Hi everyone, I haven’t been on here in what feels like a year? Anyway I thought I’d give an update. I forgot about my issues. They would creep up sometimes but I stopped worrying about the hernia and...
Hi everyone, i'm back. I have been feeling great for the past three weeks...no burping no nothing. Started up exercising again and everything was going well. Until yesterday and today. I wasn't able...
Update: Nothing is really working....exercise became impossible again as my symptoms got way worse after it. Pretty sure it was the running that caused my stomach to keep sliding up. Finished my...
How was your health going into the surgery? Age? Weight? Posture? (Posture can play a big roll more than people think. Slouching or bad posture can cause more stress on the abdomen and internal...
Update: I've been doing much better... I do think anxiety played a major part into my GERD. I'm still a bit nervous about my HH because the barium showed it as a 4CM which is almost big, and my...
Has this worked for any of your patients?...
I did quit cold turkey. I was suspecting the same thing, acid rebound. I took a Zantac when I woke up instead of a PPI to help with that. My symptoms are gone again. I think I will keep my mouth...
Update .... It's back already. I'm getting pressure again and small reflux. I had two days of feeling like I used to. I'm so sick of this. Is it possible that my hernia was small because that day I...
Thanks! I think anxiety was the culprit... I actually felt relieved that I was told it's a small HH and not a large one that I previously though... I've basically been symptom-less since the...
Just had my endo today. Normal with a "small HH." Sort of disappointing...I wasn't having symptoms this morning so maybe my HH was 'down'. I guess I have to wait 4 weeks for results now. I might go...
Thank you for the advice. I will take it and use it. I haven't front any lifting since I was diAgnosed! Thanks for the advice again. ...
Mini update: Started talking to a counselor again about my issues. He suggested I talk to the school doc again and ask for a referral. So after another horrible week, I went in to see her. Told the...
Thanks for the support :) I stopped doing Yoga long time ago, I couldn't handle it since I lost a good portion of my strength. I did exercise, but I find it hard to do it now. I have gotten LPR from...
Ugh So I called the surgeon office and they said they can book an appt with me in July after my scope, but I just need my doc to refer me. My doc doesn't want to refer me. Said it is a non-surgical...
Some good news! I emailed a surgeon this past Thursday after feeling horrible. Told me there are many successful surgical options for correcting a hiatus hernia. He was willing for a surgeon from his...
Roughly, five more weeks until I go in for the endoscopy.... I've hit a pretty low point this past week. I've started puking for the first time since symptoms started a year ago, and right under my...
Hey EJohn. I, like you, am getting am getting life altering reflux. Although my reflux is due to my hiatal hernia, and that itself is just causing me pain and anxiety itself. I'm 23 and I want to do...
Congrats on getting booked! I read that you are in Canada because I am too. My hiatal hernia seems to be causing all the horrible reflux symptoms and pain. Like you, I am young (23), and it's sort...
Get tested for a hiatal hernia...
So i assume the fundoplication is what is going to occur? Who was your surgeon who did the endos? I have one coming up at St Pauls, July 11th. Pretty nervous about it. Did you get referred to or...
I'm curious, is there any chance that surgeons would just fix the Hernia without the NF? I ask because prior to the herniation, I rarely got heartburn. With the hernia it effects the LES, but if they...
Thanks for the input on reglan! I don't plan on taking it at all I will definitely pass on it. Don't need to add any more problems lol. ...
Yes that is the case I found out! It does take time... they go through the full process before I will get refered to a specialist. I mean I am getting an endo done soon but thats still one step. I...
Actually.. I looked up reglan and it really does not seem like something I want to take... a question - Can taking PPI's cause Gastroparesis? Ever since I got on these things I do feel like my food...
Update: Went to see my university doctor (since shes closer and very good), and told her the PPI's arent just doing it for me. She put me on Metoclopramide, to help with delayed stomach emptying,...
I don't know how possible this is lol... but I was laughing very hard last night for about 2 minutes straight (tears in my eyes, begging for my frinends to stop laughing too). After that, I got some...
Ah fair enough. I guess i'm being anxious for your results too ahaha. Talk to you soon then! ...
Hey Nessie12! Any new updates so far? ...
I'm in Canada too, and I also get that docs here don't go for surgery, unless its the absolute last option. My doc told me no surgery lol. I'm doing better (i have an hiatal hernia which is causing...
I haven't head the surgery, but from the research i have done on these fourms and elsewhere, having bouts of acid will occur for quite some time, even if its on and off. ~ 1 year is what I usually....
I live in the greater Vancouver area, Burnaby to be precise. I think we are conservative, two doctors I've seen have said surgery isn't successful and don't recommend it. It did take me a month to...
Curious, how old are you and how big is your HH? I'm 23 and got a 4cm sliding and its really bothersome even with PPI (40mg a day). I dont want to take PPIs forever because of all the side effects...
Hey, i'm in Vancouver, and while I haven't had the nissen, I have been doing research on it and you should take a look at Dr. John Yee perhaps. He's a highly rated cardiothoratic surgeon but I am not...
Agree, happens to me too....I've taken 20mg periat in the morning before i go to exercise and it helps but I got it really bad once and its frightened me to go back. I went 3-4 per week with a proper...
Hi! I looked at your posts but I am in Canada so it won't work out, but thank you! That is interesting, the part of you just getting your diaphragm tightened. I was wondering if they could do the...
So can I just contact one of the thoracic surgeons and express my concerns with them? Or do I need to do that through my doctor... Sorry for the dumb question lol, I never have done anything like...
Not an update...but I feel so crappy I just need to rant. I am so miserable. I am sick of this stupid HH. I was fit and healthy and was active every single day this time last year. One doctor said...
Thanks for the response Minou87! I talked to my doc again and then another doc at school...both said there isn't a good surgery that stops reflux. They want me to be more aggressive with me taking my...
Went back to my Doc... Still said that there is, unfortunately, no solution to the HH and failure rates are high. I keep trying to pester him about it but I truly think he does not know and I don't...
Hey, I'm 23 right now and want to know how was your first recovery? I really am considering the surgery and I want to bring it up with my doctor cause I'm sick of feeling sick all the time. How did...
Good luck! You'll be fine...
Thats good to know Julie. Wish you best of luck. I am in Vancouver...
I read in another thread you are in Canada. Which part? I am contemplating getting it done because it is mentally taking its toll on me so i am curious to see how your experience is!...
Check if you have a hiatal hernia. Ask your doc....
@Alice I just had a barium swallow which said something about my sphincter and 4CM sliding HH. I feel like it sticks too :( I'm worried about not being able to vomit if I get a stomach flu or such...
Copied and pasted my comment from the other thread..hoping to get some advice :( I am a 23-year-old 5'6 Male ~ 130 pounds, and I got a 4cm hiatal hernia sometime in August I believe. I was getting...