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From: tj1 on 5 Aug 2008 01:34 On Jul 31, 6:51 pm, "trigonometry1...(a)gmail.com |" <trigonometry1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jul 29, 9:20 am, "Chris Baxter" <cgbax...(a)cableone.net> wrote: > > > > > "Bob Noble" <bno...(a)sonic.net> wrote in message > > >news:488eb72f$0$17208$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... > > > > Hi Chris, > > > I hadn't heard we're not supposed to lift weights. > > > However, I sometimes run a bulldozer in the forest, bouncing around, > > > sometimes having to left heavy logs off the machine, doing all kinds of > > > heavy lifting stuff. > > > I also cut down six cords of three foot diameter trees a year. Cut down > > > the trees, cutup the wood and split with a hand mall and move and stack > > > the wood several times. Do a lot of other hard work, like digging and > > > moving dirt and rock around the yard with a wheel barrel, sometimes over > > > twenty five wheel barrels a day. > > > Let's see, what else? > > > I kayak the river almost everyday from three to five hours. Also have to > > > unload and load my kayak on the car each time, about fifty pounds. I'm > > > sixty one and for some reason that seems to impress a lot of people > > > watching, when I lift it up and throw it on top of the car. > > > Anyway, it might depend more on the individual, or how good the doc did > > > the fundo? > > > I also agree that having the fundo was the best thing I've done. Not > > > having bad gerd is just great, at least, so far. > > > > -- > > > Bob Noble > > >http://www.sonic.net/bnoble > > > "Chris Baxter" <cgbax...(a)cableone.net> wrote in message > > >news:cqIik.9941$cg.1119(a)fe085.usenetserver.com... > > > >> "MrUsaMike" <mrusam...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > >>news:82bd8104-a688-4535-a754-b606b55b1a9f(a)z26g2000pre.googlegroups.com... > > >>> Hello Fellow Gerd Members & Dr. Howard: > > > >>> For those of you that are considering having the Nissen surgery, I saw > > >>> go for it. I couldnt believe how misareble I was until i had the > > >>> surgery. Gerd is a hedious illness and I dont wish it on anyone. The > > >>> qulaity of life improvement is huge. I am concearned about what > > >>> happens after 7 years...and the worst case scenario that I have to > > >>> have the surgrey again...Anyway positive thoughts and take care... > > > >> Mike, it's really good to hear that you are doing well and that you are > > >> glad > > >> you had the surgery. Are you able to lift weights as before without > > >> damaging it? Chris > > > Thank you Bob. That's great news. I've held off on having the fundo > > surgery because I felt the lifting was very critical to the maintenance of > > my health and well- > > being. I had heard from some physicians that high intra abdominal pressures > > that could come from lifting "could" weaken the repair. But nobody has done > > any studies on it. It's just conjecture. Real world experience is superior > > in this case. -Chris > > But there have been follow up studies that are more general, that ask > how long > until the fundoplication patients returned to using anti-gerd meds. > The studies I saw were less encouraging at the years went by. Though > it should be noted Howard McM says the operation technique has > improved > such that the operation is a "moving target." That is my turn of > phrase not > his. I had the surgery about a year and a half ago, and haven't noticed any problems when weightlifting or lifting things in general. The only thing that gets me is dips, so I avoid them. But I think that is more due to the scar tissue right by my solar plexus. My surgeon said that the stitches that hold the wrap in place are extremely strong, and that weightlifting wouldn't bother anything. I don't worry about GERD coming back in 2 years, 5 years, or even 10 years. I'm just glad it's gone and take things a day at a time. You could die tomorrow, then all this worrying would be for nothing.
From: Bob Noble on 6 Aug 2008 01:40
It really is quite amazing when you get gerd fixed. It's such an improvement in life. I had forgotten what it was like to feel normal until I got it fixed. Very nice. :O) Thank you Mr. Nissan, I think it was. -- Bob Noble http://www.sonic.net/bnoble " I had the surgery about a year and a half ago, and haven't noticed any problems when weightlifting or lifting things in general. The only thing that gets me is dips, so I avoid them. But I think that is more due to the scar tissue right by my solar plexus. My surgeon said that the stitches that hold the wrap in place are extremely strong, and that weightlifting wouldn't bother anything. I don't worry about GERD coming back in 2 years, 5 years, or even 10 years. I'm just glad it's gone and take things a day at a time. You could die tomorrow, then all this worrying would be for nothing. |