u/sailorzip

Im not sure if this qualifies as a rant but I wish some restaurants would start incorporating an option for people with digestive difficulties. For context, I had a stomach surgery called Nissen Fundoplication(GERD issues were putting me in the fast track to get esophageal cancer), that changed my eating habits by slowing down the food intake as well as portion sizes. Similar to people taking GLP-1 medications or gastric bypass surgery.
I’m now looking at kids’ menus when we go out because otherwise I end up with several days’ worth of leftovers(if you’re a texture person, certain leftovers can get gross really fast) kids menus often only have chicken nuggets, mac n cheese, nothing truly good.
For example, ordering a standard size plate of chicken hibachi results in at least 3-4 meals worth of leftovers for me. All you can eat restaurants? No way in hell, especially when you have to pay extra for taking food home. I can’t make the price of an all you can eat restaurant worth it by any stretch of the imagination.
I know how to cook some good meals at home but I miss being able to go out to eat with my husband and enjoy a night out without having to cook.

I’m curious to see if anyone here has had a similar surgery and pregnancy after.
I was at risk for developing esophageal cancer due to severe GERD issues. I know acid reflux is a big part of most pregnancies.
I had Nissen Fundoplication and hiatal hernia repair and my acid reflux is now nearly nonexistent which I’m extremely thankful for. I worry about my hernia repair or Fundoplication coming undone, acid reflux returning, etc. does anyone have experience with pregnancy after this sort of surgery?

I had Nissen Fundoplication surgery a little over a month ago, Im still eating mostly soft ish stuff but I’ve had chicken and pasta and rice with no trouble.
I’ve been craving popcorn all week and I’m wondering if anyone has eaten popcorn after recovering from this surgery and how did it go?

OK so I had my Nissen Fundoplication surgery on 7/2. We decided against gallbladder removal because my ultrasound was negative for any gallbladder issues. I had a hida scan the week I had my surgery so results weren’t back yet.
At my 2 week post op, my surgeon told me that my hida scan was positive for hyperkinesia(overactive gallbladder). He said my gallbladder looks healthy but that it is working overtime and that its ejection fraction is 100%. He said we could discuss next steps for that at my next follow up appointment on August 10th. My own research shows most people get the gallbladder removed, other sources say a medication for smooth muscle relaxant helps with symptoms.
If you had hyperkinesia, what did you do about it? How did you manage it? Could I get bloodwork done to see if I could help it with a supplement or could a vitamin/mineral deficiency of some kind contribute to the symptoms? If you had it during pregnancy, was it worse?
Symptoms are a strong cramp almost like a Charlie horse that comes and goes in upper right quadrant, it takes my breath away when it comes on and almost nothing relieves the pain until it goes away after a few minutes. I mostly try to breathe through it and do some stretches to try to get blood flowing.

OK so I had my Nissen Fundoplication surgery on 7/2. We decided against gallbladder removal because my ultrasound was negative for any gallbladder issues. I had a hida scan the week I had my surgery so results weren’t back yet.
At my 2 week post op, my surgeon told me that my hida scan was positive for hyperkinesia(overactive gallbladder). He said my gallbladder looks healthy but that it is working overtime and that its ejection fraction is 100%. He said we could discuss next steps for that at my next follow up appointment on August 10th. My own research shows most people get the gallbladder removed, other sources say a medication for smooth muscle relaxant helps with symptoms.
If you had hyperkinesia, what did you do about it? How did you manage it? Could I get bloodwork done to see if I could help it with a supplement or could a vitamin/mineral deficiency of some kind contribute to the symptoms? If you had it during pregnancy, was it worse?
Symptoms are a strong cramp almost like a Charlie horse that comes and goes in upper right quadrant, it takes my breath away when it comes on and almost nothing relieves the pain until it goes away after a few minutes. I mostly try to breathe through it and do some stretches to try to get blood flowing.

I’m curious if anyone here has had a similar experience with this. Two weeks ago I had a surgery called a Nissen fundoplication(they repaired a hiatal hernia and wrapped the top of the stomach around the esophagus and sewed it to itself). It has reduced the size of my stomach, so I have to eat smaller meals as well as eat very slowly and very small bites. I’m still technically recovering and if I overeat, it will be extremely painful for a couple hours. I’ve worked my way up to soft foods(I was on full liquid diet for the week after surgery). Potato soup was my favorite.
In the 6 months before surgery, I dabbled in fasting and was more consistent than ever in the gym and got myself down from 215 to 192 without any GLP-1 or other drugs. I upped my fiber and protein and got myself into a calorie deficit and I’m so thankful and proud of that progress I made.
Two weeks post surgery and I’m down to 184. I’m back in the gym this week but still on weight restriction so I’m struggling to get my heart rate up consistently to burn more active calories.
So getting to my newbie question, I’m struggling to make it through my 20 hour fasts right now. I don’t know if I’m just not consuming enough during my eating window or if my new stomach shape is making me more nauseous easier? The first week after surgery was extremely difficult to tell if I was hungry or not. I had a short aversion to eating because anything besides water made my stomach hurt for hours. How do I get through the longer fasts without getting nauseous?

I(31F) don’t know if I should call this a success story or not but I am free of acid reflux symptoms for the first time in over 10 years. I had the Nissen Fundoplication laparoscopically done one week ago. My surgeon, preop/postop nurses had great bedside manner and helped make this a much better experience than my strabismus surgery in 2018. The laparoscopic incisions have the least amount of pain. I woke in recovery with a lot of pain in my shoulders from the gas. I couldn’t feel my incisions at all yet. I spent one night in the hospital with my nurse alternating hydrocodone and toradol all night. I had one dose of dilaudid around 11pm and I slept great until around 2am when I got nauseous so I was given Ativan to sleep the rest of the way til morning. Unfortunately the Ativan made me completely forget talking to my surgeon that morning.
One week out the worst pain so far is my stomach when I eat my liquid meals. I kind of dread eating right now because of that. And I have a lot of pain in my diaphragm when I try to take a deep breath.
If anyone has any questions about the Nissen surgery that I can answer I will be happy to provide info to those questioning or anxious about their potential surgery. I have severe anxiety/panic/PTSD so talking about my anxiety has really helped me a lot through this process. Thanks for reading and for yalls advice prior to my surgery.

I(31F) don’t know if I should call this a success story or not but I am free of acid reflux symptoms for the first time in over 10 years. I had the Nissen Fundoplication laparoscopically done one week ago. My surgeon, preop/postop nurses had great bedside manner and helped make this a much better experience than my strabismus surgery in 2018. The laparoscopic incisions have the least amount of pain. I woke in recovery with a lot of pain in my shoulders from the gas. I couldn’t feel my incisions at all yet. I spent one night in the hospital with my nurse alternating hydrocodone and toradol all night. I had one dose of dilaudid around 11pm and I slept great until around 2am when I got nauseous so I was given Ativan to sleep the rest of the way til morning. Unfortunately the Ativan made me completely forget talking to my surgeon that morning.
One week out the worst pain so far is my stomach when I eat my liquid meals. I kind of dread eating right now because of that. And I have a lot of pain in my diaphragm when I try to take a deep breath.
If anyone has any questions about the Nissen surgery that I can answer I will be happy to provide info to those questioning or anxious about their potential surgery. I have severe anxiety/panic/PTSD so talking about my anxiety has really helped me a lot through this process. Thanks for reading and for yalls advice prior to my surgery.

I’m going through with a nissen fundoplication surgery tomorrow. Waiting for the call this afternoon to confirm what time to arrive. I’m having anxiety/panic attacks every day. They want to take my gallbladder out at the same time but we haven’t decided on that or not yet. My gallbladder ultrasound showed no stones so I’m not sure where that upper right pain is coming from. Going for a HIDA scan in an hour to help finalize decision.
Anyway, I’ll update here tomorrow or the next day about my experience with the nissen surgery. Any thoughts or prayers would be greatly appreciated. Any scripture suggestions would be awesome. I’ve been turning to my Bible to try to get some peace of mind. (I have severe anxiety/panic disorder with PTSD so I’m freaking out)

Sharing my experience with the Nissen Fundoplication:
UPDATE: I had panic attacks in preop. The last thing I remember was crying/shaking/hyperventilating while my husband held me through it. I guess that’s when they gave me enough versed to knock me out. Apparently when I woke up, I started hyperventilating again and the first thing I said was, I’m gonna have another panic attack, I need my husband. He got there and advocated for me so well. My stomach was very numb for the next few hours. The worst pain at that point was the gas that had collected in my shoulders. I got up fairly quick for a walk around the nurses station. Was a little dizzy. Stomach pain started about an hour out so after that. The best thing they gave me was dilaudid in terms of pain relief. Hydrocodone has helped me sleep. I ordered tomato basil soup and a small amount of ice cream from the cafeteria. Soup was pretty good even though it was acidic. They’ve refilled my big water jug they gave me at least 3 times. I’ve only been to the bathroom twice all day so hopefully I’m not doing any damage to my bladder. They wanted to send me home today but I was in a lot of pain so they kept me overnight. Will update tomorrow or next week in pain levels

I’m not asking for medical advice, I just want opinions and open conversation please

I have a nissen fundoplication surgery next week and my surgeon wants to take my gallbladder out while I’m in the OR. Many people in my family have had their gallbladder removed due to stones or other reasons.
I had an ultrasound on my gallbladder yesterday, waiting for results on that. The nissen surgery is a definite, we’re debating on whether or not to remove the gallbladder.

Reasons the surgeon wants to perform cholecystectomy:
I want to get pregnant one day and the surgeon said gallstones will get worse if I’m pregnant
Family hx of gallbladder issues/removal(particularly my mom and my mom’s mom)
I’m having occasional upper right pain that is like a really bad cramp, it takes my breath away
The “attacks” were worse when I was taking trulicity and again when I was on wegovy.
I still have attacks occasionally

My mom has non alcoholic fatty liver disease now after her gallbladder was removed. My surgeon said I shouldn’t have any risk of that. My mom drinks pretty heavily and doesn’t have the best eating habits. I’ve had scans of my liver before which showed no issues or fatty liver.
My dad is kind of a “fix everything with supplements or naturalistic homeopathic kind of stuff”
I use 2 ingredient butter and avocado oil for cooking at home and I drain a lot of any remaining oil of whatever I’m about to eat

I need some positive stories for the nissen fundoplication surgery. I am super nervous and struggle with ptsd due to other issues, so undergoing surgery has me all torn up inside. I’ve spent years avoiding alcohol, acidic foods/drinks, elevating the head of the bed, all the stuff they tell you. I’ve never been a smoker of anything, ever.

My personal reasons that GERD has made my life hell:
Constant burping
Burning pain in my stomach and throat almost every night
Acute pneumonia from aspiration of acid reflux
10+ years on protonix
Started on famotidine after the last pneumonia episode
My last endoscopy showed a schatzki ring and I have family history of Barrett’s esophagus

My surgeons reasons for wanting to do the surgery:
Risk of osteoporosis after being on protonix for so long
Risk of developing esophageal cancer
The fact I’ve been dealing with this pain for 10+ years and it has gotten progressively worse since I was a teenager
He also wants to remove my gallbladder on the same day so I’m bouncing back and forth on whether or not to go forward with that as well

Everyone around me agrees I should go ahead and do the surgery. I’ve seen positive and negative experiences on Reddit, Facebook, etc. I’m trying not to let the negative thoughts get to me especially with my anxiety/PTSD. My dad had the surgery done almost 10 years ago and he has been very happy with his results since then. We had a friend that passed away after a long battle with esophageal cancer and I also don’t want to risk that.

I feel like I need to get this out. I never reported what he did to me and I worry that could have resulted in someone else getting hurt. I thought it was my fault that he hurt me for so many years.
I was SA'd violently by my ex almost 10 years ago in a college parking lot. His girlfriend he had at the time wouldn't "put out until marriage" so he took it out on me. He held me down. I said no so many times. We had been friends since we were little kids. I trusted him completely up until that moment. I never reported it. I never contacted his girlfriend, his parents, or the police. I wish I had. I wish I could still report it. I would if I had some shred of proof to bring forward but I have nothing.
My therapist said I trauma blocked it from the moments immediately after the fact because I was in shock. The last time I saw him face to face was at a big college event and he tried to say hi to me. I couldn't get a single word out. I couldn’t walk away, I was frozen and had tunnel vision. My best friend had to step in front of me and tell him to leave.
I worry who else he may have hurt in all these years because I didn't go to the police.
He gets to live his perfect happy life with no consequences while I live in panic attacks and PTSD.

My husband(38) and I(31) want to start trying this year, we agreed to wait until our second wedding anniversary in September so we could get things in order but not push it off for years and years. (We’ve been together 9 years total) A coworker recommended condoms for a couple of months while my body gets used to being off of artificial hormones(I’m currently on a progestin only mini-pill).
Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome on that topic. I definitely don’t want to expose an embryo to any remaining hormones as they clear out of my system.
Due to hx of SA, I have chronic PTSD and anxiety/panic attacks in medical situations involving gynecological exams and anesthesia, so I’m wondering how it going to handle all of that with all the exams that go with pregnancy. I know I can refuse to consent to these, but I want to make sure my baby is as healthy as possible while still maintaining my own choices and informed consent throughout.

My mother in law has made it clear she wants grandchildren and is super unlikely to get any from my husband’s brother. She isn’t pushy about it and we get along well. Her health isn’t great so I worry about her not getting the opportunity to meet her grandchild.
My own mother: we haven’t gotten along ever. Significant narcissistic tendencies. Started pushing me to get married and think about having kids pretty soon after I turned 18 just so she can have grandkids. I was SA’d by my ex a year or two after that and I’ve never told her about it. I lost my virginity at 18 and she found out and called me a whore and wanted to kick me out of the house while I was still in high school.
I live very close to my mother and my MIL is about 4 hours drive away. Whether or not to even tell my mom when I get pregnant is weighing on me.