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I had Nissen Fun six months ago. I am 77 and had lots of hemorrhaging from in the esophagus from hernia rubbing up and down. All went well until now. In the last month I have been experiencing this. I go to have a bowel movement and while doing this the painful dry heaves start for like 10 minutes. Then all stops.
This is awful and also in last 2 weeks half way through eating I can't bring my self to swallow the food in my mouth, so spit it out. No pain with this but just can't swallow. Any ideas out there? Thanks
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Hi, @bigredmoon1212. Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Sorry to hear about the hemorrhaging, the painful dry heaves with bowel movements and the inability to swallow halfway through eating you had after your Nissen fundoplication. All of those sound rough.
One Mayo Clinic article on fundoplication you may find helpful is:
- Transoral endoscopic incisionless fundoplication https://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals/digestive-diseases/news/transoral-endoscopic-incisionless-fundoplication/mqc-20454990
Although this article is written for medical professionals, I think you will find especially with its Q&A style, it's fairly readable for those without formal medical training.
I did note that this part of the article in the third paragraph from the top talks about the swallowing issues you'd mentioned as a possible side effect:
Both of these procedures, however, are associated with complications inherent in surgical intervention and can have chronic side effects such as bloating and dysphagia. And some patients will have recidivism of symptoms requiring re-initiation of medical therapy.
What has your gastrointestinal surgeon suggested for the swallowing challenges, bigredmoon1212?