Puppetman, so sorry I have only just seen your post. Everything was fantastic, the Endostim took all the reflux away it was magical Found out last year the company wasn't doing good, and subsequently...
no information from surgeon. I know that others here, like myself, had the EndoStim implant, and for a time a few of us were having it done at about the same time, posting about our journeys. Those...
hi all, Moving forwards, in the last year to date, moving forwards only, has anybody heard any news at all, from anywhere in the whole world, about anything on the horizon, re getting replacement...
Hi there, its been 3 years that I've had Endostim. Jan39: While as said I cannot wear clothes where buttons dig in or where elastic etc digs in to each of the little scars of the hernia surgery and...
It's been 18 months since the hiatal hernia fix & having the EndoStim implanted - so it's time for an update! Because of reflux-ish side effects of other medications for other conditions, my EndoStim...
you need to check this, hopefully you are in the treatment group and all will be well. Please check it out. Yes the EndoStim truly relieved my reflux so much and quite quickly after surgery, I did...
Wow, so it's now a whole year since having EndoStim implanted & the having had the hernia fix done. A year on, I still experience problems with swallowing certain types of food comfortably (hard...
hi there, wow, its about 11 whopping months now since having the EndoStim/hernia fix. I remember getting upset thinking my bod would have a big scar on it, but you can hardly see it now. Still...
Davidoff51 - sorry but I can only refer you to my previous answer to your question regarding what type of surgery it involved, but if you need anything further the Leicester team can be contacted and...
hiyah iho, I didn't have manometry/24 ph test/tubes down throat (my greatest fear), I had instead the bravo transmitter which was put in under general anaesthetic, was told it would be for 48 hours...
hi Davidoff51, I had 4 keyhole, laparoscopic-style surgery points including into the belly button, and a cut was made where the EndoStim goes. After 8 months the cut mark has faded a lot, & wearing...
hi ibo, I had & still have asthma & continue to suffer with tight chest/hard to breathe/need inhalers, triggers as always are extreme temperature changes, not enough air, chemicals/fumes, dust, and...
it's been about 8 months now, since the hiatal hernia fix and EndoStim implant and time for an update. I no longer have that awful gas pain in my shoulders, I think it ceased after 6 months. Am very...
Hi arachnids, a dietician told me that poppy seeds and sesame seeds contain a high amount of calcium. So I mix a spoonful or so of sesame seeds into breakfast cereals. Mind you, dental floss is an...
thanks Suzannecaroline. I hope you don't have to wait much longer now. Beforehand, before the EndoStim/hernia fix, there were times when the action of swallowing didn't happen, not always with food...
good luck, it sounds like you've been through a truly horrid time....
nice one puppetman, I hope the swallowing treatment goes ok. please do update about that. thanks and take care...
hiyah Suzannecaroline - I'm in my early 50s and hope that won't class me as being too ancient!!! As for me - it will soon be 5 months since the EndoStim/hernia fix, and no ppi's/antacids needed at...
It's now been 3 and a half months since the EndoStim and hernia fix. I've now seen both my regular gastro doctor, and the EndoStim surgeon. Both are happy with how I have recovered & am getting on...
I had EndoStim and a hernia fix, and over 3 months later I still have on/off shoulder gas pain. My surgeon didn't seem worried about this at all, unfortunately with me anyhow it can take quite some...
I hope you have a good rapport with you surgeon and can ask him to confirm why he thinks xyz needs to happen and why not just the hernia repair, find out his reasons if possible, it's so easy to not...
still haven't tried any other fizzy drink, but I did carry out an "experiment" - stopped having any caffeine free diet coke for a few days. During which time I still felt bloated etc and realise the...
similar issues here, I refused those tests, can't handle things shoved inside my throat. Luckily, I then had 2 things done instead: 1 - a general anaesthetic for endoscopy & gastroscopy 2 - under...
Really, really important that you always eat something before taking naproxen, even if its just a slice of toast. Maybe this will help. Also some doctors now offer ppi to take alongside naproxen for...
thank you tummybunny and theotherhalf. Theotherhalf I was also concerned about knowing when it might be ok to lie in certain positions after I got home. Found them all ok, but the one thing that...
recently had new tablet snri duloxetine (newer than ssri), extreme diarrohea (why is that word so hard to spell?!!). other meds over the years same thing, or that plus feeling sick/stomach...
so it's now almost 10 weeks since EndoStim/hernia fix were done at Leicester. I'm still amazed about what a difference its made - brilliant!! No acid reflux, no pantoprazole, no Maalox antacids. So...
....and so over 8 weeks have passed since EndoStim/hernia fix. Am able to eat a few more breakfast cereals, but stupidly tried to eat a couple of dates, & a fried potato pancake, big mistake, both...
So, its now 7 weeks since EndoStim and hernia fix. the dreadful shoulder gas pain still comes and goes and when it comes its truly horrendous I hate it!! What a truly nasty pain it is. Have not gone...
thanks Dee716, I hope you soon get reassessed. As for me well, it is now 6 weeks since EndoStim/hernia fix, that bad gas shoulder pain still comes and goes, its horrible. Tried eating a ready meal of...
It's now been 5 weeks since I had EndoStim/hernia fix, and I'm carrying on with pantoprazole, 20mg each morning. No longer on amytriptilline for the gas pain, but the gas pain comes and goes and it's...
for me personally, the ppi that has the least side effects (diahorrea) are pantoprazole 20mg every morning. Not sure if it actually has helped though....
thank you...
oh my, you really made me laugh last night!!!! Actually the veg was ready to eat the other day!!!! As for me my regular gastro doctor told me not to take any more naproxen or any anti inflammatories...
good for you, if you don't have any bad physical feelings then carry on I'd say. Guess I've got weird insides, but then again I have other health conditions and maybe they are delaying my recovery....
Thanks so much PuppetMan. The 4 months of referred pain sounds awful, I hope mine won't last that long. It's now been 4 weeks since my EndoStim/hernia fix. I feel bittersweet today. A radio...
good to read your thread. Yes, I've noticed an increase in belching/burping, and a decrease in the strange creeking noises in my chest. Perhaps we are on the road to normality. I hope so! My hernia...
wow, 4 months for that awful referred shoulder pain to go? Nightmare... Suffering on and off, also at the top of my ribcage on the left. Doctor suggested getting frozen veg, in a towel, placing on...
Chicago Girl, well done for getting through it. I have a thread here up called My EndoStim Journey. I hope Leics treated you as wonderfully as they treated me. Like you and Puppetman, I also have the...
Swings and roundabouts... got fed up with having soups with ground chicken, bought a moussaka ready meal, which was soft and I was able to swallow it ok. And had an espresso from a café today. By the...
Almost 3 weeks since EndoStim/hernia surgery. Struggling with foods that are not completely smooth, including eggs, beef, and even struggling to eat Rice Krispies at a normal pace, its hard to eat at...
Its now been 2 and a half weeks since the EndoStim/hernia fix. Yesterday struggled to eat scrambled eggs. I'm not that bothered, if it takes a while that's fine. I'll just carry on blending...
spent most of today with hardly any gas pain in the shoulder, so took less pain killers, and this along with the pureed apricots mean I am no longer constipated!! hurrah!!!!!! lol (how weird it is...
lunchtime thought I'd have 2 scrambled eggs, but I was only able to eat a third of it, as it was becoming difficult to swallow/digest. Stopped there and then, slight hiccups which deep breathing...
well the good news is, I am able to eat the pureed apricot concoction, so hopefully that will help the constipation! And I have not needed any Maalox today either. the not so good news is, I tried...
yesterday I thought I'd tackle the blended broccoli again, with abit of minced beef. I chewed each mouthful for an exceptionally long time, spitting out bits of cooked onion from the beef, and ate at...
oh my, a learning curve... -got the carer to put cooked broccoli in the blender so it became like a soft paste. After that I felt very hungry and sipped soup, and had a couple of mouthfuls of the...
... so more than a week later post-EndoStim, and I have to take regular strong pain killers for the trapped-in-the-shoulder-gas-pain, so spending the time mainly asleep as a result of the side...
I am going to write about what I've been through - your posts have helped me enormously, and I hope my journey can help you too. It all began for me in the 1970s, when I was young. For as long as I...
Puppetman, I want to thank you so much, I read all your posts over and over last week, because I was about to go to hospital for Endostim, your posts gave me the confidence and courage to go through...