Hi Obsidian, I am about 9 weeks post surgery and I also had a bad bout of anxiety about 3-4 weeks out. I had dealt with anxiety and panic attacks several years ago and took zoloft for a few years. I...
Hello all, I am one month post op today! The wrap seems to be healing well though I did have a set back last week with anxiety and panic attacks. I am now taking zoloft again after being off of it...
I actually just got an appointment with my counselor this morning!! I haven't been to see her in over 5 years but she had a cancellation this morning! I restarted the zoloft last night and took two...
Packer, Our situations do sound very alike! I am feeling better today but still on edge, I am taking the xanax today just so I can get back to feeling more grounded. It does help, but it seems like...
Hello everyone, I first started struggling with anxiety about 6 years ago. I was having panic attacks that would peak but I was also having these sort of mild episodes all day long it seemed. I was...
Thank you Scaredy Cat. It is good to hear the all of this is "normal" in a sense, as frustrating as it is. :-)...
Hello everyone. I have been over on the GERD-Heartburn forum for several weeks because I just had a nissen fudoplication surgery to repair a hiatal hernia and deal with GERD. It has been 3 weeks...
I do have something for nausea but I haven't had to take it very often. I know that it is anxiety because the worry starts first and then the symptoms start. I am just stuck in that anxiety cycle and...
This is incredibly frustrating. I can't seem to shake the anxiety totally, I feel like I am doing better for a few hours and then wham, something feels odd and it all comes back. Talking about it...
It's been a tough few days! It started with some mild nausea which led to anxiety. Now I have been "cycling" in and out of anxiety for two days now (nuaseau, feeling hot, feeling cold, shakes, etc)....
I have been fighting this nausea off and on all evening, I just realized that the only thing I had different today was I switched from Ensure to Boost. It says ok for lactose intolerant on the...
Thanks Bill. I tried a little bit of pureed chicken noodle soup, mt stand by meal! So far so good, but I am not having much just to be safe!...
GERD symptoms and anxiety have always gone hand in hand for me. I have had heartburn for as long as I can remember but it got really bad when I was pregnant with my son 8 years ago. When he was about...
Thanks Bill. It is good to have a group of people who have been through the same thing to bounce things off of. Most people just see that you are looking normal and are back to work, they don't...
Hello everyone, I am really just here to vent as it helps to calm me down. I am 20 days post op and I think I overdid eating and activity yesterday. I haven't felt great today but this evening I was...
Hi Maximus, I have had trouble with eggs too, I think they cause a lot of gas in your stomach during digestion. I didn't have any problem eating them, they didn't get stuck, but after I eat them i...
I am avoiding gas producing foods as much as possible! Right now all "solid foods" are causing enough gas to cause some mild discomfort. I am sure that is because not all of the swelling is gone yet....
Hello everyone. I am slowly introducing new foods 17 days post op and have noticed that adding more "solid" foods has caused mild discomfort in the wrap and stomach area. I am assuming this is due to...
The ensure plus has 350 calories in each bottle. The two I drink now brings me up to 700 plus 180 in the soup and another 150 or so odds and ends throughout the day puts me just around 1000. Is that...
Hello all, I am now 16 days post nissen and doing a little better each day! I am slowly (very slowly) starting to add in a few "solid" foods, such as macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, bits of...
I had my Nissen 14 days ago. My doctor told me I could go back to work after one week so I did, but I ended up only working half days the second week after the surgery. I work a desk job and working...
Thanks for your input everyone. I don't think I really understood what people meant by spasms in the wrap area until it happened to me. They really do hurt don't they. Fortunately for me they go away...
Hello again everyone. I am still have very sharp pains in the main wrap incision site area when I try to eat "real" (not mushed up or liquid) foods. It feels like a muscle spasm and makes me catch my...
Hello everyone, thanks for sharing your experiences and insight. It helps me get through all of this sanely :-) I am still getting along ok, not great yet, but not too bad either. I keep getting the...
Thanks everyone! It is so reassuring to hear that other's have had the same experiences. I have stuck to liquid and pre mashed foods with liquid today. The wrap area is still sore but seems to be...
Hello everyone. I am 10 days post op and things have been going fairly well so far. I have not had any problems swallowing but I am very careful to chew everything to mush before swallowing and I...
I am realizing just how much the recovery varies from day to day with this surgery. I'll eat the same things two days in a row and feel totally different after depending on the day. I am still...
Thanks for the info. This forum is really great, there are so many negative sites out there that it is good to read the posts here. I am feeling much better this afternoon. I went to the health food...
Hello everyone, I had the Nissen Fundoplication surgery on Jan 30th and came home the next day. So far the pain has not been too bad but has seemed to increase in the last day or so. I had been...