Hi Chuba. You are on your way to a recovery. Take it slow and easy. Watch what you eat and remember to chew very well. Eating everything may not be the best at this time. Kind regards to you and keep...
Bump This topic has been helpful for those thinking about surgery. Please start from page 1. Feel free to add your success too. We often only read about concerns and problems but there are a lot of...
Welcome rbird, the first suggestion is to find out now what you are able to eat post surgery. Get it now and have it on hand. We found a small blender was helpful as it provides very soft nourishment...
Hebert, thanks for sharing. Please let us know how you do with the redo. We all learn from others experiences. Best to you. Pat...
Eldite. Glad you visited our forum. Suggest you read the topic 'For Successful fundoplication Members'. This might be helpful to know that many people have had the surgery and are doing fine. Yes,...
Gayn. Here is a typical post surgery food plan. Just cut and paste it in the line and print a copy. Perhaps this will be helpful for your shopping. Some docs are fussy about the foods to eat for...
http://www.upmc.com/patients-visitors/education/nutrition/pages/diet-after-nissen-fundoplication-surgery.aspx...
Hello Annie02189. We're glad you found us. A few suggestions for you--ask for a copy of the eating plan your surgeon wants you to follow and purchase items ahead of time. This will avoid having to...
Hi catspaw. I think you are now experiencing the swelling so many mention. Thus, why you had difficulty with the ground turkey. Usually they say to back off and go to liquidy food. What worked was to...
BNC, how was the diagnosis made? Did the physician base it on symptoms alone or upper GI or barium swallow ? Could be a hernia that gives you the symptoms of reflux discomfort and that could occur in...
BNC glad you came to our forum. Sure sounds like you are having a hard time with the medicine. Glad you are working with your GI Doctor. Did your physician tell you about 'when' to take the PPI ?...
MPoll1 glad that dropped in to our forum. Welcome. I'm sorry that you had a setback and hope that it has resolved some for you. You might have written about what caused the discomfort-- meaning the...
Hello. Here's a thought that our family learned from the doctor even though we didn't like hearing it and was angry about it. He said you must eat NOW to help heal your problem like you should have...
teria, call the office and get an advance copy of your food plan so you can shop early and have the food on hand. You will be wanting to be home and quiet. Have a pillow to hug in case you feel a...
fundoplication recovery, 1 year on - not a complication free one CathyAnn. Welcome. Jenagade has written under the above topic . Type this above topic into the 'custom search' and you can see his...
http://www.upmc.com/patients-visitors/education/nutrition/pages/diet-after-nissen-fundoplication-surgery.aspx Angela, this link has post surgical diet information and has good information-- however...
Hello Angela from Il. Welcome to our forum. I hope you stay and let us know how you are progressing in your healing. You have just had this major surgery a few days ago. The shoulder/neck pain might...
I feel that the idea is for the whole bed to be at an angle. Just bending at the hip area doesn't do it. The doc told us that and the blocks were picked up from a neighbor that were in his back...
Tewabear123, welcome to our forum. You are very early in the healing process. You have had major surgery. It will take about a year for healing. Going back to work depends on your healing and intake....
Check out the topic: on this forum. For Successful fundoplication members "...
We didn't find the wedge really helpful. We found that raising the head of the bed much better. Get a couple of masonry blocks and someone help lift the head of the bed up and place the blocks under...
Hello FearBug, I have not read your previous posts but here is what our doctor said. You must be careful of what you are eating. Log what you eat and how you feel. He said you must eat how you should...
Welcome Geekgirl, I'm glad that you are keeping in touch with your surgeon and GI Doctor. You had MAJOR surgery and healing goes slowly and gradually and still going on even at a year . The doctor...
Bump To bring this topic up for those that need to read about successful surgery. . We see problems but we need to read about success. So many leave the forum after surgery and don't join in. Thanks....
sburne97. Glad you stopped by our forum. I'm sorry that you are feeling so bad. Have a suggestion for you,-- consider not exercising for a while-- try for a month-- as exercise has an effect on the...
This surgery has helped many people--they get on with their lives. It is usually people that have problems that seek help and suggestions on a forum. The successful patients have left the forum or...
Hello Eileen, it would be best to call the surgeons office (his nurse) and obtain a printout of what eating plan you should follow after surgery. That way you can purchase and have what you need on...
LD has so many symptoms and it seems that no two people are the same. We have learned to take enjoyment in all we see and find that walking slowly keeps things in perspective of the world around us....
M4E. How are you doing. Been thinking about you and know you are progressing toward healing. Write and let us know of your progress....
JakeOnTheLake , perhaps some of the postings will be helpful. I wish you well....
I don't believe we are suppose to list Doctor recommendations by name on this forum. We are not suppose to place our email address in our posts to avoid all kinds of spam stuff. It can get pretty bad...
Wes, your procedure is new to me and I know you look forward to being well again. Please write frequently with their pre and post surgery instructions to you. Tell us all about it. The hospital...
Flboy, I looked at the Sages.org site at the actual pictures of this procedure--52 patients over 83 months were listed in this study. . It is new to me. Flboy, a suggestion-- how many of this...
Jamie60. Glad you dropped in to our forum. We are not doctors but we want to help and make suggestions. I think your gastroenterologist would be the one to advise and diagnose if you have a HIATAL...
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M4E. Welcome. Let us know how you are doing. We all learn from others. I am bumping up another topic for you to glance through. "For successful fundoplication members". Look forward to you adding...
Paul's Brother There is no 'one' fix for our problem. There is no one pill for a problem. Healing must be done for the whole body-- that means eating whole healthy non-processed food, carbonation...
Hi Jayster-- have you looked into the Linx anti reflux device that fits around the lower esophageal spinchter . It opens to allow food in and closes after each swallow. It is controlled with magnets....
Mike, my family member (with reflux and LPR & Linx ) WAS a personal trainer. She had to give it up. She is the same age as you are. Active, not overweight not even a little bit, etc. I've been with...
Hi Mike welcome! We aren't doctors but we want to share ideas that might help. Maybe your body is telling you to slow down some as the long term running might be too much for your spinchter. Pressure...
Hi Ultimatefan. Welcome. Glad you visited go up to the top of this page and type in "Linx" in our forum search engine. You will see lots of comments. Let us know what symptoms you were having and how...
Hi NevadaMike. Welcome to our forum. Glad that you dropped in. Good idea to create your own topic. Sharon gave good suggestions. There is lots of good information above on reflux. Also, elevate the...
Hello AmethystQueen, a suggestion is to call the surgeons office (nurse) and ask for a printout of the post- surgery diet you will be on. (I myself would not accept a response that says the doctor...
My family member had Linx implanted at Mayo in Jacksonvilke. One of the earliest patients to have the procedure done. It was done by Dr. C. Daniel Smith, chief of surgery at Mayo at the time. He is...
Hello Adam. We are happy that you came and looked the forum over. Esophagitis is an irritation and inflammation of the esophagus and can make swallowing bothersome. You want to heal that irritation....
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I'm bringing this up again to help those on the fence about their decision to have or not have surgery. So many have found this helpful. I hope that others will add their success stories too. So...
If you want to start very slowly and low dose-- why not try organic coconut oil. Search 'monolaurin and coconut oil' in the search engine of your choice. Very pleasant tasting and easy to use to see...
Hello Beth, if you are suspected of having an hiatal hernia, then please see a GI doctor. He will probably do an barium swallow xray to 'see' the hernia. He should place you in several positions...
Gilbert's can be inherited, the color comes and goes, very slightly yellowish at times , more color at other times, normal color at times. Test results varied-- positive and negative. That is why...