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Posted 7/8/2015 4:28 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Sweetie UK,
I know you told me, but I forget -- how large was your hiatal hernia?
Posted 7/9/2015 7:43 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Linda Sue,
My hiatal hernia was 3cm - classed as small, but goodness me it caused some mischief in it's time! Apparently if you have a hiatal hernia it makes you breathe differently. I can remember feeling a little dizzy sometimes when I was singing something difficult that uses a lot of breath - I haven't been dizzy since the operation.
Posted 7/9/2015 10:21 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Sweetie UK,
Same size as mine! I've had issues with my voice for a long time before surgery so I'm hoping that will be a thing of the past.
Posted 8/17/2015 8:59 PM (GMT 0)
Sweetie UK has become my email buddy and we've supported each other since she had her surgery on March 12th, and mine on June 30th.

She's busy and has gotten her life back and is doing just great! I just emailed her my progress and she's doing wonderful. She is time-crunched and can't visit our forum as much so I thought I would just let the rest of you know that she's now over 5 months post-op and has gotten her life back and so happy she had the surgery. She's able to eat anything now!

Sweetie, I hope you don't mind me hijacking your thread! LOL!

I'm 7 weeks post-op and have some residual chest pain that I'm told is NORMAL and will dissipate over the next few weeks and I'm going back to work tomorrow and looking forward to it (7 weeks off and glad I took the time).

Best to you all!
Posted 8/19/2015 4:19 AM (GMT 0)
Thats great to hear Linda Sue thanks for the update.

I haven't had a fundo but I had a cholestectomy 3 months ago and I still get the odd residual chest pain. The gas they use in laproscopic surgery irritates the nerves in your diagphram which causes referred pain in your chest and shoulders. Walking around helps immensely with that, but its usually within the first week or so post op. The other thing is the scar tissue can cause pain as it forms too and at 7 weeks you will still definitely be forming scar tissue
Posted 8/19/2015 9:40 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all!
Still popping in now and again - thanks for the nice comments Linda Sue - yes I am doing much more than I was pre-op and feel better than I have for a few years! If I have any niggle at all it would be the scar from the incision that is just under my bust - I have to buy bra's that don't catch it, as it can get sore!
I have a couple of things I would add - that I think is important after having this surgery - keep to eating smaller meals and don't lift anything very heavy! This way you're less likely to put strain on your repair :-)
Posted 10/17/2015 9:10 PM (GMT 0)
Long time I've not been on here - and would just like to add that time flies when things go right! I've been one of those lucky people to have a reasonably fast and complication free recovery. Even the scars that were a bit sore have settled down. I have not had a bad stomach in months - and for that I am extremely grateful! I do avoid lifting anything really heavy now though - and I don't think that will change.
Posted 10/19/2015 4:53 AM (GMT 0)
Great to hear Sweetie UK thanks for coming back with an update.
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