Hi Mark Well at 8 months before I had my gall bladder out it was quite bad then but after the operation everything got better and better. I was still a bit of reflux eating garlic and tomatoes a...
Hi it is 1 year since I had my full wrap nissen procedure. It has been a long road but all my reflux has gone and I have no regrets. It really does take a year to get over this operation. It did for...
Hi I am 6 months post operation and am back on most foods but am having problems with chest pain also which I have just started to get in the last 3 weeks. I think it is reflux related pain. I am...
Hi Just an update -if anyone is having problem with gas and diarrhea after fundoplication look into fructose malabsorption. I have just worked out that is what is causing mine. It is strange the the...
Yes I am due back at work in 2 weeks also. Hopefully I can eat more by then. I speak to the surgeon in 2 weeks but I think this is all normal. My reflux has almost gone so I am thankful for that....
Yes I am exactly 4 weeks post op also and was about to post about stomach pains also. I am still on soft food and meant to be transitioning to slow cooker sort of meals but I get a stomach ache after...
Hi Alcie Thanks for that info. I have been experimenting what gives me wind pain and diarrhoea. It is definitely just sugar from flavoured yoghurt, jelly and juice. I am fine with carbs and protein....
Ok Thanks. I had the operation done in Sydney but still have to get back home which is a 6 hour drive back to the peace of the country. Waiting for things to settle down but too unpredictable still!...
Hi I had the operation 8 days ago. My worst symptoms are diarrhea and stomach cramps with 1-2 hrs of eating. I have only been eating 1/3 cup soft soup 3 times a day, lactose free diet, chew very...
Hi I am 4 days post op also and have no shoulder pain but can burp. My body is annoyed also at the change and I have diarrhoea after every very small meal I eat. My stomach and intestines groan and...
Interestingly I find that dairy and bread and fruit and alcohol and all the usual things make my reflux much much worse. I have been surviving on veg, rice and fish or chicken and 80mg somac. I still...
Thanks I have read all the info and I have spoken to the Nurse of the Dr doing the surgery. She says he has done at least 1000 fundoplicaions over the 26 years experience in Surgery so I am in the...
Hi Denise, Mal and Kristen Thanks for your stories. My symptoms are so bad that I feel anything has to be better than now. I have been reading too many recovery stories and starting to worry that it...
Hi I am a 50 year old woman in Australia. I have had barretts for 8 years and was on 40mg of Nexium and had endoscopes every 2 years with no progression. The last 5 months I have had 2 chest...