria inside which has shown severe effect after the surgery ,have you went for candida test ? do you know your food allergies ?
Posted 1/16/2017 6:47 PM (GMT 0)
I am 3 and a half months out of Toupe Fundoplication, so a partial wrap. I am so happy to have found this site, because my regular GI and even the hospital where I had surgery have not been too helpful. Like others, I was fine for a few weeks, then the gas, bloating and diarrhea started. I've changed my diet and still experienced issues. Online I found some good articles about dumping, which in my case had something to do with drinking fluids with meals, laying down after eating (a total no-no), and easing up on sugar, as others here have said. I have learned good things from others here, so all of us can help each other. A physician assistant who volunteers where I work gave me the lowdown on how long healing from this type of major surgery takes. Otherwise it can be quite depressing thinking the symptoms continue this long!
Posted 1/16/2017 7:57 PM (GMT 0)
I was set up with a nutritionist and put on a special diet for dumping syndrome. I have no food allergies. the diet doesn't seem to change anything. I have only had one thing work and that was a pill called fragel. it makes me normal but once stopped within a week everything starts over. they say I can only take it for a limit time. never hear of candida test. but i'm going to look it up.
I had the partial wrap first surgery and full on the second. the second was worst then the first recovery wise, it took 5 1/2 hours to perform. they beat me up pretty bad inside. I had it on a Friday didn't really feel how bad until i came home on Tuesday due to good drugs. my back hurt so bad, I called my surgeon, was told muscles strain due to laying on OR table. just kept getting worst by Saturday I went to the ER, my right lung collapsed. was admitted. plus diarrhea on top of it. was one good thing while there, had all kinds of tests, lung biopsies, echo on heart, etc. i'm in good health for being 58.
has anyone just not feel like eating even though you know you have to?
I have every symptom of my pyloric valve not functioning properly. thanks everyone for listening and help.
Posted 1/17/2017 2:12 AM (GMT 0)
elliew i feel really bad for you, the nissen is the worst surgery. All i can say is time will tell, as one person said in this forum...its like pealing off layers of sickness, once one thing is resolved another appears. Im looking to take mine down...i never had a haital hernia and had a nissen done in august of 2016...worse decision i ever made
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