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Waking up on day 6 since toupet fundoplication. I’m still waking up with excessive mucus/phlegm in my throat and very worried this is going to be a long term side effect. The only way I’ve gotten any sleep is by halving a dose of a painkiller. I might go get plain liquid mucinex today and try it tonight. I had bad LPR before this surgery and it was a reason I got the surgery, so now I’m worried this is the new normal. I understand swelling is going down, I’ve just never seen anyone talk about this side effect before, nor for this long. The phlegm pools and I can’t breath. Does this stop?

I have my surgery on Monday. I found out it will be covered by insurance. Hernia repair with toupet fundoplication. I'm very anxious but know that this is the best, logical course of action for me with the progression of symptoms and lack of response to conservative methods this summer. My biggest worries/fears going into this are as follows:

1. The surgery won't help my LPR symptoms. Throat clearing, inflamed vocal cords, sore throat, mucus in throat after meals, burning in throat and mouth, hoarseness/voice loss. But will only help GERD symptoms. Morning regurgitation and some heartburn and bad taste in mouth every morning. I've also had points where swallowing has been difficult and know it's reflux because it gets worse when I eat a few meals that aren't GERD friendly.

2. I'll end up with some complication worse than what I had before and still have symptoms.

3. I won't be able to mentally handle the recovery and I'll make a mistake early on that ruins the surgery.

I know my anxiety about this surgery is more than it should be, but please be kind in if you choose to comment. I'm a singer in a band and hope this fixes my singing voice and I can go back to living a normal life without all the crazy throat problems. I've found numerous medical articles that say this surgery is usually successful for LPR sufferers if GERD is objectively found with a hernia and like 90% of people are satisfied with it five years later.

I'm supposed to be having surgery for a hiatal hernia and a toupet wrap a week from tomorrow but I'm having increasingly difficulty in swallowing.

So I’ve been dealing with LPR reflux symptoms since June, as well as GERD. The very first symptom that had me noticing all this in June was trouble swallowing.

Tonight, I tried eating a piece of corn on the cob, a chicken drumstick, and a small chunk of bread. I had a hard time swallowing all of those things at the very top of my throat like the initial part of the swallow. Then sometimes little pieces get stuck in my throat and I struggle with the second swallow to get it down. Is this because of my ineffective motility or the fact that my throat is burnt up and I have edema. Or is it all the connected? I have had the manometry and had 8 out of 10 ineffective swallows for liquid.

My understanding is swallowing is harder after surgery lower in the esophagus at the site of the surgery and not higher up in the throat with the initial swallow. Is this correct? I’m just super worried this dysphagia will get worse after surgery or could it improve?

This will be my last post for the weekend, I swear. Need to try to not think about any of this over the weekend.

My toupet fundoplication surgery is set for 10/5. I have a sliding hiatal hernia that is not big but is presenting symptoms of GERD/LPR. The reason I'm scared of this surgery is because there's not a 100% chance it's going to fix my throat symptoms of sore throat, swollen vocal cords, burning in throat and mouth, throat clearing, voice loss, mucus in throat and hoarseness after meals, etc. I also have some regurgitation (but it's not nearly as bad as some people in this group who throw up after every meal) and heartburn going on and some pain in my lower left ribcage and my swallowing, especially by dinner, is not great.

All this came on suddenly in June, like 0-10 symptom wise within a week's time. My worry is if I get the surgery the symptoms won't clear up and I'll have other issues such as increased difficulty swallowing, gas/bloat syndrome, or some other problem and my symptoms will still be present. All the testing I've done shows GERD and reflux that has reached my throat though so the surgery logically makes sense, I'm just living in anxiety about it. I just want my life back and to be able to sing and eat more normally again. I'm 40 so also relatively young for this, I feel.

I've officially decided to get the Toupet Fundoplication surgery with the hernia repair. My date will either be October 1st or October 5th. I just need to make sure insurance will cover it this week after picking the surgeon.

I've not seen any real improvement in nearly three months despite doing conservative treatment. Smaller meals. Alginate after every meal. Cleaner meals. Not eating 3-4 hours before bed. Chewing food more. Saline nasal rinses. Drinking alkaline water. Gargling with alkaline water. ETC. The only thing I haven't tried in earnest is PPIs and Pepcid AC because they all make me feel off.

Burning throat and mouth persist. Swollen/edemic vocal cords. Voice loss. Mucus in throat after meals and hoarseness. Throat clearing. Sore throat all the time, etc. I burp pure acid like 10 hours after eating or even after just drinking water. Now when I wake up at 5 or 6 AM and roll over in my bed I can feel stomach contents coming up even if I haven't eaten since 6 PM the day before. And it's every morning no matter what I eat. I also have heartburn now and also can feel the hernia prodding me in my lower left ribcage daily. I think I wasn't noticing the latter symptoms since I was in such a state of fight or flight for two straight months. Now that I'm not in that state, I'm noticing even more of the physical sensations I think my body was numbing me of.

And I know there is a risk that it won't work for my throat and it carries complications. But outside of LPR groups I'm finding hundreds of people who had GERD with throat symptoms and all that went away. I have definite GERD based on my testings with a hernia that is making my LES be wide open all the time. It's why this happened, sadly. Wish me luck!

I'm getting the Toupet Fundoplication with a hernia repair either October 1st or October 5th. Been dealing with symptoms of GERD and LPR for about three months now. I've done all the necessary testing in a short window of time and qualify for the surgery. Small sliding hernia. Hill grade III LES. Demeester score of 30. Manometry showed the LES has no pressure. I have to say I'm very scared. I'm a 40 year old man and feel like waiting doesn't make sense and reflux symptoms keep getting worse. Don't want to be on medications my whole life and never eat any good foods again.

I've been dealing with throat symptoms (sore throat, vocal cord pain/edema, voice loss and hoarseness, throat clearing and mucus in throat), burning in mouth and lips, heartburn, what feels like regurgitation of gas/stomach contents when I shift positions in bed despite not eating 3-4 hours before bed. It actually happens at like six in the morning. My burps taste acidic and I've had a few times when I woke up in the night this summer with horrible tastes in mouth when I didn't use an alginate. One instance where I had liquid in my mouth. The other thing is I can actually feel pain under my left ribcage, which I believe is a the hernia.

I'm just scared. I know there's no going back once I schedule and get preop tests done. And I don't see why I wouldn't give this surgery a go and try to get my life back. I'd like to sing again too.

Am I jumping the gun by getting a toupet fundoplication and hernia repair surgery 3.5 months after my really bad GERD/LPR symptoms started? I have rushed to get all the testing done over the past two months including the endoscopy, 24-hour PH test, and manometry. I have a 1 CM hiatal hernia, an LES in hill grade III, a demeester score of 30 (GERD diagnoses), and the manometry showed 4mmHg pressure with my LES and it's supposed to be 10-45 mmHg.

I have burning in my throat, sore throat after eating, hoarseness and mucus after eating, burning in my mouth, sore/swollen vocal cords (sometimes painful to speak), postnasal drip, dry mouth, excessive saliva, trouble swallowing. I've woken up on a few occasions this summer with liquid in my mouth and very bad taste in my mouth when not taking alginates before bed. And I've only recently started noticing heartburn, which I'm guessing I've had for sometime, but it wasn't until my throat symptoms went from 0-10 that my life is no longer enjoyable. Can't really eat anything. Can't sing like I used to.

The symptoms are mostly throat related and I'm wondering if I'm jumping gun. Two surgeons think I should do the surgery. But I'm worried the throat symptoms won't go away.

Am I jumping the gun by getting a toupet fundoplication and hernia repair surgery 3.5 months after my really bad GERD/LPR symptoms started? I have rushed to get all the testing done over the past two months including the endoscopy, 24-hour PH test, and manometry. I have a 1 CM hiatal hernia, an LES in hill grade III, a demeester score of 30 (GERD diagnoses), and the manometry showed 4mmHg pressure with my LES and it's supposed to be 10-45 mmHg.

I have burning in my throat, sore throat after eating, hoarseness and mucus after eating, burning in my mouth, sore/swollen vocal cords (sometimes painful to speak), postnasal drip, dry mouth, excessive saliva, trouble swallowing. I've woken up on a few occasions this summer with liquid in my mouth and very bad taste in my mouth when not taking alginates before bed. And I've only recently started noticing heartburn, which I'm guessing I've had for sometime, but it wasn't until my throat symptoms went from 0-10 that my life is no longer enjoyable. Can't really eat anything. Can't sing like I used to.

The symptoms are mostly throat related and I'm wondering if I'm jumping gun. Two surgeons think I should do the surgery. But I'm worried the throat symptoms won't go away.

What surgeries did you have and what symptoms did it resolve? Dealing with mostly irritation in my throat and LPR symptoms with minor heartburn sometimes that I think is a result of acid reflux/other reflux getting into my throat at night based on my PH testing, which says I have GERD. Having a toupet wrap and hernia fix October 1st. Thank you!

What surgeries did you have and what symptoms did it resolve? Dealing with mostly irritation in my throat and LPR symptoms with minor heartburn sometimes that I think is a result of acid reflux/other reflux getting into my throat at night based on my PH testing. Having a toupet wrap and hernia fix October 1st. Thank you!

What surgeries did you have and what symptoms did it resolve? Thank you!

I'm like 90% sure I'm going to get a surgery to repair my hiatal hernia and LES that is in hill grade III on October 1st. I had the manometry and 24-hour impedance test done on 8/11 and they indicated I have a demeester score of 30 and weak esophageal motility. So I have objective acid reflux. And because of the weak motility, I will be doing just the toupet wrap.

I've been dealing with acid reflux symptoms in my throat since the beginning of June with some heartburn. It does not seem to be getting better with dietary changes, alginates, saline nasal rinses, smaller meals, less acidic and low fat meals, inclined sleep. Been kind of stuck in fight or flight for for almost three months since this all started too. Just haven't been able to relax. Tried a PPI for six days and got super bad headaches and generally just don't want to be on meds for life. The surgeon said you can either get surgery or medically manage with PPIs or you are at risk for cancer.

My general thoughts are that even if I get my throat to heal with conservative methods, the hernia will still be there and the flap will still be non-functional. And the second I eat something that is a 'trigger food' it's all just going to come back anyway. And I still seem to have throat symptoms no matter what I eat. Furthermore, I've actually started noticing the hernia and have pain in and below my left ribcage and it's hard to lay on my left side to sleep.

I'm a singer in a band and would like my life back. I want to be able to eat meals without having throat clearing a half hour later. I'm 40 years old and relatively healthy outside of all this new stuff. Please share success stories from this surgery.

I'm like 90% sure I'm going to get a surgery to repair my hiatal hernia and LES that is in hill grade III on October 1st. I had the manometry and 24-hour impedance test done on 8/11 and they indicated I have a demeester score of 30 and weak esophageal motility. So I have objective acid reflux. And because of the weak motility, I will be doing just the toupet wrap.

I've been dealing with acid reflux symptoms in my throat since the beginning of June with some heartburn. It does not seem to be getting better with dietary changes, alginates, saline nasal rinses, smaller meals, less acidic and low fat meals, inclined sleep. Been kind of stuck in fight or flight for for almost three months since this all started too. Just haven't been able to relax. Tried a PPI for six days and got super bad headaches and generally just don't want to be on meds for life. The surgeon said you can either get surgery or medically manage with PPIs or you are at risk for cancer.

My general thoughts are that even if I get my throat to heal with conservative methods, the hernia will still be there and the flap will still be non-functional. And the second I eat something that is a 'trigger food' it's all just going to come back anyway. And I still seem to have throat symptoms no matter what I eat. Furthermore, I've actually started noticing the hernia and have pain in and below my left ribcage and it's hard to lay on my left side to sleep.

I'm a singer in a band and would like my life back. I want to be able to eat meals without having throat clearing a half hour later. I'm 40 years old and relatively healthy outside of all this new stuff. Please share success stories from this surgery.

I'm like 90% sure I'm going to get a surgery to repair my hiatal hernia and LES that is in hill grade III on October 1st. I had the manometry and 24-hour impedance test done on 8/11 and they indicated I have a demeester score of 30 and weak esophageal motility. So I have objective acid reflux. And because of the weak motility, I will be doing just the toupet wrap.

I've been dealing with acid reflux symptoms in my throat since the beginning of June with some heartburn. It does not seem to be getting better with dietary changes, alginates, saline nasal rinses, smaller meals, less acidic and low fat meals, inclined sleep. Been kind of stuck in fight or flight for for almost three months since this all started too. Just haven't been able to relax. Tried a PPI for six days and got super bad headaches and generally just don't want to be on meds for life. The surgeon said you can either get surgery or medically manage with PPIs or you are at risk for cancer.

My general thoughts are that even if I get my throat to heal with conservative methods, the hernia will still be there and the flap will still be non-functional. And the second I eat something that is a 'trigger food' it's all just going to come back anyway. And I still seem to have throat symptoms no matter what I eat. Furthermore, I've actually started noticing the hernia and have pain in and below my left ribcage and it's hard to lay on my left side to sleep.

I'm a singer in a band and would like my life back. I want to be able to eat meals without having throat clearing a half hour later. I'm 40 years old and relatively healthy outside of all this new stuff. Please share success stories from this surgery.

I'm like 90% sure I'm going to get a surgery to repair my hiatal hernia and LES that is in hill grade III on October 1st. I had the manometry and 24-hour impedance test done on 8/11 and they indicated I have a demeester score of 30 and weak esophageal motility. So I have objective acid reflux. And because of the weak motility, I will be doing just the toupet wrap.

I've been dealing with acid reflux symptoms in my throat since the beginning of June with some heartburn. It does not seem to be getting better with dietary changes, alginates, saline nasal rinses, smaller meals, less acidic and low fat meals, inclined sleep. Been kind of stuck in fight or flight for for almost three months since this all started too. Just haven't been able to relax. Tried a PPI for six days and got super bad headaches and generally just don't want to be on meds for life. The surgeon said you can either get surgery or medically manage with PPIs or you are at risk for cancer.

My general thoughts are that even if I get my throat to heal with conservative methods, the hernia will still be there and the flap will still be non-functional. And the second I eat something that is a 'trigger food' it's all just going to come back anyway. And I still seem to have throat symptoms no matter what I eat. Furthermore, I've actually started noticing the hernia and have pain in and below my left ribcage and it's hard to lay on my left side to sleep.

I'm a singer in a band and would like my life back. I want to be able to eat meals without having throat clearing a half hour later. I'm 40 years old and relatively healthy outside of all this new stuff. Please share success stories from this surgery.

I was just told I would be a good candidate for a partial wrap and a hernia fix based on my hiatal hernia, weak LES, and my demeester score of 30 on my 24-hour impedance test. All the symptoms point to acid reflux.

I’ve been dealing with hoarseness, voice loss, burning/swollen vocal cords, throat clearing, and mucus in throat after meals for 2 months now. The only thing is the surgeon said he can’t guarantee all of that would be fixed. And he was pretty nonchalant about the recovery.

I’m likely going to get the surgery. But I’m scared. I just don’t think I have any other options. Are there any success stories from these surgeries that helped these particular symptoms?

I was just told I would be a good candidate for a partial wrap and a hernia fix based on my hiatal hernia, weak LES, and my demeester score of 30 on my 24-hour impedance test. All the symptoms point to acid reflux.

I’ve been dealing with hoarseness, voice loss, burning/swollen vocal cords, throat clearing, and mucus in throat after meals for 2 months now. The only thing is the surgeon said he can’t guarantee all of that would be fixed. And he was pretty nonchalant about the recovery.

I’m likely going to get the surgery. But I’m scared. I just don’t think I have any other options. Are there any success stories from these surgeries that helped these particular symptoms?

I was just told I would be a good candidate for a partial wrap and a hernia fix based on my hiatal hernia, weak LES, and my demeester score of 30 on my 24-hour impedance test. All the symptoms point to acid reflux.

I’ve been dealing with hoarseness, voice loss, burning/swollen vocal cords, throat clearing, and mucus in throat after meals for 2 months now. The only thing is the surgeon said he can’t guarantee all of that would be fixed. And he was pretty nonchalant about the recovery.

I’m likely going to get the surgery. But I’m scared. I just don’t think I have any other options. Are there any success stories from these surgeries that helped these particular symptoms?

I was just told I would be a good candidate for a partial wrap and a hernia fix based on my hiatal hernia, weak LES, and my demeester score of 30 on my 24-hour impedance test. All the symptoms point to acid reflux.

I’ve been dealing with hoarseness, voice loss, burning/swollen vocal cords, throat clearing, and mucus in throat after meals for 2 months now. The only thing is the surgeon said he can’t guarantee all of that would be fixed. And he was pretty nonchalant about the recovery.

I’m likely going to get the surgery. But I’m scared. I just don’t think I have any other options. Are there any success stories from these surgeries that helped these particular symptoms?

I've been taking a 20 milligram dose of prescription Prilosec for six days now. I do feel like my throat is continuing to improve slowly (also doing diet and lifestyle changes, alginates, etc), but my mental health is in the toilet. I honestly felt like during the first three days of taking the pill, my mind and body kind of came out of fight or flight for several sections of the day. But the pill wouldn't have even been working yet at that point, so I'm guessing it was just placebo.

But for the past two days, I'm back in fight or flight, because I noticed yesterday I was having a hard time swallowing something then I went back into fight or flight. Can't tell if it's the medication making it worse now or just the nature of the illness. I certainly feel more depressed than ever the past two days and kind of feel like the fight has been taken out of me. The doctor says it takes about four weeks for this to show improvements in throat symptoms. Can't decide if I should just stop or not or try to push for the full four weeks and then ween off. I'm just not myself anymore and haven't been through this whole ordeal for the past two months.

I have a consult with a surgeon on Friday and I'm starting to feel even too tired with all this to even go. All I see is failed surgeries on Reddit.