ANTI REFLUX SURGERY

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Did try to post this this morning but think was in ga ga land.blame either my typing or the asthma!

anyone out there whose had surgery for reflux?

Due to have it next week providing my severe asthma behaves!!!!!

Taken me 3 times to write this O so brain dead

Penny

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Hi Penny,

Sorry to hear that you've got to have surgery. I don't know of anyone who's had it, and don't know a lot about it, but just wanted to say that I hope it goes well.

I do know that for a lot of people it really helps the reflux, which can have a knock-on affect in really improving the asthma.

A lot of people find that they feel quite sick after the surgery, but I believe the nature of the surgery makes it really difficult to actually vomit, which can leave you uncomfortably nauseated or retching for quite a while. So that might be an issue that you want to discuss with the anaesthetist before the surgery, to make sure that you have a good anti-sickness drug written up on your chart - so that you won't have to wait for a doctor to be found if you need it!

Hope it all goes okay for you

Take care

Em H

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Hi Penny, My son had a nissans fundoplication for reflux when he was four. During tests at Royal Brompton they discovered he had a reflux which they treated with the usual domperidone and ranitadine. Unfortunatly his asthma still continued to have a big impact on his life so his con at Brompton decided maybe this surgery would help.

The operation was done at Chelsea and Westminster hospital by keyhole surgery. Sean was only meant to be there for 2 days after the surgery but his lungs didnt like aneasthetic and he was oxygen dependant for 2 weeks. Please dont let that worry you though as when he was younger the slighest cough/cold would cause him to need oxygen for a while so it wasnt unusual for him. He had the most awful diarrea(sp) for 48 hours but that soon stopped.

Once his tummy had settled after the op he was able to eat and drink like normal except we were warned not to give him loads of fizzy drink. He was unable to vomit for years which was a problem sometimes when on IV amio as he would just heave and retch which was uncomfortable but docs gave anti sickness meds to resolve. Unfortunatly the surgery made no difference to his lungs and his asthma has carried on as chaotic as before, we always knew this maybe the case but was worth the try.

Last year he had another PH study and they found he had significant reflux so restarted anti reflux meds again for a while, his con isnt keen on repeating the surgery as he feels risk outweighs benefit in our case. In the last couple of months Sean has vomitted a few times so I presume from that the surgery has loosened up but its lasted about 7 years which is good.

Although in our case surgery wasnt the answer for helping the asthma symptoms I do know of three other people who had the surgery and it improved their asthma significantly.

Good luck and let us know how you get on

Julie

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Hi - i had a fundoplication last week - the surgery itself was fine and i'm recovering well. the worst bit is not eating but on the good side i have lost 2 stone which will also help. i'm hopeful that it will help my asthma - even just a little will be good and therefore my ability to do more but its early days yet although i have stopped the omeprazole and haven't had any symptoms of reflux.

i wasn't nauseaous after surgery and still dont feel hungry.

i hope it goes as well for you and that you have some improvement

good luck

Vicky