Denise, thanks for the pep talk and advice. I know, I know, it is very early. It's just that I didn't do any research on lap nissen before I had it and did not know the amount if time involved with a...
Thanks for the encouragement, Barry....
Thank you for the tip about children's motrin... Yes it seems like this recovery is taking forever. I keep having to remind myself that this was not a minor surgery. I really did not know that going...
Today is one month since my surgery and I am so dissapointed to still be in so much pain :shakehead: I'm still eating nothing but soups, mashed potatoes & gravy, yogurt... only very soft foods and in...
Tony I hope you are right. I called my surgeon and he wants me to try prilosec OTC for 2 wks. If things don't change he wants to do an upper GI. Jenn...
I had the lap nissen done almost 4 weeks ago. I'm definitely making progress and able to swallow well chewed soft food (mac and cheese, wellcooked veggies) but now I am battling what I can only...
Maybe just my imagination because today is exactly 2 weeks post op for me... But I have had a terrible lump in my esophagus / throat area all day and everything I've eaten has struggled past it. Is...
Hi Rob You are going to work after only a week?! Bless your heart. Ok, let me encourage YOU a bit. If you progress at the same rate as me, the feeling you describe as a pocket of air (exactly how I...
Thank you Denise. I will read your journal! And I do have to go back to work on Monday, but I doubt I'll be able to work all day every day. And if I can't, I just can't. Thanks again. Jenn...
Sounds yummy and I will try it. Maybe freeze the banana and not use ice?...
Hi All I just had this procedure 12 days ago and I feel like i'm on a roller coaster. The first 3 - 4 days were bad, but I expected as much. about day 6 I stopped having so much pain when I would...
I found the discussion in this thread very helpful. I'm 12 days post op and not doing as well as I thought I would be. But reading this I think that I am eating too much cold food (Ice Cream (my all...
Hello Everyone,I just had this procedure 12 days ago and I feel like i'm on a roller coaster. The first 3 - 4 days were bad, but I expected as much. about day 6 I stopped having so much pain when I...