Thank you gals! Not looking forward to it but it must be done. I know I will feel so much better afterwards, like with my Nissen!...
No problem Denise! You gals helped me so much during my recovery process. I felt the need to keep others informed and updated as to my experience....
UPDATE: DAY: 37: Lynda I've lost about 13lbs total at this point. I'm eating pretty much whatever I want but very small bites and chewing, chewing, chewing, also very small portions. I have had NO...
Crabby you sound like me. I'm stuck at 10lbs. I've been eating small portions of anything I like pretty much once a day though and I chew really well. My husband made beer brats with sour kraut and...
Had an upper GI done in 2008 before my gallbladder surgery. No mention of Barrett's (but had GERD for @ least 6 years prior). Had another Upper GI done in early April or early May this year and was...
DAY 21: Things are going along just fine. Lost 10lbs now, which is a good thing. Still keeping things limited, but able to eat a little white bread no crust sandwiches (cheese, bologna even). A...
I'm 21 days post op and eating sandwiches (white bread no crust). I chew, chew, chew, and very small bites. I can't finish an entire sandwich yet but it hasn't bothered me that bad. Makes me wonder...
I have had that same pain a few times and thought "oh no" but it passes fairly quickly and it's only happened a handful of times for me and I'm 21 days out from when I had my surgery....
HurtandScared, It was my Allergist/Asthma doctor who said that my adult onset asthma was most likely caused by my GERD. It is disabling at times. I too have a family who says I complain all the time...
DAY 18: Doing well. Added mashed potatoes to my diet very filling and even tried beans and rice, however they made me a little too gassy. Everything seems to be going down ok. I did get choked taking...
DAY 15: Post-op appointment went great! Doctor says I can start working my way up to eating solids again. He said in 6 weeks I should be good to go as far as eating what I want. Incisions look well,...
Can't wait to be where you are at!! Congrats! *Sammi*...
DAY 14: No stomach pains for the last couple of days. I did reach down sideways yesterday to grab something and threw my back out. Go figure. After that I did have a bought of diarrhea and got a...
Sandi, I can stand to lose about 30lbs myself so the more the better. I am only 5'1" and weighed 153lbs when I went into surgery. 11 more lbs than I was at full term with both my pregnancies. I...
Thanks for checking in Crabbygirl and letting me know. Cheese grits sound heavenly! My hubby went for Chinese tonight and brought me back some eggdrop soup. It was really good. I did notice I have...
Thanks Denise. I had been using a heating pad, but will try an ice pack....
DAY 8: I've felt really tender over my left side still. I have spent the last two days resting a lot. I have felt kinda queezy so I've taken my anti nausea meds which do make me sleepy. I've been...
DAY 6: After yesterday I was afraid to try anything today. I went to bed last night and put a heating pad around my left side to my back. I was almost in tears. I took my pain meds and finally got...
DENISE and JOY Glad to hear that you had the left rib area pain as well. I was really starting to worry. It is near my largest incision as well. I have tried to lay off the pain meds unless I...
I don't remember the bread part apparently. That may explain why I feel like my left side is about to explode at the moment. I thought I'd gotten away with it. I will NOT try that again. I thought if...
Joy, I can't believe you did this 4 days before Christmas! No way could I have taken it. Since, my family had cleared out and I was home alone for the first time since my surgery I thought I'd try to...
Ok, now I feel like I am starving to death. How long before you can start introducing food again? It seems like everything is about food on TV now and every time I turn around people are eating...
Today has been better resting wise. I have NO REFLUX! So great to say that. I am starting to feel where they pushed shoved and sowed my insides though. Really uncomfortable but I expected it. Muscles...
Thanks for the encouragement everyone. I have slept more today than any other day so far. I think the gas they blow you up with is subsiding, thank goodness. I am having difficulty swallowing which I...
The first day home from the hospital and all day yesterday the gas pain in my chest and shoulder pain was unbearable. The pain meds didn't even work on that aspect. Yesterday, I started feeling the...
DAY 1 Post-op: My uncle died yesterday 8 a.m. So please keep our family in your prayers. My uncles furneral is tomorrow night. I am hoping I will feel like I can make it there. Everyone knows that I...
My uncle has been taken off of all life support measures (feeding IV etc). We have spent almost all day at the hospital especially over the last few days. Tonight I said my goodbyes to him since I...
Thanks Mock turtle and Joy. The doctor actually commented to his daughters (my cousins) that he has lived past the expectant life expectancy. That hit a cord and his oldest said well our grandmother...
Well I had a wonderful breakfast drink of Barium this a.m. YUMMY! Gag. The doctor that performed the test said that my hiatal hernia was not that large, however, my LES is wide open. Everything I...
Good info. I have suffered from a white tongue off and on for years and never connected it to my GERD, but that makes sense....
Thanks Joy and Sandi! My gastro doctor called me this morning and left a message on my machine. He said to see the surgeon then let him know what he says about further testing. Haha, boy he's Johnny...
Thanks Sandi! I have been reading your post op posts. I have to say thank you because they really gave me a lot of information and continue to. *Sammi*...
It is so great hearing all these positive stories! I'll keep reading until my surgery!...
Oh, what is the liquid pain and nausea meds called? *Sammi*...
Fortunately, I'm not working so I can take my time healing. I go for Pre-Op on the 20th, I will go up to his office that day and asked him to give me that liquid pain med and anti-nausea med. I do...
That is so promising to hear about the "asthma" relief. That is what the process started with me wanting the surgery. My allergist said since my asthma was adult onset then he felt sure the GERD is...
So here's the deal. The surgeon was very well versed with this type of surgery. Yay! He told me that he wouldn't put me back through a manometry. He is having me do the barium upper GI next Monday. I...
The gastro office just got back to me. The NP told me to go ahead to my appointment with the surgeon tomorrow and let him know about the manometry test. My gastro doctor will be back in the office...
My gastro said that since I had barrett's and a hiatal hernia, there was no need for the PH test. However, he did want the menometry done. Jeronimo, I wasn't "freaked out" really. As bad as it was, I...
I should hear something from my gastro's office some time today. Will fill you in on what he says. Thanks for the great advise. *Sammi*...
Joe, When I told the nurse I had a hiatal hernia, barrett's and adult onset of asthma. She thinks they would definitely do the surgery anyway. The surgeon is actually a bariatric surgeon but they do...
I did ask them and they said they wouldn't sedate me. My gastro doctor is suppose to be back in his office tomorrow. His nurse said she made notes and put it in his PRIORITY stack for when he gets...
I have called every GI Lab in my town and in Knoxville, TN. None of the hospital do those around here unfortunately. I spoke with one of the nurses that was with me yesterday and she said they did...
It was such a terrifying experience for me. I was apologizing to them. They were really nice trying to calm me down. When I got home I had to take a 2 Xanax (which I only use in very rare cases). I...
So I went today to get my Manometry test done. First, complication was that I had had a diviated septum surgery just over a year and a half ago. They couldn't get the tube in at first. Took two of...
I too have had significant weight gain on Nexium at least 30lbs over the years that I've been on it. I am 5'1" and the extra weight makes my GERD worse which makes me need to stay on the meds. I am...
Thanks Denise! I just spoke with my brother. He said be prepared for the bloating, that was his biggest complaint. He said they put some sort of mesh in him to help stabilize the wrap. I hadn't heard...
Well I had the upper GI this am. Turns out I do have Barrett's esophagus and hiatal hernia. He stretched my esophagus as well and did a couple of biopsies, but everything else looked fine. Right now...
Thanks for telling me about the smoking deal. Yes it would be great to quit! I hope I can do it. My GI didn't mention any other testing besides the Upper GI, he may be waiting to spring that on me....
Oh, Pam. I am not one to vomit often. Only if I get a bug (which is seldom) otherwise if I do get sick it's from the GERD. So I hope that's not a problem for me. *Sammi*...