I'm curious of other's experience with the surgery too. Mine is scheduled for January 4. Part of me is so ready and another part is extremely nervous that it won't work for me or that things get worse.

Hi Innocence ooh I feel for you. Please keep me posted. A friend of mine has an op on that day too so I will think of you as well. What did they say about your results? Im wondering if mine showed enough reflux to get the op. They get you in quick then? Im not surprised your nervous,I am about a possible op incase something goes wrong. I think most people are ok though. Look on Medhelp.org forums I think they have something on it,from other people.

I had my first Nissen fundoplication in 2006 at age 16. My recovery was rough (I was impatient about the diet restrictions afterwards) but it turned out fine. A year later my symptoms returned and another pH test said I had over 100 episodes of reflux during the monitoring time, and that my first surgery had officially "failed." They took me into surgery the next day and found my stomach had slipped out of the looped form. I had the surgery re-done at 17 and had a more difficult recovery. I was re-admitted twice for non-stop vomiting and subsequent dehydration. However, after about 4-6 weeks, I returned to feeling normal. Now, at age 21, I feel my symptoms returning again, but I am definitely not going to be doing a surgery again. My story isn't the usual- most people have better luck, and in full disclosure I did/do have a lot of co-morbid conditions that could have/do exacerbate my difficulties.

I have pretty severe GERD along with COPD. Gerd can make my breathing problems worse, so I have to be very conscientious about my diet and meds, etc. One time, I was talking about GERD with my pulmonologist, and he told me that he has seen many patients who have had their surgery fail because they weren't careful enough with their diet restrictions afterwards. You can actually cause it to fail if you eat too many pizzas, and the like. So, for now, we are trying to control it with diet, meds and raising the head of my bed. It's not an easy diet to follow, but definitely worth making the attempt. Only if none of that works would I even consider the surgery. But I hope you realize that having the surgery won't automatically give you the ability to eat whatever you want.

Good luck to you, and let us know what you decide. Hugs, Sue

Hi all Im quite nervous about surgery. I don't even know if the monitoring showed up enough reflux yet,for the surgery. It keeps flaring up again though and the reflux comes up. Im in agony when this happens which is almost every other day. Then I can hardly eat anything. It hurts bad to the point that I can't sleep. Im fed up of this but the surgery sounds scary. Thats terrible mattisse what you have been through. Does Gaviscon or anything like that work for you? Or PPIs? Ive got a very stressful time now waiting to see what will happen. What foods do you avoid I wonder? I know you can't have fizzy pop either. I can't really drink it now anyway.

Hi anyone around? Im in so much pain and it keeps flaring up on me,with reflux too. I really hope I can get the surgery to stop it if it will help. Ive had enough as it hurts very bad now. I can even feel my stomach come up and stick in my oeophaghus. Do you get this? What are you doing to cope? I can't cope with this GERD and hiatus hernia any more. I have to though.

Sorry to hear how much you are suffering. Sounds like you might need to try a different PPI. Have you tried several? I tried ALL of them and the finally Pantoprazole helped. Sometimes they may work and then all of the sudden not and then you need to try a new one.

I sometimes need to take Ranitidine 150 mg or 300 mg at night time too. Some people even take their PPI twice a day.

Are you eating a GERD friendly diet. This is EXTREMELY important.

I have a hiatal hernia and have noticed that exercising makes it worse. Maybe you are exacerbating it without realizing it.

I would continue to call your doctor to get some relief. Keep us posted.