2 weeks post op

[Guest guest]

Well I am 2 weeks post op and I thought I would give an update.

I am eating much better I haven't had to have a fizzy drink to PUSH my food through now for exactly 14 days(But who's counting),My eating gets better DAILY and I am on solids now!!.I had a couple of bad spasms for a couple of days but I have not had one now for 11 days(Again a new record for me).I still need fluids to help my food down but find that either water or hot tea(Something I have been unable to drink for years)helps my food go down.Emotionally I feel GREAT and I am now getting fruit and salads into my body and for the first time in ages I feel my body is getting the nourishment it needs.I have a doctors appointment in the morning to see if I can return to work next week but my job involves very heavy lifting so I think I will need another week to be on the safe side.I am still a little sore but again the excitement of being able to eat and drink just outweigh the pain.To anybody who is a little afraid about surgery I really do know what your going through but you REALLY DO need the surgery to make your life better(I have put up with this for 13 years and have had dilations and a failed Hellers in the past)My surgery was made complicated by the scar tissue I had from previous attempts to rectify "A" and I was 5 hours in surgery and it nearly turned into an open procedure but my doctor(Who I think is a genius)d on and finally got the job done LAP.

He told me that my "E" had stretched and that if he had done the operation at an earlier stage it would have been much easier and the results would be even BETTER,So my advice to any of you is to get the surgery done ASAP after being diagnosed,Like I said I have had this now for 13 years(And I was told at first that it was all in my head and that I was an attention seeker!!)So as frightening as surgery is you really will benefit from it.

Lastly for now as I told the group before my doctors seem to think that people with "A" Are born with it but it takes something to TRIGGER it off to be full blown "A",What the trigger is they don't seem to know but think that stressful times in some is the trigger.

My surgeon was a doctor Barnum who is at the Bristol Royal Infirmary,And has done many Hellers including children(He did one on a 7 year old prior to mine and she is also doing fine).I will gladly answer any questions that any of you have in case I have missed anything out.

All the best

UK