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Can you share some Nissen fundoplication success stories?

Digestive Health | Last Active: Apr 26 10:16am | Replies (77)
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Folks who have major reflux problems or GERD and seek some easy fix... being out while someone works over you... are missing the point.. One must certainly trust science, but one must get credible evidence and testimony from all sides.. My PCP referred me to a local Central Iowa GI specialist, who in turn recommended I have the Nissen surgery back in 2015. Every meal since the the Nissen has been a challenge.. Will it stay down.. can I ever gain back the 50 pounds I lost after the surgery ...before I went to Mayo MN to learn to cope with the situation..
When I look back at what I did wrong... I believed the doctors and did not ask how many Nissen operations he had performed.. or for names of successful patients that I might talk to..... I did not bother with learning how to eat without getting so many "gas and bloating" problems.. Do your homework and get both sides of the story.. Like with all news.. Get Credible and Reliable stories... While I think Mayo Clinic Connect serves a good purpose, it is not a substitute for more "credible" and reliable documentation. Ken

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programmer | @programmer | Apr 28, 2022

I know things could be worse, and seemingly have got worse over the last year but these last 2 years have been a nightmare for me.

My hiatal hernia, aside from LPR symptoms and dysphasia due to esophageal narrowing, also causes dysphasia itself… this is part of the reason that my dysphasia is so variable, as in it comes and goes so randomly sometimes, but has been persistent.

This is why I think I need surgery, not just the acid reflux. My hiatal hernia itself is the problem… from heart palpitations when bending over sometimes, to variable dysphasia, at my age with my background, I am almost certain the test will show that the hiatal hernia is the main problem to blame.

I have been to the ER several times and there is seemingly nothing else wrong with me so far as they have tested.

I played brass instruments that you blow into from the age of 12 to 18, you have to breath in with your stomach out and blow with your stomach in to blow out the right amount of air for trumpets, euphoniums, and tubas.
I unloaded trucks while I was in college and lifted some weights in high school and a few years after high school.
My mom has a hiatal hernia so some genetic component possibly.

I lived a lot, doing normal things and being active during my young to young adult life.

I do hope surgery won’t make things worse, and that’s why I hope the pre-op testing would rule anything else out, such as achalasia, but if there is a chance that I can return to a mostly normal life, minus lifting and such, I will try for it.

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