Hi folks,
If you're reading this blog, you're very likely suffering from horrible GERD. I can relate! I was also suffering from awful GERD for many years. Here's a quick update on where I'm at 5.5 years after surgery:
--Ninety-nine percent of the time, my stomach feels just as good as it did six months after my Nissen Fundoplication, which is just about perfect. I eat whatever I want, drink one coffee a day, and have occasional alcohol. My only limitation is that I can't drink soda--it makes my stomach burn.
--I have had two episodes that felt like heartburn (but were not proven to be reflux by imaging studies) during periods of intense stress in the last two years. Both times, the feeling of heartburn subsided after a few weeks. The last time this occurred, my doctor switched me from Aciphex to Dexilant, and that got rid of my symptoms.
--My stomach meds are now just Dexilant once a day and sometimes Axid once a day. I take these for the chronic dyspepsia that I've had since I was a teenager.
--The Nissen Fundoplication was the best things that I've ever done!
Wishing you good health!
Debra
If you're reading this blog, you're very likely suffering from horrible GERD. I can relate! I was also suffering from awful GERD for many years. Here's a quick update on where I'm at 5.5 years after surgery:
--Ninety-nine percent of the time, my stomach feels just as good as it did six months after my Nissen Fundoplication, which is just about perfect. I eat whatever I want, drink one coffee a day, and have occasional alcohol. My only limitation is that I can't drink soda--it makes my stomach burn.
--I have had two episodes that felt like heartburn (but were not proven to be reflux by imaging studies) during periods of intense stress in the last two years. Both times, the feeling of heartburn subsided after a few weeks. The last time this occurred, my doctor switched me from Aciphex to Dexilant, and that got rid of my symptoms.
--My stomach meds are now just Dexilant once a day and sometimes Axid once a day. I take these for the chronic dyspepsia that I've had since I was a teenager.
--The Nissen Fundoplication was the best things that I've ever done!
Wishing you good health!
Debra
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