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Posted 9/8/2012 4:21 PM (GMT -7)
Hi everyone , thank you for all the advice and help i have found on this site . I am going for my operation on Tuesday 11th september and have been waiting since October last year ! I have to admit reading your stories have helped me so much .I have been training in the martial arts since the age of 8 in 1978 and have been told that the way i train will have to change .are there any other martial artists who have had this operation? How has it effected your training ?.I will let you know how i get on turn
Thank you all again James.

Post Edited By Moderator (opnwhl4) : 9/9/2012 7:05:50 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 9/8/2012 4:31 PM (GMT -7)
I am not martial artist but I played soccer before the surgery and play soccer after the surgery. My surgeon always told me I would be able to do everything the way I did before the surgery. Only thing about martial arts in that if you train and get kicked in the stomach, it may cause problems. I hope this helps and good luck with your surgery.

Luke
Posted 9/8/2012 9:06 PM (GMT -7)
Hi James,

Welcome to Healing Well!  I'm glad you have found helpful information in reading the posts here on the forum.  I want to wish you the very best of luck with your surgery on Tuesday!  We'll all be waiting to hear how you're doing when you feel up to posting here again.

Here is a link to my early recovery journal, in case you haven't come across it yet.  It might give you some idea of one person's recovery in the early weeks:

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=45&m=2183443

Also, here are two good eating resources that might help you make good food choices post-op:

http://www.upmc.com/patients-visitors/education/nutrition/Pages/diet-after-nissen-fundoplication-surgery.aspx  

http://www.nissenfundoplication.com/nissen-fundoplication-diet

Again, glad you've joined us!

Best wishes,

Denise

Posted 9/14/2012 7:19 AM (GMT -7)
Hi Denise, thank you so much operation went really well and I am now at home , first days I was alittle sore with a sore throat which lasted two days .your posts have helped so much ! I am eating a very soft diet at the moment of soups and jelly and drinking as much as I can so I can pass water. The wounds are healing very nicely and I am pleased at my recovery . Waking up in the morning is difficult as the stiffness makes getting out of bed difficult . I have met so many new friends on the ward and just like to say the staff at Southampton hospital in the UK is amazing . The doctors and staff have been so supportive . Thank you again for your help and advice it is much appreciated ! Thanks so much
James
Posted 9/14/2012 8:07 AM (GMT -7)
Hi James,

I am a martial artist, and really found it difficult to be like water after this. The Nissen scars really made it difficult for me to empty my mind, to be formless, shapeless — like water.

Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash.

It is difficult post-Nissen, but be water, my friend.
Posted 9/14/2012 9:39 AM (GMT -7)
Hello James,

I am glad your surgery is behind you.  I wish I had some input re martial arts but the only person I know who is training in martial arts is my 8 year old granddauther. 

I wish you a speedy recovery and also that you will be able to return to martial arts in the future.

Kindly,

Kitt

Posted 9/19/2012 11:59 PM (GMT -7)
Hi all of you ,Thank you all so much :-) i am feeling better and better each day and apart from the odd ache seem to be healing well.I am taking everyday as it comes and my eating pattern and how i eat has changed as all of ours did ....getting used to the changes and of how to deal with things is different now but i am pleased at our i am getting along. Its great having such a great group of people as yourselves to talk with . Thank you all for your posiyive comments and help.
Kind regards as always,
James
Posted 11/4/2016 10:52 AM (GMT -7)
Anyone else has done martial arts post Nissen? Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or Judo?
Posted 11/6/2016 6:32 AM (GMT -7)
i had 25 years invested in the arts, pre surgery. due to the impact zone of strikes, it was agreed, by me and the surgeon, to cease and desist, the fighting part. i still maintain my flexibility, workout aerobically, kata, you can do. the arts allow, you to tune into your body. listen carefully. this op, can be set back due extreme, and not so extreme physical, work outs. this is one operation, where once, was enough for me.
Posted 1/13/2021 10:06 PM (GMT -7)
Hey everyone - any updates on whether you returned to martial arts after your surgery? How is your surgery holding up/what is your workout like now?
Posted 1/14/2021 4:45 AM (GMT -7)
Ideng:

I answered you on your other post.

Sharon
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