I had that! It'll go away - Popsicles and ibuprofen worked for me too! : ) How are you otherwise? Cat...
Welcome to the club Lovie!!!!! Sounds like you're off to a good start..... Remember to keep walking off that shoulder pain.... do it often and it'll help. When you get home use a heating pad and...
Hi Biggins! I had my surgery over a month ago and the very idea of coffee STILL makes me feel scared. There is no way I would try to drink it. I can tell by smelling and looking at food what I can...
This is all so sad.... but you listen to the others and go get yourself ANOTHER opinion...10 more if you have to! In the mean time.. I have bunches and bunches of big hugs to give out.......
So very sorry to hear it honey.....that's so awful and must make you as sad as it does angry and frustrated. I have found in life though that to rail against what I can't change only makes me more...
Time to get referred to a good GI doctor and have some tests! Not all of us get active reflux - though I did - but GERD could be doing this to you. Endoscopy, Barrium swallow, ph testing, motility...
Brava! So glad to hear you're doing so well! Do keep taking those meds at night and keep on taking the gas-x too. It'll help. Also, keep walking! I STILL do it several times a day - it really cuts...
You go girl! I hope the 3rd time is the charm for you! : ) Cat...
Oh my GOODNESS! Get yourself to a doctor Joy! *big hugs* Oh dear... let us know.... keep us updated......please feel better..... Cat...
*Cant stop laughing* I cant even believe you ate those things! lol I CAN believe you got terrible and painful gas from it though....bless your heart.... I'm glad you felt inspired enough to do it if...
Yep, 14 days! I hope that NEVER happens again! lol It's so nice to see you cheering and in good spirits LeAnne! : ) You've got the perfect attitude to sail on through! Cat...
So glad to hear you're making progress! It's going to get better every day...so hang in there!! : ) Cat...
Sorry to hear you're having such a tough time! It's been a month to the day since I had the surgery and I can eat a very small amount of just about anything I want - note SMALL amount - all bites the...
Congratulations LeAnne! Welcome to the club!!!! I woke up with a catheter too.... don't sweat it. They'll take it out. When they do, you walk like Denise said... it'll help. So glad to hear that...
When I woke up I was connected to oxygen and something that went all crazy when my blood oxygen got too low. That thing was seriously annoying. Let's see...there was also a blood-pressure cuff, IV,...
Hi Pearl! Welcome to Healing Well!!!!! I'm on day 28 post Nissen surgery and I'm pretty sure I could handle a cruise. lol I'm weak and I can't hold very much food but by April I bet that's going to...
I was already on liquids weeks before going into the hospital...and my family is low-income so there was no pre-hospital pampering but I was worried, like you, about having to stay in there. I'm a...
At this point, if I were you, I would ask to be referred to a GI doctor for testing. Endoscopy, manometry, etc can answer questions about what is going on inside you. In the meantime try avoiding gas...
That's the truth too! Gas-x makes ALL the difference. I was eating a box a day of that stuff at one point! lol Cat...
I feel you! I made that mistake myself once and since then I actually measure it so it won't happen again. That pain was awful, wasn't it? lol Here's to better days! They ARE coming! You're not that...
Welcome to the club!!!!! :smilewinkgrin: Tomorrow is going to be a breeze - you won't have to do a thing but sleep for most of it! lol Try not to be scared...just stay in the moment and go with the...
Just so you know, some of us do get a wonderful result from the surgery. I did. : ) I woke up without any of the reflux, chest pain, etc that I'd been living with and now that I'm on day 27 post...
Hamsa - a good way to avoid this in the future is to measure your food. I measure out a cup of whatever I'd like to eat - and when it's gone, you're done if you can even eat all of it. If you're...
Lovie, I couldn't tolerate the carnation drinks myself, too sweet for me. Several of the different brands protein drinks are just cloyingly sweetened and as a person who has hypoglycemia, that REALLY...
Hi Lovie! Welcome! I'm only 25 days post Nissen Fundoplasty surgery/Hiatal Hernia repair myself and like you, I came here just before I had it done to get the low down on what to expect. I want you...
Oh wow! You're already eating burgers??!? Hibachi too? I cant get rice to go down. It gets stuck every time I try it, even in small bites. You're also back to aerobics??!? Congrats!!! WOW!!!!! You're...
Listen to Alcie and save yourself some pain! lol I'm on day 22 and though I physically can swallow TINY (never bigger than the size of your fingertip) bites of most anything that has been chewed to a...
Poor girl.. I'm sorry it was bad news but really glad that you at least have some answers. I didnt even know the wraps could migrate, what a scary thought! Be strong...everything is going to be okay...
I know what would happen if I were unconscious and the idea scares me to death.....if I had open wounds they'd pour betadine all over them and kill me right where I was laying. If I was "lucky"...
Bless your heart! I had to battle them in the hospital earlier this month every few hours when nurses kept coming in getting ready to add injections to my iv line. I always ask what's in the syringe...
Ugh, it's a pain I can't wait to be done with. I can stand it, but just barely. Thankfully, since I dont have a cervix, or much of one anymore, it'll be over by tomorrow. Excruciating pain - but only...
Dianadunk - you'll be able to eat more every few days....I'm on day 21 post Nissen and last night I was able to eat 6 bites of sweet potato without problems and a bite of chicken - which got stuck...
Hi girls! Day 21 starting out rough - my first link with the moon to break since surgery happened yesterday and the cramps are killing me because I'm still so sore but other than that I'm doing...
Good gracious...so sorry to hear about the pain you have! : ( I was on a dilaudid pain pump for 3 1/2 days in the hospital after my surgery and came home with dilaudid. Honey if your meds aren't...
Thank you so much for sharing this... : )...
HI Dianadunk! Day 17 here - you wont believe how much things are going to change when you get just a bit further out. I just had my follow up yesterday and my surgeon said I could try anything I...
She's right - at least if it's like rice. I tried a bite of rice today - just plain rice - and I chewed but it still got stuck - ow, ow, ow. I wont do that again for a while. Your meal sounds...
LOL If I'd been eating, maybe but I went on liquids weeks before my surgery..... Still, they'll weigh me Wed at the dr and again on Thursday I bet when I see the surgeon and I cant wait to see the...
HAHAHA!!!! I could see that being dangerous to a person eating real food but I was very careful and only stuck to the thinnest watery grits, etc until I got cleaned out. It eventually stopped and I...
dianadunk - that pain happens to all of us. WALK - walk every hour - walking helps it the way nothing else will but I also found relief from menthol pain patches you can get at the pharmacy over the...
Joy, I'm okay! I woke up to an emergency evacuation this morning! It wont stop, but after 14 days, I figure this could take hours and we should consider this to be progress. Goodness knows, it took...
Huston, we have lift off..... Today was my due date - but I woke up with the most terrible stomach pain - and now can't stay out of the bathroom. I will not be leaving the house today. I have never,...
No, you dont want the opposite problem! lol Day 13 and we still have ft knoxx. It'd be funny if it weren't getting scary. You are on the mend sugar, you just had this one day where the body said "Let...
Hi there! I also had a hiatal hernia, chest pain, etc. I'm at day 12 post op from Nissen Fundoplasty surgery and have been symptom free since I woke up - though it was a few days before I got off the...
Congratulations!!!!!! That's such wonderful news!!!!!! *hugs & smiles*...
LOL I was afraid it would get stuck going down or I'd have been back on it. I drank it every day before the operation....
That is SO not fair.... lol I'm sure it would be horrifying to have it happen in public though... for that I feel terribly sorry for you! Bless your heart. I'm able to do grits, soft eggs, and...
Hi guys... *blinks, looking at the emoticon gathering* Wow - I always miss out on the fun stuff! lol Denise, I'm so glad you're getting in with the surgeon so quickly! That's about how it went with...
They're looking for Barretts and such I bet. I had a biopsy as well when they did my last scope. I hope you are able to find a good surgeon to wrap you correctly this time and fix your hh. A good...
I loaded the laptop with e-books, audio books, movies and music - and there is a table just across from the "water closet." lol I am set to go! (I've even got a tube of desitin diaper cream on...