heartburn after fundoplication

I had my large hiatal hernia repaired as well as the Nissen fundoplication in pittsburgh,pa on nov.1,2016. i had to be admitted again nov.22,2016 due to the wrap being too tight and 4 incidences of food being stuck. This time the LES (lower esophagael sphincter was dilated ( and a small piece of chicken was stuck). Then I had to be readmitted on jan.10,2017 to have another dilation, due to 3 more incidences of food sticking. I was dilated to allow opening to 3 centimeters. So far i don't think that any more chicken has been stuck. If you eat any stringy or tough chewy foods , make sure that you have these foods like chicken with a gravy and or broth. I also have rheumatoid arthritis as well as stenosis between the L4-L5 in my back as well as stenosis in the C3-C7 in my neck that is helped with the use of a NSAID called Mobic. However since Nov.1, 2016 i have tried to take this Mobic pill 3 times (12/22/16, 1/9/17; 2/6/17 and after awhile i get heartburn. The surgeon says that if this pill (not enteric coated) hits and part of the esophagus on the way down the
esophagus will be irritated and i feel "heartburn pain". The Les and the wrap are intact. Also i have experienced gag type reflex and nausea since 11/1/16. Does anyone have any in put to help me out here? I think i was better prior to surgery when i was on 60 mg of prevacid as well as 4000 mg of sucrafate tablets. When i was on the prevacid/ sucrafate as mentioned 1 month before surgery i had no heartburn. ??????????????.......kozlo

After my surgery, I wasn't attempting things like chicken until much later in my recovery, you want to be careful about being dilated, as it can compromise the wrap. Choose your foods wisely, if something irritates your stomach back off and try it again later (did your doctor give you a diet to follow)? There are still some foods that give me problems, almost 3 years later. You might want to ask your doctor if your Mobic pill could be crushed and mixed with something like applesauce, or if it could be sent to a compounding pharmacy to be made into a liquid. Please don't expect too much this early into your recovery, I didn't notice much difference until approximately 6-months as Alcie mentioned. I didn't feel like my "new" me until 1 year post-surgery. One thing that your surgeon should prescribe for you is an anti-nausea medication. I take Zofran, it works great, and it's something that I will probably need for the rest of my life. I also had my surgery done via robotics in Pittsburgh, who was your doctor?

Sharon

Hello All!
I recenlty had my lap nissen (full wrap) exactly 16 days ago. And After going to my 1 week follow up with my doctor he told me that I could start drinking coffee and alcohol today if I wanted to. Although weary because the dietician in the hosiptal told me to avoid them for 6 weeks, I figured well my doctor should know best, right? So I drank 1/2 cup of wine super bowl night, And 1 cup of starbucks coffee earlier that morning. Both times I experienced some reflux symptoms. Nothing severe, but had some heart burn. Does this mean my surgery was unsuccessful? Or is this expected during the recovery period and thats why dieticians tell you to avoid anything that will cause you to have reflux for the first 6 weeks.If anyone has any personal experiences with something like this I would love to hear about it!