Thank you, but after all these years, I do not see things getting any better. The #1 part of this that I hate the most, is the affect it has had on my family. The 2nd part is finding a doctor who 'listens' and does not treat me as if I am making it up, which I don't understand why anyone would...
I take immodium, lomotil, zofran & oxycontin. Before they started me on lomotil, I would take up to 24 immodium every day. Now I take 10 lomotil and up to 6 or 8 immodium everyday, and still have problems. I have not had any problems with my voice or larynx, thankfully. The zofran does help...
Evo, can I ask how long ago did you have your surgery? Also, how long after that original surgery did you find out that something went wrong, and how did you find out?
The doctor never gave me a “grade” for the dysplasia, and I didn’t know to ask. The Barrett’s was diagnosed by the same GI doctor who recommended the surgery. But I was told once, during one of my ‘many’ follow-up endoscopy’s, that once you have developed a ‘Barrett’s’, you always have it. I...
I had the Lap. nissen fundoplication done also, in June of 1999. I ended up with all the horrible symptoms you mentioned, the horrible pain, nausea, “intense” dry heaves, diarrhea. I told the surgeon about them from my very first follow up. It did not go well, to say the least. For the next...