Hi Everyone! Sorry for the length of time between responses, to be honest I have been so busy with work and school I completely forgot to document my progress as of late. Today is almost 8 months...
Hi Yellow! WOW that is alot going on - I hope you all the best with getting this taken care of! So you also had the surgery already with Dr. Gee and are having problems? IF so, when did your problems...
Hi Yellow, I actually just emailed the office because I'm starting to have heartburn sensation again (burning in my chest) and I am burping more than I was post op. 6 months out I'm not regurtitating...
Hi everyone, I thought I'd post an update since I'm now at exactly 1 month out of surgery. I had my follow up appointment today and the surgeon took out my remaining stitches (had to have a chest...
Hi Alcie! Thank you for the information, I definately need to try that! Last night I had portobello mushroom soup with chicken legs in it, that sat in the crock pot all day. The chicken fell off the...
Thank you Joswald, I was thinking about that today, that i'll scale it back to more of a liquid diet again and see if it helps. The hospital was very antsy to get me on soft foods (i spent 5 days...
Smafleur, Thank you! I really spent time researching this - friends and family thought I was crazy the amount of questions I had. *update* I am post op day 8 now so don't want to get too excited but...
Hi Everyone! I recently had surgery for my hiatal hernia/acid reflux and thought I'd share my experience with you! About me: I'm a 25 year old male, 10 year history of heartburn and regurgitation,...
Hi Alcie! I've read most of the ones on google (all I can think about these days) but most have small numbers and some do have that flap valve which isn't used anymore. Surgeon explained it's more...
Oh! The sutures I'm talking about are going to be holding the esophagus in place after it's place into the stomach, and also to close the hiatus after they fix the hernia. The outside incisions won't...
Pat, Thanks so much for the kind words. My surgeon said he won't do another fundo procedure because of the possible side effects, and that this specific procedure doesn't have any side effects...
Hi Pat and Alcie, Thanks so much for your posts. I don't have specific numbers, but the hopsital confirmed they do about 300 or more of these a year and they have a study about to come out since 2001...
Hi Brian, I'm getting surgery done in 8 days here in Orlando Florida. My surgeon is Dr. Farid Gharagozloo. He does a new revolutionary procedure that is 'minimally invasive' via a robot. The surgery...
Hi Alcie, Thanks for your post :) The incisions are pretty similar except the way my surgeon does them is create a 4mm slit in the skin in each spot and the robotic arms expand up to 1 CM to fit the...
Hi everyone, I have been suffering from GERD/Hiatal Hernia now for about 10 years. I'm a 25 year old male and after being on PPI acid reducing medication for 10 years, I have finally found a surgeon...
Hi Pmdancer! I actually am going in to Dr. Gharagozloo for the Valvuloplasty Feb 1st. I am freaking out to tell you the truth but his demeanor alone calms me. I saw you mention in another post that...