If there are any surgeons who perform Nissen Fundoplication surgeries who contribute here, perhaps you could respond to this. I understand that if a full wrap Nissen Fundoplication surgery is carried...
Jacob7777, You refer to a pH diagnostic test, pH capsule test, or pH gastrogram - are you saying these are different names for the same test?...
As you probably know the Linx is not without its problems. My surgeon won't do the Linx citing the difficulties with its parts becoming intertwined with skin tissue and other issues. Another surgeon...
I have the same difficulties with my electronic bed base that raises in two places - probably like yours. It you raise the lower half of the bed to stop you from slipping down it makes it almost...
Sorry to hear of your health issues - I also have similar chronic coughing thought to be related to acid reflux. My coughing feels what I imagine asthmatic related coughing would be like though I...
After careful selection of a surgeon I had my first full wrap Nissen Fundoplication in December 2016. After an overnight stay in the hospital I was discharged late afternoon. At about 10:30pm that...
I tend to agree with Linda Sue regarding the reflux being at least partly due to fermentation by products. However, as we hear so often, we are all different. I am 72 and after seeing a natropath and...
Daxter, I totally relate to your frustration. Over a six-year period I had all the usual tests my GI could think of but could not prove reflux. I then went through the same thing with a second GI...