Still alive! I ended up going to an immediate care facility...that is also next to an ER incase they wanted me to go there. They shot me in the butt with zofran and gave me some zofran tablets. They...
I think you subconsciously learn to chew your food better and it does get better, trust me. I'm 11 months post op...right after my surgery I got scrambled eggs caught too which I thought was...
What do I do?!??!!??!? I had a full nissen lap in January all has been great but I got up this morning and started dry heaving - confirmed...I can't vomit which he told me before the surgery anyway...
I have been diagnosed with Peptic Ulcer Disease and it has been flaring up a lot recently becoming a chronic problem. I did see my doctor who put me on two different medications to control the acid...
Last year after stopping hormonal birth control that I had been on for 12 years I had terrible non stop migraines so I was put on Topomax. I take 75mg at night. I also take 60mg of Cymbalta that was...
I take Cymbalta and I didn't even notice my migraines starting being fewer and farther apart until my doc asked me about it and then he explained that cymbalta can help with that. I haven't had any...
WOW...there is a part 4!!! I haven't been on here for a while. I had a full Nissen in January. Awesome results, no problems post op, everything was going better than expected until two nights ago...
Two weeks ago I had a nasty cold over the weekend, had it been during the week I would have missed worked. Then the next week I had wrist surgery, and naturally the day before this I started my...
Phew... been gone a while...busy with work! Let's see, I'm almost 2 months post op and I'm cleared for any and everything. I've been lifting 40lbs okay I'm just careful. I am not normally a pop...
Weak LES valve....caused by genetics maybe, medications possibly, life style..... that's my guess. That's the problem with reflux is you have people with absolutely no symptoms of GERD who after an...
Two days maybe, I got really quick results. Then the results were "too" good and I had to cut the dosage down. Then after a couple a months my body seemed to regulate itself and I stopped taking it....
I ate onion rings with no reflux....I'm pretty sure that qualifies as a miracle in my life!! I do get the hiccups once in the while, very uncomfortable. Nausea here and there but it doesn't seem as...
Ha! I found it!! I didn't think I'd be able to but I still have the can of it. The brand name is Questran Poweder and the generic is cholestyramine. Here is some general info about it but you can...
Well I just found out in my doctor apparently told my Mom that it would take approximately two months for my body to become accustomed to this surgery. I guess I am lucky in the sense that I am...
I've taken reglan before with no problems. Well, occasionally it would just make me tired. I took it at night and then during the day if I was having reflux or felt like food was sitting in my...
Okay - I'm 3 weeks post op of full nissen fundoplication. I can eat pretty much anything...as in it goes down just fine and I can burp. However, I keep having episodes of nausea. Sometimes it starts...
Spasms? Anyone had trouble with little spasms after this procedure when lying down? It's like I can't reflux so my body is acting out some other way when i lay down and I get pressure or spasms right...
Well here I am a day later, my boss told me to stay a home another day....and I feel 150% better. I have no idea what the deal was but today is the best I've felt since my surgery 2 weeks ago, so...
Today I had a knew experience.....I woke up nauseas, not cool. (No I'm not pregnant) Thoughts on avoiding this one because I ended up not going to work and taking phenergan. Normally, prior to this...
I'm 34, I had my fundo 2 weeks ago and am already eating solid foods (but my doc said I was ahead of schedule on that). I've had esophagitis for years that won't go away even though I've been on many...
Okay, I went back to work for 1/2 day and survived. Came home and took a great nap though. Tomorrow's a full day, ugh. I feel much better than I did 2 days ago, must have been the meds working their...
Anyone have chills two weeks out from surgery? No fever, more just annoying chills and sweats when I try sleeping. I swear it's my body going "don't you ever do this to me again!!!!" I've had a...
I had this problem but it was related to irritable bowel my doc had me take a prescription powder substance you added to water...I wish I could remember what it was called. It worked really well...
I'm officially day ten post op and I officially feel like crap and I'm freaking out because I have to go back to work monday even though my boss knows I'm coming back 1/2 time the first couple of...
Oh I can take crushed vicodin any day of the week, I have found stuff that is much more vile...the contents of a zegerid capsule. Yeah, it doesn't matter what your poor that on! I talked to my doc's...
I take the same dosage of cymbalta and I have Gerd. The only difference was I was documented with GERD years before I even started the cymbalta. The only thing I can say is that the medication didn't...
Oh- and I'm posting another question regarding this surgery for others who have had it. How long did you take pain medication? I know everyone is different and I react strangely to some meds but I'm...
I have diaphragm/chest pain when I breath deep and I have some pain around my incisions- if I move a certain way my stomach area screams at me! My torso has bruising in different areas scattered...
Oops...I had my first boo boo and it was totally my fault. I found out what it feels like to get something stuck in your esophagus and just have to kinda wait for it to make it's way down. I'll be...
Oh - I should mention to everyone thinking about this surgery that I have strange reactions to medications and that was why they had a difficult time getting my pain under control. It had nothing to...
I love my ice packs....they make the incisions and my whole stomach area feel so much better!!! (at least for me). When I woke up from surgery they had an ice pack on me and I've tried to keep one on...
I am home from my surgery. I only stayed one night even though I had a couple complications....they nicked a vein that goes to my spleen so they were concerned about internal bleeding and I had a bad...
The doc's office and hospital has confirmed with my insurance company that all is well. I guess I had pre surgery jitters and had to panic about something. Thanks for all of the support!...
I thought the upper GI test was where they had you drink the barium and they took the x-rays and the upper EDG was the where they scoped you....
Well suffering is never good...listening to your stomach is always best. A happy tummy makes everything else so much nicer!...
Hi all.... Questions on how your insurance deals with some GERD related medications and procedures...and do you want to bang your head against the wall?? I took prevacid for years and went to get a...
Awe man!! That sucks!! If you are like me you've been playing the hurry up and wait game....I think my head would explode if they postponed my surgery another month at this time....
Mmmmm, I love Starbucks...I stick with lattes and mochas avoiding their super fancy drinks with all the flavors and syrups (too much sugar for me). Then I'll get them with what I think is 2% milk,...
alcohols red wine, sometimes I can get away with a white any fruit any spices beside salt anything with tomatoes in it/on it carbonated beverages **The mega winner!! Anything greasy or fried...makes...
4 more days until my surgery, had my pre-surgical screening today. They are still telling me they plan for one stay and out the door the next morning if all goes well....
I am counting down my days until my surgery....it's on the 29th. I was told I'll be in the hospital 1 night, 23 hours total unless something unexpected happens. Sounds like where I live it's a "drop...
I wish I could drink v-8! I had Hawaiian Pizza once, I usually get heartburn after pizza but it's livable, except this time I got esophageal spasms that lasted all through the night and into the next...
Hey Allison - I'm scheduled for surgery the 29th, so here's to recovering together!!...
For those of you who have been there done that...a couple questions regarding your NF surgery. I don't have a pre-op appointment with my surgeon since I just met with him this month. I'm just...
Here's my theory...ask why they are suggesting not to have it. Is it because it may only "last" ten years, the expense, they don't want you to spend the money, or they think you should just be happy...
I've been on zegerid twice a day for about a month and it has helped with my gerd. I used to take prevacid but I just wasn't getting enough relief from it. I haven't experienced any shortness of...
I'll be 34 this week and am schedule to have to have a nissen in two weeks. My doc told me if I were 70, he would suggest against it.... Sooo, he added on another 9 years to your age, so I would...
I've been on every med in the book for GERD and haven't noticed that being one of the side effects. However, I have noticed feeling like crap from the gerd effects my sex drive - "just don't feel...
EEEk!! Are you kidding me?!?!!? I can't eat a flipping apple without reflux so I personally would run away from any "cure" that has an apple as part of it.......
I haven't, but I'm thinking that's the only one I haven't had done. :D...