I did not have my surgery at Mayo, but in my home town, it was a successful surgery. One needs patience for your body to recover after the surgery, there is no rushing the process.

Yes, I am 29 years old but the 40mg twice a day of Nexium, along with lifestyle changes have not seemed to help.
I at first experienced “LPR” like issues with my mouth and throat, as well as dysphasia back in 2020, by the time they actually did an endoscopy, it was early 2021 but my esophagus was fairy healthy still after being on Prilosec and then Nexium.

This year I had an endoscopy and my esophagus was really tight, although a lot of the “LPR” like symptoms are gone. No permanent damage yet according to my GI doctor.

I can’t take Pepcid since it does weird things to me.

I apparently have a 3cm hiatal hernia, it has grown 1cm since last year, assuming the correct size was estimated in my first endoscopy.

I am meeting with my GI doctor on May the 3rd to fax my information and hopefully a referral to Mayo Clinic.

My mom and dad both have digestive issues and I don’t want to get Barrett’s Esophagus if at all possible so I am trying to get the rest of the pre-op testing done at Mayo Clinic… I have had my local hospital do the bravo procedure which confirmed constant acid reflux.

I don’t really trust my local hospital enough to perform the procedure since there are issues that can happen, be it LINX, Nissen Fundoplication, or something else.

Thank you for your time.