Hey Joy, good to hear from you. yea the gassy part is bad, but for me it happens with no matter what i eat, LOL , and worst of worst, it has to be noisey too, i try to just walk away from people so...
Hey MAM, so glad to help if i can. You are doing way better than i did, if you are already back at work? Wow i couldn't get up off the recliner for two months. Everything i did, hurt and made me...
MAM----I know first hand how you are feeling. I was at the point that i thought my depression due to the surgery was just as bad as the surgery itself. I didn't think i would be the same person again...
Thanks Joy, for thinking of me! glad you are doing well also. Hard to believe it was just a few short weeks ago that i thought my life was completely over the way i knew it. but you kept reassuring...
Sorry i havn't written in awhile. I am 2 months post op and everyone was right. I am much better. Guess i was trying to hurry things up too much. Now i feel almost normal again, and can eat a fair...
Denise, thanks also for the support. I did not realize the middle of the chest is where the surgery was done???? I was assuming it was at the rib cage area just above the abdomin? If that is where...
That sounds soooo exciting Joy, can't wait for my turn! LOLOL I'm sure it will come soon enough, i've made it this far, guess a couple more weeks wont hurt. My biggest thing i want to try is a soft...
This wednesday will be one month post op from the nissen and i still have pain in the chest area, actually seems worse the last 2 days, almost feels like there is a ball there, Guess if it doesn't...
Glad to hear you are better! And the spaggeti sounds good! I actually had a decent day today. I don't want to get tooo excited, but maybe things will be ok afterall, eventually. The last two days i...
Thanks for sharing that Joy. Hope you are much better today. I too forget cuz while i'm eating i'm ok, but about 10 min after i eat, i suddely start to swell or something in my stomach, then i'm...
Thanks for sharing that story, and i'm glad your friend is doing fine with no regrets and you as well. My problem is I never had any acid reflux, never had any pain, or symptoms before surgery. I did...
Glad to hear you are doing good and the weight loss is working for you. you sound upbeat and optimistic about the future, that is wonderful news. Take is easy back at work and don't over do, hope...
Thanks for sharing that with me joy, when you write it down like that it does sound like a good amount of food. Don't know why i still visualize being deprived. Guess like you said i'm just rushing...
Thaks Joy, such good advice. I for one am trying to still get alot of rest but walking around so to get used to moving again. LOL I'm still on soft foods, although i did have pasta the last two days,...
I still have the excessive gas and swelling and if i overeat very intense pain up under my ribs and in the middle of my chest. So i'm sure i'm still healing and swollen inside So my guess is you are...
Hi scarlet, I will be 21 days tomorrow post op for the nissen and i still have the tightness in my chest and under my rib cage, especially after i eat, and heaven forbid i should eat just alittle too...
Thanks Joy for the words of support and comfort. I do tend to forget that they remodled my insides and just want to hurry up and be my old self again. Guess i'll never be the same, but hopefully i'll...
Good to hear you are doing well michelle! hope all goes well for you when you go out to eat. And good luck at your appt. My followup was with a nurse practioneer, and she said i didn't need to come...
Hey Joy, thought i'd check on you today,see how you are doing? I'm still hanging in there, bored and tired of being in recovery! I'm still sleeping alot and sore, but must admit not as sore as it has...
Hi Denise, hope all is well with you and your family! Been wondering about what brian said about a "take down", do you know what that means.? Does it mean reverse the Nissen (mine was a floppy...
Hi Michelle, I hope you are feeling better! i just had mine done 2 weeks and 3 days ago. I understand how you feel totally. When i read what you wrote, it was exactly what i had been feeling also. i...
Wow, Joy i'm glad you can eat chicken nuggets and fries now, that sounds soooo yummy! Can't wait for a couple more weeks to try that too! I did try chinese noodles today, i was so scared to try...
thanks Joy, glad you are doing so well. You're at the one month mark, so your surgery is still fresh too, so guess in time a couple more weeks maybe i'll be feeling better too. Can't wait. I think i...
Wow joy, i'm glad you are doing so well. That gives me hope too. LOL How long since you had the surgery? Are you back to driving yet? You sound like me, i want a soda sooooo bad right now, but they...
thanks Joy, thats good to know! I can't imagine having to do this again. LOL Been rough. how long has it been since you had yours done? And how are you doing as well?...
As promised here is my update from my follow up appt. today! It went well i guess, they said for me to wait the full 4 to 6 weeks before getting off the soft foods or swallowing pills due to the...
Thanks Denise, they did give me some liquid vicoden, but it tastes horrible, and i didn't want to stay on the hard drugs too long, so i make myself go all day with none then i do take it at nite so i...
Thanks joy, I too have had the spasms , and the tightness, good to know it will get better as time goes. But i havn't tried swallowing any pills, still scared since i almost choked on a noodle, now...
Thanks Denise, I'm glad you told me that i will eventually be able to eat more and of what i like. I too used to go out to eat with family alot and it seemed now that i would never do that again, but...
Thanks everyone, for the advice. I haven't tried any meat yet, i'm waiting another week then i'll try some vienna sausage and thought i'd try some can tuna with just a little mayo, but no bread....
Thanks Bill, for the welcome and information you have provided. I'm not as depressed today, I think cuz i feel more informed, and not alone. I appreciate that very much! I'm glad you are doing better...
Thanks Denise, I'm trying to learn, I've never been on a forum before, but this is exactly what i needed, a place to go to get support from real people who have gone through exactly what im going...
I was told no heavy lifting over ten pounds for 4 to 6 weeks. But i don't have the strength to do much anyway right now. I hope you are doing better!...
I'm not very computer smart but am trying to figure out this forum thing. LOL I do like knowing their are people who know what i have been going through that can help me through this scary time....
Just had the nissen surgery done two weeks ago and am very scared and depressed. I think my life will never be the same as it used to be. I used to love to go out to eat with family and now i don't...
Thanks for the reassurance, i've been so scared that my life is going to never be the same again, I'm afraid to eat, i'm afraid to ever do heavy lifting again cuz what if i make something come apart,...
sewingqueen This is my first time posting: I just had my nissen surgery 2 weeks ago and i've had compications already, I had to be readmitted to hospital due to bowel obstuction and infection and now...