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I really need some help about my thyroid. I am a 76 yr old woman with...
goes up when I stand), pre-diabetes, hiatal ... hernia, thyroid nodule, intermittent ... joints of both thumbs (I have refused surgery ... costochronditis, meningiona ( I had Gamma radio surgery ... orthopedic says I am not a candidate for surgery
Posted: May 21, 2021
Hello! You are not alone. I so feel your pain! Everything and more is still happening...
Two Drs said I had a hernia & sent ... pretty much told me he didnt feel a hernia ... After discussing more of my past surgeries ... Then developed incisional hernias the ... Anyways... that led to a hiatal hernia
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Sep 18, 2020
I have had this for 10 years now. No doctor has been able to diagnose it...
I am fairly certain it is the hiatal ... hernia. ... some say it can only be fixed through surgery ... hernias on Amazon. ... Hiatal hernias are apparently common
Support Group: Lung Health
Posted: May 6, 2020
@btowngal A recap for those who do not know my story. My paraesophageal hiatal hernia was...
My paraesophageal hiatal hernia was ... The surgeon repaired the hernia best ... Surgery in the future was known when ... I was too weak for more surgery right ... It is a very difficult surgery to go
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Feb 3, 2020
I don't know what size large hiatal hernia is is a 4 cm considered large? My...
I don't know what size large hiatal ... hernia is is a 4 cm considered large ... What a problem, I really don't want surgery ... weak....I know this is a difficult surgery ... suffer for the rest of my life after surgery
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Feb 3, 2020
I have Berrett's E, achalasia and esophageal spasms.. and diverticulosis. I had to have a gastric...
a stubborn paresophageal (sliding) hiatal ... hernia. ... I had to have another surgery after ... of my esophagus shortening during surgery
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Aug 10, 2019
@pdilly - I had Barretts esophagus before my Nissan fundoplication 25 years ago. I managed to...
by without meds for years after my surgery ... prophylactically when i had a small hiatal ... hernia show up on some imaging, otherwise ... Surgery is a great alternative to long ... major factor in any decision about surgery
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Dec 31, 2018
@suzy37 Hi Suzy. Your doctor hopefully is testing your thyroid function on your current dose; if...
My elderly mom has a hiatal hernia that ... At her age, surgery is not recommended ... www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hiatal-hernia
Posted: Dec 18, 2018
I am new here and never heard of this site until I stumbled upon it last...
not) but was refused Oligometastic surgery ... found), CT scan every 12 weeks (a hiatal ... hernia found), nuclear radiation ultrasound
I am wring for my husband at this time. He had the procedure due to a...
procedure due to a problem with a hiatal ... hernia repair. ... surgeon 2 hrs away and had emergent surgery ... months to regain strength for this surgery ... the hospital group had this type of surgery
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Jan 4, 2017
Several Mayo Clinic Connect members have talked about having a hiatal hernia and/or Nissen fundoplication (surgery...
members have talked about having a hiatal ... hernia and/or Nissen fundoplication ... (surgery for gastroesophageal reflux
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: May 29 12:09pm
okay, dabbling with milk/lactose, still uncertain, and finding out more and more, taking an antibiotic ampicillin...
or whatever bugs, changed after the surgery ... were looking at the wrong place, the hiatal ... hernia area, stomach, duodenum, and
For several years I had a severe undiagnosed hiatal hernia. There was a large "pocket" above...
several years I had a severe undiagnosed hiatal ... hernia. ... After the surgery I never had this rotting ... I am 6 years post surgery and have no
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Apr 27, 2022
joannem I just had gall stones in my gallbladder and the surgeon just said take out...
went to the surgeon that worked on my Hiatel ... hernia and I told him about the pain ... reflex because he fixed it during the surgery
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Feb 3, 2020
@wabbit9 I would get a second opinion from a gastroenterologist. I have a small hiatal hernia...
I have a small hiatal hernia and I was ... told years ago that surgery can create ... problems than I already have with this hernia ... August 2023 you may have had that surgery
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Apr 19, 2024
I am a 26 year old female who has had a Nissen Fundoplication and Hiatal Hernia...
has had a Nissen Fundoplication and Hiatal ... Hernia repair done August 16th, 2018 ... said he found a larger than usual hiatal ... hernia for someone my age. ... hernia was fixed has started to hurt
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Nov 19, 2019
I am so sorry to hear about this horrible outcome after this surgery. I have a...
about this horrible outcome after this surgery ... is 75 years old and just had this surgery ... I have a mild hiatal hernia after years ... happening and going wrong with this surgery ... I will live with it and not have surgery
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Apr 26, 2023