andilyn

I am now 10 days post Nissen Fundoplication surgery, and doing well. I had read so many negative stories about people who regreted the surgery, and even though that may be their experience, I wanted to put this out as a positive one. I had the surgery on a Thursday morning, and was supposed to stay in the hospital until that Monday, but did so well that I got to come home on Sunday. I started clear liquids the Saturday after the surgery, and was only on that 24 hours, and then moved to a full liquid diet. Then as of today, my dr told me I could go back to my normal diet already. And outside of feeling a little sick to my stomach on and off, I did well with real food today. I had acid reflux so badly that it had come up and burnt my vocal cords, plus I had a hiatal hernia, so I had to have the surgery since meds failed to help. Pain wise it wasn't too bad. I was sore of course, but tolerable. So to anyone out there thinking about this surgery, I would recommend it, but only after you have tried other things, like the meds, since it is a major surgery. Again, just thought I would share my story!