A quick update. My swallowing (Touchwood has shown continued improvement over the past week) It isn't by no means 100% but it has improved with adjustment of diet and losing a few pounds and eating...
Was in a really bad place over the last week. Has my swallowing issues continue and my head was thinking all sorts and it made me really ill mentally and physical. I spoke with Mom, we had a good...
Thank you. I'm trying so hard....
I'm contemplating taking my own life. I need help....
I will talk to someone about my anxiety. I'm more worried about Mom, because we lost Dad and she can't lose me too. 😪...
Sharon, I can cope with a Nissen Fundoplication re-do if thats whats causing my symptoms but I'd never cope with Barretts progressing. John....
My issue came off the back of a bad bout of vigorious vomitting at the end of August then things began to slow down (swallowing wise) around end of September. When it settled, I had Covid at the...
I'm absolutely terrified the barretts I have will turn nasty. To the point, I'm really scared. I think my swallowing issues at the moment have hightened my fear. I'm very very fearful. john....
I'm so depressed and scared at the moment over my swallowing issues. To go 3.5 years with no issues and then all of a sudden food is slowing down and sticking. I'm very depressed. 😪😢...
I just hope there isn't anything nasty going on in my esphoguas both the wrap and the lining of the esphoguas. john....
Thank you for your advice and help :) I greatly appreciate it. It just feels all foods are slowing down at the moment and sticking. I'm not sure why and its worrying me greatly. John....
My swallowing function was fine, wrap was intact and firm. The surgeon said it's doing its job. Has you know two or three times since the operation I've felt food slow down but its been quite...
The slowing down of food though worries me because I didn't have those sensations for hardly anything in the previous three years apart from one or two occassions but the longest ive had those...
I'm over the moon that you're doing so well, It's really nice to hear. Mom said this to me about bread and certain stodgy foods. She said either eat slower because I do eat to fast or take a step...
Sharon: I've had one endoscopy post surgery and and the integrity of my wrap was strong as of May 24th 2019. I should have had one last year but it was postponed due to Covid-19. I do feel quite fit...
Four Year Update: ▪️The first three years went relatively smooth in terms of swallowing and no aching or reflux sensations. I had two or three occasions where food would feel like it would slow down...
I was getting this sensation aswell. That comes and goes where food can slow down at the wrap site then pass to the stomach for the first three years or so, I wasn't getting it just the odd time that...
Sharon: I will try, I'm trying to put my finger on what triggers these motions but I'm taking your advice on board. Perhaps sometimes. I know, I was unwell im August and was sick and then had...
I was wondering that to be honest. Wonder wether these episodes come on after over eating. 10 months of year im fine and then I have phases like the issues I have been getting. I'm going on a detox...
Swallowing issues but not all the time over the past four weeks swallowing as improved alot and enjoyed meals again after one or two issues and last night I had jacket Potato, beans and steak (the...
Thank you Sharon, What I have learnt to do when it comes to my food and swallowing is sit up straight, relax and eat slower and over the past three or four weeks my eating as improved alot. There as...
Hi Sharon, My Covid seems to have gone and I'm feeling so much better. My appatite is back and I'm enjoying my food, my swallowing is also more or less back to normal when i take my time, slows down...
Both Myself and Mom have Covid-19 and I have a weakened immune system due to kidney transplant, im so scared....
New continous cough but at the back end of a headcold. I'm scared it's covid. My Mom had a flu jab, then she was unwell from the flu jab headcold symptoms, achy, cough and I caught it from her but...
I didn't realise that you still had set backs after all those years. I think I'm still adapting to set backs because like i said 2017, 2018 i didn't feel anything just normal swallowing 2019 was the...
Sharon: Thank you for helping me with your guidance. It's just rather annoying to go so long without issues but have set backs like food slowing down and me feeling it slow down past the wrap. John....
I'm just a person who worries but hides it well though. I have felt healthy and really well in myself in three years and ten months since my operation and swallowing as been around 80% and 95% the...
Hi Sharon, I think I mentioned before that I do have Barretts its a 10cm segment which is being monitered anually. It just worries me terribly. John....
The Thought of me having Barretts seriously worrying me. I feel really good, swallowing at moment us ok but that what if it progresses really scares me :(...
I'm still feeling food go past my wrap and sometimes hold up at the site after eight weeks since my first but it isn't all foods, just a few food groups which is very annoying and it triggers my...
After a few weeks of feeling food slow down and go past my wrap. I have decided to completely adjust myself and my dietand take a step back to softer foods and chicken/lamb which goes down fine until...
Thank you Sharon. I will do, I was going to buy a treadmill and some dumbells but focus on cardio to tone and lose a little bit more weight. john....
I want to join a gym or atleast buy equiptment and I want to lift weights and tone up. Will I be allowed to lift post 3 and half years....
Quick update: I had that issue come back last month regarding food slowing down by the wrap after swallowing. Even though it is still there for some foods, its not for others and it has improved but...
Quincy: I had a nutribullet and i was putting in Kale, Spinach, blue berries. Ive had avocado every morning aswell as meals with broccoli. All my nutribullet drinkz were super dark....
Quincy: That's what I'm going to do eliminate them for about a week but still eat healthy. John....
I have been perfect fine going to the toilet normal but the last two or three days I have noticed my stool are really dark. Ever since I had a nutri-bullet for about a week I was drinking smoothies...
Thank you, what I don't understand is how I get these moments of food slowly down and sticking then going past the wrap then 10 months of the year I'm perfectly fine. I'm not sure what triggers it....
I will do if it persists. It could be a little bit of irritation that has causes the food to slow down over the wrap. I'm going to take a step back and drop to softer foods for a while. John....
I have had this issue now since around the third or fourth of October of feeling food slide past the wrap and go down the food pipe slowly and its very rare over a twelve month period that i get it...
Thank you Sharon. It's just so annoying with these little knock backs of when I can feel things slow up at my wrap site, It gives me anxiety because it takes me back to when I had a stricture. I have...
This is a more detailed update than my post a few days ago. As people know those that have been keeping up to date with my progress. I know that at times my food (Like at the beginning of the year)...
Thank you Sharon. I will dial back on most foods and take my time because I can feel it slowing down with bread, wraps and I'm fine with me. It started last week and I was having a sunday roast and...
It is rather annoying, I'm grand 90% of the time then I have moments, where I can feel things go past my wrap and slows up a little bit before going past and then when I feel it, the anxiety kicks...
A further update. I have noticed although my food as been going down fine with very little issue 90% of the time. The last few days I can feel food slide past my wrap. I think i may be chewing to...
Just curious. I've been feeling great but had loads of food today and my chest is aching a little bit. John....
Alcie, I can burp a little but not like I used to but what I do is allow the fizzy drink to go almost flat so there is only a small amount of bubble....
Just advice on fizzy drinks. It's been three and half years since Nissen am I allowed drink a fizzy drink like a fanta orange....
I think that's what it is. Swallowing as been brilliant, I occasionally get little aches around the wrap area once in a blue moon but indo forget to chew properly even though it goes down normally...
Quick update, I feel well and healthy (long way that continue) My food seems to be going down quite well, not aches or pains in months now but recently started mini-burping any ideas what I could...