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Posted 2/24/2010 8:40 PM (GMT 0)
hi every one have been discharged from asthma clinic as asthma now 100% better . he told me that since i had my nissen and the acid as now stopped going into my lungs causing severe asthma symptoms he feels really confident that they can give me a lower steriod inhaler and i will be fantastic . dont know why they could not have made the connection years earlier but eh oh .

been 8 weeks now since had nissen . had bad day today because i had 2 slices toast and keeped crusts on . my goodness never having bread again i swear. could not eat lunch because it was still stuck all stomach got swollen and tender and full wind . had some indian brandy and it feels ok now
Posted 2/24/2010 9:11 PM (GMT 0)
You've got to watch that bread. I take very little bites.

Joy
Posted 2/24/2010 11:46 PM (GMT 0)
So glad about the asthma Michelle. Wonderful! I've been a sufferer of asthma (not GERD related) since I was an infant. I know it always feels good to breathe.

You guys are a little ahead of me, but I'm ready for bread. I've just recently had french fries and yesterday a biscuit. I eat really slow. Will other bread be much different? Still a little afraid to try bread slices, because of what you've said.
Thanks!

Stacey
Posted 2/25/2010 12:10 AM (GMT 0)
I eat any type of bread I want, just small bites.

Joy
Posted 2/25/2010 4:02 PM (GMT 0)
Michelle

Good news re your asthma ! Isn't it wonderful you have been discharged from the clinic :-) ?



Sorry to hear the bread crust did not sit well with you but perhaps trying it as suggested by others will be better and you will tolerate bread in your diet again.



Happy Thursday to you,



Kitt
Posted 2/25/2010 5:03 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Michelle,
It's great to hear that your asthma is so much improved! That has been my experience post surgery as well. My doctor told me that my asthma was life-threatening, and because of that, I finally bit the bullet and decided to give the surgery a try. My steroid usage was out of control before surgery, because I needed it just to breathe. Unfortunately, that steroid usage may have compromised my surgery, as my internal tissue was exceedingly fragile, and I'm concerned they may not have held through my continued coughing. (I had a lung infection both pre and post surgery, and it took a couple of months for the positive surgical results to kick in. I coughed a great deal during the healing process post surgery.)

I've had many months of healthy lungs as a result of the surgery, and I hope this will continue over time. I have had some disconcerting symptoms, so I've made an appointment with my GI doc to see what's going on. Hopefully it's a false alarm. If I were to need a redo, I'd have it without a second thought. This surgery provided me with healthy lungs for the first time in years. I should have acted much sooner, and I wouldn't have suffered from those steroid side effects.

I'm not sure how many weeks post op you are, but don't worry about the bread. It will come. Have you toasted it before eating it? I found toast to be very easy to chew to liquid. Anything crusty or crunchy is a better option. I remember going to a restaurant that served bread sticks, and just peeling the crust off to eat, since the soft inside was impossible to chew to liquid form.

This too will pass! Have patience, and give some alternatives a try. There are lots of carbs you can manage (crackers, etc.).
Take care,
Denise
Posted 2/25/2010 9:38 PM (GMT 0)
I can't wait for my lungs to get better. This pnuemonia is really wreaking my voice.

I talk so horse now that my voice recognition program doesn't understand me. It types all kinds of weird things. (for example: "acting week from Wednesday get better" is me repeating the first sentence in this post through the headset.)

Oh, well. I'm glad to hear you're doing well, Mookie.


Joy
Posted 2/27/2010 9:34 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all...glad you're doing better Joy.

I had to take an ace inhibitor in addition to my regular calcium blocker for high blood pressure and it caused reflux so bad that I woke up with it.

Am trying another pill now.

LIFE IS HARD AND THEN YOU DIE...author is Woody Allen
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