How did you feel at two weeks post op?

How were you feeling two weeks post op?

For me, it has been up and down. Initially I felt everything was going perfect and smooth it was almost too good to be true. The surgery pains healed fast but the LPR pains (sore throat, mouth, etc.) was not going away as fast as I'd hoped. I do feel better than pre op but I was hoping at 12 days post op I would be in tip top shape. I am able to eat more foods and my activity level is up. It's just this LPR throat/mouth thing I wish would disappear. Sometimes it gets me and I start doubting the successfulness of the surgery itself even only 12 days out. I know I need patience with this but sometimes it can get hard.....

Joy, you probably mentioned this before but what kind of LPR symptoms did you have again? Was it after two months that you started feeling better?

I was coughing almost non-stop for three years. I would gag and choke on reflux. It kept my lungs inflammed all of the time.

It was around two months before I fully stopped coughing and began to feel better.

Be patience...it does take time to heal.

No, don’t do that. It is not going to happen any time soon.

I had the usual suspects like:
- Constant throat clearing
- Throat irritation
- Excessive phlegm
- Globus feeling
- Hoarseness
- Post nasal drip

I actually felt like I was choking sometimes. The throat clearing was a little better after 12, but it is still there. The phlegm has gone down a little bit but I am still hoarse so overall I am not a lot better than before the op. Having said that I do think it is a little better like one point on a “ten-scale”, but it is still annoying and I am still on PPI’s twice a day

Ok thanks guys. It's hard cause I guess we all want instant or quick healing. You're right the best I can do is not even check my throat on a day to day basis. I have to try and forget about it an go on with life. I'm trying to be a little more active with doing more fast paced walking and even walking some stairs to get some exercise in. I tried some eggs today (day 13 post op) and had a little difficulty. I can eat pasta fine though...that's kind of weird. I don't mind sticking with liquids longer. I'm just hoping to see some improvements in my symptoms. Overall I do feel like my symptoms went down a bit. I guess patience is the key...what more can we do at this point right?

Maximus

Your post asked how it felt 2 weeks post op. well I am 62 years old and I went back to work at day 18.. at day 14 I was still feeling pretty much like a truck ran over me... I was on a full liquid diet and I didn't start soft foods until the beginning of week 3. by the time I went back to work, I felt OK but not great.. I wish I had waited another week but, I made it. The diet was definitely the biggest challenge. I altered the foods I eat completely.. more fruit and veggies than ever before. I find it is very good for me.

You will find that every day you will feel a bit better than the previous day. Just relax into your recovery and listen to what your body tells you. If it says you can't have a certain food.. wait for a couple weeks and try it again. Don't push it... I am now at almost 11 months post op and I feel good.. I have a few other health issues right now but the GERD issues are all but gone.. the only thing I have a problem with is some types of bread are still hard for me to eat and steak and most beef that is not ground just doesn't sit on my stomach well.. but everything else is great...
Please continue to come to the forum and ask all the questions you like.. do not hesitate to also complain if you want.. we have all done it at one time or another.. we know what you are feeling... we will support you through it all..

Reach for the Sunshine.. Rainbows will follow...
Sandi

I remember seeing my surgeon at either 1 or 2 weeks out and he could tell I was discouraged. He said it was normal at that point to doubt the success. He told me to do my best to refrain from having negative thoughtst and to decide if I was happy at week 8. He was confident that he would be able to say, "I told you so.". Well... He couldn't have been more right. The Nissen is not an instant gratification surgery, we have a very long recovery road ahead of us afterwards. Recovery is annoyingly slow, and the emotional part of your brain will try to make you doubt things, but all you can do is hang in there. Then, it will all of a sudden be three months, and you'll laugh about doubting the recovery early on, because you feel so great. That was my experience.

Even though the logical part of my brain knew it was impossible, I was frustrated I wasn't seeing immediate results. At 2 weeks I also was having rough bloating that I was worried would be an ongoing problem. It cleared up a week later. I hated the diet and it made me really grumpy. I was still having trouble telling if my chest pain was gone, or if it was just post surgery pains. Soon after i realized it was really gone. Even though every single person here said recovery was slow, I thought I'd recover faster. Ha! Wrong!

Since your symptoms are LPR related, it's going to be slow going. I know you know that, but it is really hard to get the logical part of your brain to explain it to the emotional part. Emotions don't want to listen to medical facts! The best you can do is just focus on improving, returning to a normal diet, returning to a normal life routine. I wish there was a faster option, but I haven't seen one yet!