On the 13th of March of next year I will be 10 years post hiatal hernia repair and a full floppy NF. The results of the surgery were wonderful. I was originally diagnosed with a possible Hiatal...
Four years ago today I underwent a successful operation to repair my hiatal hernia and Nissen Fundoplication. Since that time I have never had a single incident of GERD or even the slightest bout of...
No I don't feel anything except pressure in my stomach. Then I consciously or unconsciously force myself to relax the muscles and the air or gas will travel into my esophagus. then I can expel it...
I think it is pretty normal -- it just takes some getting used to. I am 4 years in and i have not experienced any reflux since the 360 degree Fundo...again knock on wood. I can burp but differently...
Just dropped in to say hello and to recommend surgery to anybody who has been evaluated and recommended to have it. Every case is different but the one thing I have found out is that there is no cure...
Look for the threads about successful NF. I have posted there several times about my experiences. To summarize, I was a 73 year old male and I suffered from hiatal hernia and resulting GERD from the...
Just dropped by to see how our successful community was doing and saw Gypsymama's post. It reminded me that my HH and N/F surgery was really the result of bacteria in my lungs. Several years prior to...
Welcome to the group. I am just a regular member who wanders in and out and makes occasional comments. There is a difference between a loose and a partial wrap. In my own case they did a 360 degree...
Although I am a big baby when it comes to pain, from the day after surgery I needed no pain medication or anything else for discomfort, nor did I have spasms that you mentioned. Immediately after...
Over the past three years I have posted my success story on many threads in this Site. I have received much info and encouragement from the site ranging from pre-surgery, recovery and then moving on...
Update from page one of this topic. After 40 + years of reflux I had my HH and NF surgery 3/11/13 and have not had one incidence of reflux or any other digestive disorder since then except for...
Three years ago I was terrified about my scheduled HH repair and 360 Floppy nissen....If I had listened to all the horror stories, I was on the verge of compounding my GERD problems with unknown...
I am 76 years old and had a HH repair and floppy 360 NF nearly three years ago. I am the poster "boy" for a successful recovery after a lifetime of reflux. You can search the archives for my previous...
As I stated in previous posts, I was 73 when I had my HH and NF. I knew that I could live out my life with GERD/reflux. But at that age one of the few pleasures left was eating good food and I didn't...
You are probably too young to remember FDR's famous statement, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" Although I now put on a brave face, two and a half years ago I was terrified over the...
I had a HH repair and a floppy 360 NF. Whether that is stronger or better is up to the surgeon. I was very worried about swallowing after surgery and my surgeon assured me that he would use a Bougie...
I know that this is probably not a popular opinion but who told you that you could never eat normally again??? For most people that is absolute nonsense. A "simple" Hiatal Hernia repair and...
Congratulations on your Fundo......I had mine two years and seven months ago and have not regretted it for a minute. I hope your recovery is fast and that you get on with your life without looking...
Don't get complacent. For all of my positive reports I got careless the other night at a buffet and failed to observe my own advice. I over-ate and wound up with something stuck.....maybe I was...
Tomato....If you read my previous posts I mentioned that a few days after my HH repair and NF, a friend of mine brought me a pitcher of homemade tomato soup. Since it was pureed and my Doctor had...
Wendy811 asked about weight loss. I personally lost about 22 lbs but have since regained about 10 of it. I am not an expert on nutrition. All of this information was gleaned from different web sites...
I am glad that Wendy811 liked my earlier posts in this thread. I am now two and a half years out from my successful HH/NF--13 March 2013--and my life is fully normal with no GERD. Like most HH/NF...
Addressing Catheterization: It is necessary and it was a first for me. I agree about the bits. I am a male and it is the first time that anybody handed my bits without my knowledge--I was out like a...
Congratulations on your surgery and prayers that it will continue for you and, if necessary, for Linda Sue. I had my full floppy two years ago after a lifetime of Hiatal Hernia problems. I haven't...
I was on prescription Nexium for 4- 5 years. I don't know anything about the OTC grade but to categorically say that you can't get off of PPIs without experiencing pain is nonsense. Nexium did...
I followed my Dr's orders religiously for the first three weeks....he informed me at that checkup that I could begin playing tennis as soon as I felt strong enough and that I could begin trying small...
I am 75 and was first diagnosed as having a possible hiatal Hernia in 1967. There was no disease called GERD or reflux in those days. They also didn't have any of the modern tests--just an upper GI....
I had my HH repair and a 360 floppy NF in March of 2013. In just a few days it will be two years. I had resigned myself to give up many things in order to be able to sleep without reflux. However few...
I am the "loud-mouth" of the group and am always posting my positive results. Mine was 100% successful so far. I have had zero reflux since the day of the operation 1 year and 9 months ago. I...
I probably already posted this on other threads, but.....I am a wimp for pain also and was dreading getting in and out of bed to walk, etc. after surgery. I knew there would be some shoulder pain as...
I was reading over the submissions on this thread and thought I would added to my previous post that appears on the first page. Diet. I am probably one of the oldest members who have had the wrap--73...
Welcome to the forum. Please read the Forum's thread: "For successful fundoplication members" by Pat Fill. My own story is in there. But just to demonstrate how positive my own experience has been...
Good luck with your surgery. I pray that yours goes as well as mine did 20 months ago. We had similar problems--long term hiatal hernia (40+ years in my case)--and, migrating stomach. For some...
I do wish you all the best and hope that your Nissen goes as well as mine. We have similar symptoms except for the Barrett's. I didn't have that although it is a wonder that I didn't. I suffered with...
I mentioned this in a previous post, but I really had no choice of Surgeons. My HH repair and Nissen was to be performed in a U. S. Air Force hospital and it was done by a relatively senior general...
I was an active elderly male--I played daily tennis and/or during inclement weather walked 3 - 5 miles a day at the mall. I am 6' tall and weighed 213 prior to surgery. In the weeks after surgery I...
One other thing I forgot to mention was my post-op diet experience. In my pre-op interviews with my Surgeon he told me on several occasions that I would be on a clear liquid diet for two weeks. So. I...
My two cents: If they do a floppy, they put a spacer down your throat called a Bougie. It keeps the lower end of the esophagus open while they do the wrap. The spacer prevents the wrap from being too...
I am post HH/NF one year and three months--13 March 2013. I am sure my results are atypical. I did not have the debilitating digestive problems that others have had. My probem stemmed from the Histal...
I posted part of the following information previously but my swallowing was affected by my Hiatla Hernia also. Because of the hiatal hernia my LES and a portion of my stomach slid back and forth into...
I am now approaching 75 years old and had my Hiatal Hernia repaired and the Nissen Fundoplication 1 year and 4 months ago. I had a 360 floppy so like you I had the bougie spacer put down my throat so...
Since nobody answered your question, I'll take a shot at it. I am not a Doctor and this is not meant to be medical advice. This is only my experiece and knowledge that I have gained through the...
Hello Denise and Bill and HealingWell friends.... For those of you who haven't read my up-beat posts, I occasionally stop by and add my two cents to some of the on-going strings. I had my HH repair...
I was first diagnosed with a possible Hiatal Hernia and duodenitis in 1967. There were few tests or treatment in those days.....I was given an upper GI with a barium swallow and then they treated it...
I am not a Doctor and I am not trying to give you medical advice. I am just a person who once suffered from Hiatal Hernia and GERD--now I don't! As far as I know there is no single cause of a Hiatal...
my recovery was atypical. I am a military retiree and for years prior to surgery I usually played tennis six days a week. When we had inclement weather, I usually went to our local mall and walked...
Congratulations on your recovery.....I am one year and two months post Nissen and we have both had similar results.....no more Nexium, no more Tums, no more night episodes coughing up reflux. I...
In my own case, I had long-term GERD/LPR which was not diagnosed as such. In about 1968 I was diagnosed with a possible Hiatal Hernia but there were few tests available in those days except for...
In my own case, I have a similar type of burp but it serves the purpose. I am one year post op and it is really more of a venting of air than a burp. It is a feeling similar to a reverse hiccup. I...
Grandma Barb. Some info on the internet--not necessarily HealingWell--will say that NF is for younger people. I had mine one-year ago at age 73 and I have never felt better in my life. My advice:...