My nissen fundoplication is now tentatively scheduled for March 1st. Just awaiting confirmation from the surgeon (to check his schedule) and the hospital (for an open operating room). I have a second...
The manometry was done with no anesthetic, just a bit of gel to lubricate the probe. My EGD was done under very heavy sedation (200 micrograms of fentanyl and some amount of Versed) because my gag...
What part of it are you scared about, the procedure or the results? The procedure itself was uncomfortable I'll agree (I have a bad gag reflex, enough to require double the anesthetic for my EGD)....
When I talked with my surgeon about air travel he said there were no problems with traveling (he even told me the day after I could go on a plane, just no lifting more than 20 pounds). Of course...
Good luck. Hope your recovery is swift and complication-free!...
I don't have the results myself to look at - still waiting on them to be mailed to me (the entirety of the results, manometry and pH impedance, are 25 pages long!). But when the nurse called me...
Surgeon finalized the surgery orders. Will be getting a call to set up a surgery date today. The beginning of the potential end of my end of my LPR starts!...
Good luck on the surgery!...
Dexilant works where Prilosec and Prevacid have failed miserably - leading my LPR to cause some unsavory damage to my voice box in the form of a lump that has been slowly healing over time. Been on...
I don't mind answering at all. Hope this helps! Without the Dexilant I would have SEVERE burning from the acid in my stomach, even if I ate nothing. On the medication my acidic LPR basically becomes...
Hi Faith, I take 60mg Dexilant in the morning as soon as I wake up - while it's recommended I eat food within an hour I notice no difference between the strength of my PPI with food or without after...
I've gone through a lot of sleep meds myself (for me it is probably Bipolar 2 messing with my circadian rhythm) - Seroquel was the one that finally worked for me. Sorry to hear it's not working for...
Had my tonsils and adenoids taken out when I was 13 (1998 I think?) but it was because it was believed the blocking of my Eustachian tubes were causing my hearing loss in my right ear. After the...
I work as a software developer for a big IT corporation - no major lifting here...only typing and sitting up in a chair. Surgeon said I would be OK to go back to work after a week but I could take...
60mg of Dexilant worked where Prilosec and Prevacid were failing to touch my heartburn, resulting in LPR acid-related damage to my larynx and the stiff lump I felt. The lump went away for the most...
What I mean is that I will heal quickly from the surgery itself but that the actual NF very well can cause other side-effects (unable to burp, possibility for hernia to come back, etc). I do not...
Any other young sufferers of LPR on here? 26 year-old male and formally diagnosed with LPR after a 24-hour pH impedance test. Manometry came back normal - GI doc referred me to a surgeon whom I...