Insurance?? Again...I'm an AMerican...LOL. No. I'm on Medicaid but it is supposed to run out soon....
mayo clinic is way too expensive. i seem to forget in live in the U.S., a country that has no concern for the health of its citizens....
It is a nightmare if I have to lift anything so I avoid doing it. When I had my first surgery, I lifted something heavy and I basically pulled something, I couldn't burp AT ALL, it was HELL!!!! They...
I had my third surgery back in November (it was a fundo take-down) and have been through hell ever since. Was going through hell before, too, that's why I had it taken down but this is getting to a...
My pain is constant and doesn't go away. There are periods where its not as bad but its always there. My digestive system ALWAYS feels out of whack....
And it makes me even more stressed that when they do tests on me, they say, "well, everything looks normal." I know I had an endoscopy done back in 2005 and it showed irritation of the esophagus,...
The interesting thing is the stress, depression and anxiety are all caused by my stomach problems. Now that my old problems are back the way they were before I had surgery, I am under a tremendous...
Thanks, Denise! I appreciate everyone on this forum, everyone is so friendly and helpful! Thank you all!...
Thanks, I appreciate that. Have you ever heard anything about anti-depressants working for these problems? Or anyone else?...
Well since the wrap isn't there my regular LES muscle is still there right?...
Oh yeah I knew these things would come back. Swallowing is still tough at times but I suppose its because its loosening up? Anyway, the point of me getting it taken down was to be able to pursue...
You know what's strange though? My bowel habits were totally normal when I had the fundo wrap in. Now that I had it taken down, my bowel habits are irregular just like they were before my surgery. I...
Well, after my third surgery (I had my nissen fundo taken down!) it seems all my old problems are back. Constant, non-stop reflux, gerd, pain that radiates up to my neck, nausea and an inability to...
Problem is, I can't see him until two months. My main concern is, would swelling last longer than two to three weeks?...
And for the past two days I've had tightening in my chest and trouble taking deep breaths because the air can't get out!...
It basically feels like I'm going through periods where it feels looser and things are easing up and then the next day it feels tight and harder to expel air....
Well, after a few days it started to feel like it eased up and I could somewhat get some air out. I still couldn't swallow all the way, it was so hard to get solids down. But now I'm freaking out...
Thanks, guys. You all are very kind....
Will the "hold-up" ease up eventually? Is that all it is, is swelling?...
Like today, I ate some greek yogurt and after the fourth or fifth bite it felt stuck, so I tried to force a burp and the yogurt went right up my throat and out of my mouth, along with a huge wad of...
Well, I got back from the post op. He examined my incisions and then I began to tell him how I felt. He said, "I don't know". I asked could it be swelling? He said that's possible. He said there's no...
After my second surgery, they gave me a toupet, and immediately after I was able to belch whereas before when I had my first, I couldn't at all. If its swelling, wouldn't I at least be able to get it...
Hey guys, thanks for the kind words. Yes, I have my post op tomorrow, I didn't expect to feel great after I had this done. I have a stomach problem, in addition to the GERD that they can't identify...
How long does that usually take? I had my surgery take down last Friday and he told me I could start eating solids again Tuesday (of last week). But I've been having all these problems....
yet, i felt something was taken down when i first came home....
Thank you, I hope you're right and that's all it is. If I'm stuck like this I don't know what I'll do. I feel like I never had the thing taken down....
So swelling on the insides causes things like this to happen? If anyone out there has any experience with this, please let me know. I know I had a take down but I thought the bloating others received...
I hope that by eating anything I'm not supposed to that I could make it worse. He told me by Tuesday I'd be allowed to have solids, I had it done last Friday. Not that it matters what I eat anyway...
I'm up, at 4:00 AM and it feels tighter than ever, hard to expel any air, trying to swallow air to make myself burp but to no avail. I am skinny as a rail and I look pregnant! I don't understand...
Did I mention that also the first two or three days after I came home from the hospital I was able to expel air out a lot better than now? How can that be? I could actually feel that something had...
Thank you all for your kind words. Today, even weirder. I feel like I still have a wrap. Its so tight and the air has a tough time getting out, I practically have to try and force myself to burp....
I have my post-op Tuesday. Its just a nightmare, I don't understand it. I wish someone would tell me this is just still in the process of healing but I can't help but feel that it wouldn't be like...
And it feels like even when I do get to expel air out, twenty minutes later it goes right back to doing what it did before, it just fills up with gas. I don't understand how this could be possible if...
I'm crying right now, this is so embarrassing but its so painful. The bloating is so bad that it makes my back hurt and I am not comfortable being in any position. What is going on? I don't have...
Guys, I really appreciate everyone on this website who contributes to giving advice to people having problems with this. My story is a long but please listen, I may not have been as detailed in my...
It feels like I'm getting some air out but today and yesterday it felt like how I did before I had the most recent surgery. Why would it feel this way? My problems prior to having the first surgery...
I thought that as soon as he took the stitches out that it would go back to the normal position its in? This doesn't happen right away?...
What do you mean by, "tread lightly"? I appreciate everyone's support and advice, I just hope I don't get stuck like this. I can't live like this, I don't even want to live if that's how it's going...
Will the LES eventually loosen back up since the stitches are all taken out?...
Can anyone else give me some advice or thoughts? Please....
I don't think I have anything quite like that, its just that I don't understand why its so hard to expel air out and I'm SO bloated to the point where its excruciating pain if they took the wrap down....
I am in Hell and am so depressed and in pain. Does anyone on here have any experience or knowledge about the fundoplication surgery? I had one back in 2006, then had it partially taken down and just...