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From: christophe on 31 Aug 2008 07:38
I am 4 months post-op and doing very well. The gerd cough is also gone
and that's amazing. Strangely enough, it was the last of the old gerd
symptoms to go.
I do suffer a little from gas and I have very loose and very urgent
bowel movements.
I had a partial wrap (270 degrees), but everything seems to be holding
up well so far.

While I would advocate surgery, I still have a few doubts and my views
are not entirely in the surgeons' camp. Unlike the surgeons, I believe
anxiety still plays a massive part in this illness. In addition, I
have great concerns about the way some surgeons do pre-gerd tests.

However, the surgery has been good for me so far. I would do it again
for sure.
From: Chris Baxter on 31 Aug 2008 14:40

"christophe" <chris_pham(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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>I am 4 months post-op and doing very well. The gerd cough is also gone
> and that's amazing. Strangely enough, it was the last of the old gerd
> symptoms to go.
> I do suffer a little from gas and I have very loose and very urgent
> bowel movements.
> I had a partial wrap (270 degrees), but everything seems to be holding
> up well so far.
>
> While I would advocate surgery, I still have a few doubts and my views
> are not entirely in the surgeons' camp. Unlike the surgeons, I believe
> anxiety still plays a massive part in this illness. In addition, I
> have great concerns about the way some surgeons do pre-gerd tests.
>
> However, the surgery has been good for me so far. I would do it again
> for sure.

Thanks for the update. I hope you will keep posting your progress as time
goes on. -Chris


From: trigonometry1972 on 31 Aug 2008 18:47


christophe wrote:
> I am 4 months post-op and doing very well. The gerd cough is also gone
> and that's amazing. Strangely enough, it was the last of the old gerd
> symptoms to go.
> I do suffer a little from gas and I have very loose and very urgent
> bowel movements.
> I had a partial wrap (270 degrees), but everything seems to be holding
> up well so far.
>
> While I would advocate surgery, I still have a few doubts and my views
> are not entirely in the surgeons' camp. Unlike the surgeons, I believe
> anxiety still plays a massive part in this illness. In addition, I
> have great concerns about the way some surgeons do pre-gerd tests.
>
> However, the surgery has been good for me so far. I would do it again
> for sure.



The true test comes later on in my experience. In less than three
years I was back on PPI meds and was on them for some years until I
went the alternative medicine route. Apparently my reflux and
dyspepsia were caused by too little stomach acid combined
with the LES relaxing effects of caffeine and it chemical kin.
According to the Alt Docs a insufficient stomach acidity can
quite similar symptoms to too stomach acidity. And they
hold the opinion this is the basis of the majority of GERD
seen in the population. Even mildly acidic chyme can
burn and irritate the esophagus; whereas, a healthy
young person's chyme will reach a very high acid state
below a pH of 2.0.

My fundoplication was based on symptoms and my episodes
of spitting up bright red blood.

Anyway post operation at four months I was just getting so
I could swallow without my meal piling up on top of the
LES. During those months I had to take very special
care to chew my food into a near liquid state.
From: christophe on 1 Sep 2008 07:26
On Sep 1, 4:40 am, "Chris Baxter" <cgbax...(a)cableone.net> wrote:
> "christophe" <chris_p...(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
>
> news:e0613eea-ddf3-4533-8a1b-f8d37758ac0d(a)b2g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
> >I am 4 months post-op and doing very well. The gerd cough is also gone
> > and that's amazing. Strangely enough, it was the last of the old gerd
> > symptoms to go.
> > I do suffer a little from gas and I have very loose and very urgent
> > bowel movements.
> > I had a partial wrap (270 degrees), but everything seems to be holding
> > up well so far.
>
> > While I would advocate surgery, I still have a few doubts and my views
> > are not entirely in the surgeons' camp. Unlike the surgeons, I believe
> > anxiety still plays a massive part in this illness. In addition, I
> > have great concerns about the way some surgeons do pre-gerd tests.
>
> > However, the surgery has been good for me so far. I would do it again
> > for sure.
>
> Thanks for the update. I hope you will keep posting your progress as time
> goes on. -Chris

Thanks, Chris. I have a moral obligation to keep posting. I still have
some doubts about the pre-surgery testing, but overall I am an
advocate of surgery.
From: Chris Baxter on 1 Sep 2008 09:57

<trigonometry1972(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> christophe wrote:
>> I am 4 months post-op and doing very well. The gerd cough is also gone
>> and that's amazing. Strangely enough, it was the last of the old gerd
>> symptoms to go.
>> I do suffer a little from gas and I have very loose and very urgent
>> bowel movements.
>> I had a partial wrap (270 degrees), but everything seems to be holding
>> up well so far.
>>
>> While I would advocate surgery, I still have a few doubts and my views
>> are not entirely in the surgeons' camp. Unlike the surgeons, I believe
>> anxiety still plays a massive part in this illness. In addition, I
>> have great concerns about the way some surgeons do pre-gerd tests.
>>
>> However, the surgery has been good for me so far. I would do it again
>> for sure.
>
>
>
> The true test comes later on in my experience. In less than three
> years I was back on PPI meds and was on them for some years until I
> went the alternative medicine route. Apparently my reflux and
> dyspepsia were caused by too little stomach acid combined
> with the LES relaxing effects of caffeine and it chemical kin.
> According to the Alt Docs a insufficient stomach acidity can
> quite similar symptoms to too stomach acidity. And they
> hold the opinion this is the basis of the majority of GERD
> seen in the population. Even mildly acidic chyme can
> burn and irritate the esophagus; whereas, a healthy
> young person's chyme will reach a very high acid state
> below a pH of 2.0.
>
> My fundoplication was based on symptoms and my episodes
> of spitting up bright red blood.
>
> Anyway post operation at four months I was just getting so
> I could swallow without my meal piling up on top of the
> LES. During those months I had to take very special
> care to chew my food into a near liquid state.

These are the kinds of issues I have been concerned about. I developed a
very severe lung infection that will require years of antibiotic treatment
to eliminate. It was either caused by or exacerbated by the LPR I've had
for years. I use many alternative and lifestyle changes to try to deal with
it. Mostly stress control and watching what I eat and not lying down after
eating helps control it. If I ever did opt to have the surgery it would
only be to try to keep stomach contents out of my lungs in the
future. -Chris


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