30 days here. Still have the burning but did have a good day Saturday, hoping the next 30 only get better....
Going on day 26 post op, when does the energy return? And of course the healing, sure is taking a long time........
Hi Laura, I am 22 days post op and sometimes I wonder if this is going to get better.....my post op swallow looked good. Yesterday was too bad. Today, kinda is rotten. Just taken one day at a time....
I don't have any problems with burping, but I had a loose wrap. Just doing time now....
I am 15 days post op after Nissen surgery. I still have a few issues with some old familar pain in the same spot, but I think it is getting better. Met with the surgeon yesterday and he said I was...
Hiya Gritty, has a member of the recovering wrap club, I have found if I try to sleep on my right side I get a pain in my left shoulder, the same pain I get if I overeat. If I sleep on my left side I...
Finishing up day 10, it has been strange. Most of problems seem to be from the surgery like the shoulder pain, and pain from the surgery its self. This site has helped me a lot. Just reading some of...
Yeah, the car pulls a little over 2 G's during the launch wouldn't think that would anything like getting knocked on your tush in Rugby game....
This is day 8 for me. And I am just trying to go with the flow like I have read on here. Hoping that all these little nuisances will go away in a couple of months. Gotta get back to livin! Pat...
What is a good time to start to become active after surgery? I am not a sport player but I do like to drag race. Which in its self is nothing to severe except the launch, which is equal to a roller...
Barbra, how was the first two weeks? Pat...
Had my Fundo March 30th and hoping to have some real food July 4th...
my son just brought me some really good egg drop soup! I am thinking about puree some chicken. Thanks for the tips....
Sitting here chewing noodles from minestrone soup to cream before I swallow and chasing them down with little swallows of milk and so far no problem. What are some of the food ya"ll ate during the...
amanda where did you have your surgery done?...
Thanks for all the advice! Just lounging around today, watching day and night (tom cruise) I sure woke up feeling good. Kinda runnin out horse power now. time to drift into a nap. Saw a post about...
The only thing I have noticed is I get full fast and feal bloted Pat...
Does Ensure count has liquid?...
I am back......doc said everything went well. Very sore, but morphine got me through the night. Had a swallow test this morning, that went well. So they pulled the tube out of my nose and I had some...
Well its here....no turning back now. Check in tomorrow @ 5:30 AM at the Mayo hospital, surgery @ 7:15......aye carumba.... eating tacos by ....July 4th? Pat :cool:...
I am scheduled for surgery Tuesday. My surgeon told me he keeps his patients over night and he will be putting a tube in my stomach to help with the post op bloating.......
How long has it been since your surgery? Thanks Pat...
Gritty, I hope ya get better soon. I am heading for surgery next Tuesday, yeah I am a little anxious.....but ready to try anything at this point. Keep us posted Thanks Pat...
PPI do that to me Pat...
I found this forum a little over a year ago and read with great interest as this is all the problems I have in the last year and half. It is great wealth of info. One thing I have noticed, there...
Alex, my problems started 2 years ago this July, I was diagnosed with Barrets. I had the treatments done at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix AZ. The first was the worse, the second, third and fourth were...
Hello All, a fellow poster suggested I start a new post for things I will need in the house after I have my Nissen surgery at the end of the month. Like for a liquid diet? Ensure? (thanks Denise) Pat...
LeDawn, how long ago did you have you're wrap? Pat...
Went to the Mayo yesterday for my pre surgery exam. the date is set for March 30th. Yes I am a bit nervous, but I am really tired of living like this. It will be 2 years this July since this...
Hi Spike, how many days has it been since surgery? 13 days to go for mine........
Hi Spike, if you don't mind, who did your surgery? Thanks Pat...
Dont know why Nissen would improve motility just going off what the surgeon said. Nexium is a strange drug, I am only staying on for the rest of the month and hope to get off it after surgery. At the...
I am having a Nissen 270 at the end of this month, I will keep you posted as to the outcome. I just finished Halo Abalation treatments for Barrets. And hopefully the nissen will get rid of the misery...
I just finished treatments at the Mayo Clinic in AZ for Barrets and they used the Halo Ablation on me. Next stop for me is a Nissen 270. Hopefully that will end all of this misery. Although I was...
The Mayo in Scottsdale AZ. The same place my gastro is....
Had my last treatment for Barrets Tuesday and have been scheduled for Nissen surgery March 30. To say the least I am nervous but I am ready to try anything at this point. Tired of taking 80 mg of...
I had Barrets and the Mayo clinic in Scottsdale Az got rid of it. I am going for my last EGD this Tuesday and then meet with a surgeon to discuss having the Nissen procedure. Yes my insurance covered...
I had a meeting with my gastro, and ask about doing my Nissen surgery in my home town simple because it is a 150 miles from where my gastro is. He said, we do a lot of re-do's here....and then he...
I am a 57 year old male, and up until this started I was as healthy, since July of 09 I have been trying to figure out what happen. Looks like a haital hernia is the culprit and I have Barrets....
Joy, are you saying it was hard to lay down and sleep after your surgery? Thanks Pat...
Got a question for the forum, I realize that are a lot of different things that can go wrong with a Nissen surgery, but if there are no complications, how long is the wait before a person can go back...
After the surgery, how long does it take before a person can start eating again?...
I have low motility, not sure if it is through out the esophagus, I don't have any problems swallowing drink or food. I too had a normal PH test but I have Barrets, which means I have GERD. My gastro...
Hopefully it will all be worth and that big ol fat cheeseburger will be a piece of cake ;)...
So it has been 5 months since your surgery, can you eat bread now? Pat...
I am having a consult with a surgeon on the 31st of this month to have a Nissen done. Sometimes reading this forum is good, sometimes it scary.......I hope and pray for everybody. I know your...
Allyh, how are you now since you have had the Nissen? did you improve? I am scheduled to meet with a surgeon the 31st of this month for consultation for a Nissen, after a year of test. I am a bit...
I have a question for the forum, does anybody right foot get cold after eating? mine does but not all the time. I am meeting with a surgeon 1-31 to discuss having nissen surgery. This has been a long...
It is always good to hear about outcomes. It is starting to look like mine will be sometime in February, good healing to you one4tee4 Pat...
Just curious, how long have some of you had your wrap? I personal know a couple of people who have their's for over ten years and have not had any problems. So lets hear about it...