How is your wrap doing, FlaCracker?...
Midz, I didn't have a redo. I believe my original Nissen is holding up fine. My surgeon was Dr Gillian in Lorton, VA. I don't know if he does redos, but you should ask him....
Benjawood, have you been checked out? Could it have been an intercostal strain? That makes a definite loud pop....
Benjawood, that sounds like an intercostal strain, which often happen with things like dips. Intercostal strains make a popping sound and are basically a tear in the muscle and cartilage that hold...
Hello, everyone, I have been getting allergy shots three times a week for about the past three months. I am allergic, a very little bit (per skin prick test) to mold and several trees. Allergist says...
Anyone else doing sit-ups, or any other abdominal exercises, after their Nissen fundoplication?...
Anyone else lifting weights after their Nissen fundoplication?...
Also, zizo, that stuff you're talking about, especially protein powder, will probably make things worse. Another note -- it could be just gastritis. Which is just when the stomach/esophagus area is...
zizo84, you might have bile reflux, where it isn't the acid alone but all of your stomach contents coming up your esophagus due to hiatal hernia impacting the lower esophageal sphincter. Have you had...
Sorry for the delayed response, ldrunner. I just felt it was right. 2 weeks?? How could anyone even feel like lifting weights after 2 weeks? No, you need to relax and chill for one full year. How are...
Just an update, I had a barium swallow and my surgery is totally fine. Just wanted you to know that. Ha, it feels like I'm the only person who has done sit-ups after the nissen surgery, ha ha. Just...
Wow, I didn't see this until now. Yes, I am still lifting. Just had another barium swallow and it showed the wrap is holding perfectly. Actually, even better than the last time I had the barium...
Exactly, Denise. The risk is not in the stitches breaking, but in the hernia "slipping" back up into the esophagus. That's what my GI doctor told me. By the way, I waited a full year before slowly...
Anyone else do sit-ups after the nissen? I'm worried that maybe I hurt my surgery. From experience, I think it's totally fine, but I always get kinda freaked out that I messed something up. My...
Michelle, did you go to Dr Gillian? How is your surgery doing? I called and the receptionist said after 2.5 years sit ups are totally fine. She was surprised I waited that long. Her husband...
Anyone do sit-ups after the nissen? I am getting fatter....
LD, I didn't start lifting weights again until just over a year after the surgery. Now I'm lifting a lot. Not as much as before, but more than I have since just before the surgery. The trick is to...
Thanks for the responses! Has anyone who has had the Nissen Fundoplication been able to do sit-ups (or I guess they'd be called "crunches") about 2 years later without any problems? I would like to...
Said360, sorry I'm just responding now, though you may have been one of the people who sent me an email. I am still lifting weights, and I'm totally fine. I have to now stop myself from eating too...
So it's been about two years since the surgery? I'm doing great. Lifting weights, getting big. The problem is that my stomach is also getting bigger. Can I do sit-ups this long after the surgery? My...
She is on Lialda now. She has weened off of the Budesonide a while back. She is doing well with the Lialda, and has finally quit smoking (she only smoked a few cigarettes a day at the end of the day,...
About how long does it take? I'm noticing pangs of pain sometimes when I breathe in deeply and suddenly..... I think I'm not getting enough sleep or something and it's actually my spine. Also I...
Anybody?...
Thanks, Denise. You and Bill are like the power team that always rescues me from falling into a sea of panic. You guys are awesome. Yeah, I have the feeling that I will be just fine, because I...
I'm taking carafate suspension, but I taste reflux in the morning and my wrap site hurts. My stomach kind of burns. It's weird. I'm really hoping that it was just from the alcohol, or maybe because I...
Thanks, Bill! That's what I was thinking. I am 34, almost 35, years old right now. When I'm in my 80's I hope to still be lifting weights. What are your thoughts about that -- as someone who had the...
I've heard of people getting whacked in the wrap area right after the surgery and they were fine. My wife playfully poked me there (not thinking) a few months after the surgery and I was totally...
Why shouldn't someone be able to run a marathon with the nissen? I expect my nissen to last for a very long time. Two years is nothing, as far as I'm concerned. I'm just starting to get back into my...
It was a playful whack, but it was right in the wrap area. Didn't feel bad, and I can eat just fine, but I feel a little bit of reflux, or irritation. Not sure why. This was during a night of...
Still lifting. Any weightlifting exercises I shouldn't do?...
She was taking Pentasa before, but that caused her painful bloating. Is there another maintenance mediation with less side effects? Our doctor says that there is nothing more mild than Pentasa. I...
Any thoughts on stopping with the Budesonide? She is really not doing well with it, mood-wise. Not well at all. But I'm worried because the Pentasa made her painfully bloated, and the doctor put her...
I had the nissen just over a year ago. Can you tell me if there is any problem with swallowing one of those big fish oil pills every morning?...
biged, can a nissen be undone even if it is, say, 2 years later?...
If someone takes their medicine every day, and eats well, Crohn's wouldn't get worse, would it? Actually, doing that, wouldn't it get better? We would like to have a baby within the next 6 months and...
Oh! Also her lower back (right side) is hurting a lot. And the pain goes all the way down her arms and down her right leg. Any advice you can offer, would be wonderful. I'm waiting on a call from our...
Buckeye, this is an awesome blog. You are awesome for making it. I am going to share it with my wife, who has Crohn's. We are both kind of confused as to what all the disease entails, so this will be...
Aren't there advances in stem cell research that will help get rid of Crohn's once and for all? Will resection result in the removal of Crohn's? What are the usual outcomes of surgery?...
Wait....so she has it in the worst possible place? I'm starting to get worried. Is there a good-sized risk that she will need surgery???...
How much weight do you plan to lift, sammywalker?...
I am interested in learning more, biged....
Yes, she has had a CT scan. If I recall it was the ileum that was swollen. She had her appendix removed when she was about 18, and would complain about pain there sometimes (years later). By surgery,...
Cmac, he recommended the same thing for me, though he did say I really don't even need that. I had just a tiny bit of reflux (a normal amount, apparently) during the barium swallow exam. I am feeling...
Cmac, that is hilarious - you and I actually have the same surgeon! (I saw one of your other posts with his name)...
Thank you for your reply, PathogenKiller. Can you tell me what kinds of foods you eat that made you feel better? Let me know and I'll do it....
She had stopped taking the Budesonide for a couple days and was feeling great. She felt like doing stuff, and also had a much better outlook on life. Then she started feeling the pain again and is...
The colon. It has been about a year since her diagnosis. They say her Vitamin D levels are low, and I got her some Vitamin D supplements and ask her to take them, but she says they make her feel...