24 hour ph monitoring,total% time ph4 1.6,upright % ph4 time 1.5,supine% time ph4 1.8 I had 20 reflux episodes, longest one was 9 minutes., demeester score 7.49. Inpendance, refluxes 120,gas refluxes...
Right i have seen a GI surgeon now. Chatted for about 30 mins about my linx past. He isn't a linx surgeon but he knew all about it. I am refluxing tiny but regular amounts. The linx is working at all...
I did write to Torax UK asking for advise, yes they just said i need to see my surgeon. They also sent my email to my surgeon that didn't go down well....
Hi Pat. I am seeing a non linx surgeon next Saturday so he can explain my 24hr ph and manometry test results. I self funded my linx and my surgeon cannot do anything linx related on the nhs which is...
Hi lpnr. I have the same problems as you. I had linx 2 years ago and have been having lpr symptoms for over 18 months which have been getting worse. Symptoms are now almost as bad a prelinx. I have...
Got my 24hr ph and manometry test results back. Basically everything 'appears' to be with in a normal range but i am refluxing. I posted results on a facebook group and a linx surgeon did say that i...
Still no results. Once i get them its back to my surgeon....
Hi pat tall. I had a 24hr ph and manometry test done last week, should has results soon. I haven't got a clue what is wrong other than most of my symptoms are back and esophageal pain is keeping me...
Candin. I hope you get sorted soon. When do your test start? I have finally after a very long 14 week wait had a 24hr ph and manometry test done. I now have to wait for results. My symptoms are now...
I was a 5k runner, had to pack it in recently as i was almost drowning in phlegm, i am only guessing what has gone wrong with my linx as i have been waiting so long for the nhs to do some tests. If i...
Giani, i am rare, most people who have linx have 100% success. I am still waiting to find out exactly what i have done to cause the linx not to work properly. For the first 3 months after implant i...
Well its now been 5 weeks since i last spoke to my surgeon. He wants me to have a 24hr ph and manometry test and another endoscopy. So far dispite emailing his secretary i haven't even recieved a...
I have found the Lady who had the HH repair 13 months after she had linx. Only 2 people in US so far have had it done,but it can be done. I now have the evidence to present to my Surgeon 😁...
As far as i know i don't have sleep apnea, i have been tested for it. All i can do is wait wait wait for tests to be done. My esophagus feels like someones been at it with a cheese grater. Ppis and...
Just got my Peptest results, i have Moderate pepsin reflux so back to square one for me. Just have to wait for all the tests to be done again to find out what has gone wrong. Out of all the linx my...
Hi Pat Tall, (i've changed my name i use to be NUMBER 5)here i am all this time later. Things have improved got worse, improved,but now they are really bad again i like your 'tenting' idea, i did...
Has anybody had a hiatus hernia repair done post linx after original repair failure?...
Hi again, there are 2 linx groups on Facebook, both are very possitive groups so i don't like to go on them with all my tales of woe. There 'linx surgery for gerd..' and 'linx experience...' both...
Hi suejayuk. Did you have linx nhs? I self funded mine. The linx was a miracle while it worked but how cruel is it for us to return to our pre op condition. Has your surgeon made any suggestions as...
Hi suejayuk, thanks for your reply. As i write this i have terrible heartburn and am wheezing away. I have just done a peptest and will be posting today. My Surgeon is alway 'away' un'til September...
I'd love to have a chat with whoever it was who had the same problem. I'll contact JPT. Thanks...
Justpassingthrough by any chance?...
Hi Pat Tall. Thanks for your reply. I have just ordered myself a pepsin test to double check that it is reflux. I will have to wait a while for the tests as i am at the mercy of the nhs. I have read...
Hi. I had linx installed early 2013 after years of reflux, the last 2 years being awful. I waited for linx to become available as i didn't want nissen. The surgery went well and for the first 3...