Hi Simon, I can relate to pretty much everything you wrote. It is a scary place to be, wondering if you've made a terrible mistake and just added new problems to the old existing ones rather than...
Simon, I think it's a much more complicated operation than most surgeons say. By that I mean - the surgery itself is not terribly complicated, but the period of recuperation certainly is. I wasn't...
Hi Denise and Simon, Thanks for your replies. When I asked the surgeon if I should still be having reflux or if it should disappear immediately after surgery, he said it should have disappeared. I...
Hi again everyone. It's now just over two months since my surgery and I am still getting reflux. I saw my surgeon, who did an endoscopy last week, and it showed oesophagitis and ulceration, so that...
Hi fumbled_dreams and thanks for that. It is encouraging to read and I hope to be in your position soon, but to be honest I am still very dejected about the success/failure of the surgery. I'm still...
Joy - yes, they are rather loud, aren't they! Alcie - I corrected my original post because I realised I'd left a word out. I didn't actually vomit, I just heaved. Interesting to hear you are more...
The burps sound to be the same, but mine happen regardless of what I eat, or how much, it appears. Yes, when I got home I took an anti-nausea pill and it did help. I feel fine (well, not nauseous)...
Hi Joy, Thanks for your reply. I am vegetarian and have coeliac disease so can't have gluten, so what I am eating right now is rather limited! I'm having vegetable soups, mashed vegetables, scrambled...
Thanks Denise and Kitt. I am panicking a bit, it's safe to say...it seems as if I've not only got all the old issues, but new ones as well. Denise, I wondered about the tightness/looseness too, but...
Hello everyone. I've been lurking for a few weeks and am hoping some of you can help me. I had a partial fundoplication one month ago to correct a small hiatus hernia and to help with reflux. I was...