I was 8 wks post op day before yest... I have wondered if my wrap was too loose... until I get to forgetting to chew and swallow something a bit too large and it sticks... have been eating just about...
Hi Sammi and Crabbygail... I had my 'wrap' on June 1st... so 7 wks post op day after tomorrow... I was just wondering if your tummies TALK a lot?? mine squawks constantly it seems... even makes my...
Hi Andry... I'm sorry you are having such troubles... in my situation only Nexium would help... I tried all the PPI's... and unfortunately Nexium doesn't have a generic... my primary doc said they...
Thanks Sammi... I am glad to hear you can eat a sandwich, too... I just got a bit nervous reading how others couldn't eat like we do for a couple of months or more... I was shocked in the hosp when...
I wonder about this myself... especially weight lifting?????? Someone told me not to lift heavy stuff EVER after my Nissen... should have asked the surgeon and thinkin I might give him a call.......
I am experiencing the same thing Tduga1... but ohhh so diff than before the nissen.... I'm 6 wks post=op today... get kinda burning at times but it comes and goes and doesn't last long at all... I...
Hi Jessica... I'm 6 wks post op Nissen.. I would do this again tomorrow if I had to! soooooo much better! I had been on Nexium since 2005 and it was not doing the trick anymore... the others did...
I am 6 wks post op tomorrow newtummy.... I finally got so hungry at around 2 wks post op that I started pureeing stuff to babyfood consistency... it went down ok... my doc told me to eat as...
I've had to learn that the hard way Joy... :-o have always been a big bite girl and eat quick and swallow big chunks... prob where all my digestive troubles came from.... so hard to change my ways....
Thanks, Joy... I just hope he made the wrap tight enough! either that or I'm REALLY chewing good.... /community/emoticons/smile.gif I've learned to NOT do something else while eating.... I forget and...
Hello everyone! I'm 6 wks post op tomorrow for my Nissen surgery (full wrap) I'm able to eat just about anything and have been able to for a few weeks now. Is that normal?? as long as I chew well and...
hurt and scared.... be sure and ask if this could be in your trachea!! I was given the runaround for almost a year because my old doc thought I was just getting out of breath cause I was out of shape...
karonnyroo??? are you still around??? I'm possibly looking at the 'Tracheal resection' surgery in the future... was wondering how you are doing??...
Hurtandscared... have your doc check your trachea... I started having shortness of breath in Jan. 2009... 5 or 6 docs... none could figure it out... til I saw an ENT... I have Idiopathic Subglottic...
Hi all... I wish I had popped in here weeks ago... haven't been in here in a long time. I'm 17 days post op... had the Nissen! All of your posts are so helpful and most I could have written myself. I...
I have bouts of a 'crazy feeling in my head'... first I called it dizzy but it's not a 'room spinning' type of dizziness... this was back in 1996... wasn't diagnosed with GERD til 2005.... wonder if...
My wedge at BB&B was 29.99 I believe and my hubby used the $5 off coupon thingy so 24.99 :) :) ... it's not a very firm wedge though and I know it would be a pancake if I put it under my big heavy...
That is what I thought PaLady... circulation troubles.. my legs really ached.. kinda cramped when I tried it... I have back problems but the wedge really is relaxing for me.. the bottom of the wedge...
Been having heart palps since last January... along with shortness of breath... after 7 docs they found the shortness of breath was from my throat narrowing from what they THINK is GERD... >:-| I...
I have been sleeping on a bedwedge from Bed Bath and Beyond for about 5 yrs now. I fall asleep on my back but turn from side to side. I put my memory foam pillow (heavy duty and thick) on the top of...
I just found this forum as I searched for throat stenosis in GOOGLE.. :) I will be having my narrowed throat operated on in about a month.. haven't scheduled the surgery just yet but will this week....
WOW.. you all could be my twin... :) I'm so glad I found this forum. I've had digestive troubles all my life... gallbladder out Mar. 2005... now I have stenosis in my throat just above my vocal...
I see that this thread started over a year ago but wanted to see if anyone was still watching it?? :) I googled 'throat stenosis surgery forum' and found this forum... looks like right where I need...