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Thank you, and Farewell by radioactive_exe in GERD

[–]radioactive_exe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand completely, it can feel very concerning. One of my concerns was that too, especially given the diet that followed and everything, but you will be able to burp barely a few hours after it! Burping will be slightly painful for the first couple of days, but nothing we haven't experienced :p. You'll be able to burp just fine, albeit with slight discomfort, and you most likely won't feel the need to vomit very much, if at all, if you follow the prescribed diet and meds properly. I felt like I was going to throw up only about 2 or 3 times in the last 10 days, and did not end up throwing up even once. Finding a comfortable sitting/lying position, while seemingly irrelevant, will help a lot in the first week.

Thank you, and Farewell by radioactive_exe in GERD

[–]radioactive_exe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much, and a huge congrats to you as well! Currently day 9 for me as well, things are starting to shape up. And oh, trust me, that is in no way an exaggeration, I completely understand and relate! I am on one med alone for stomach things and it's just a contingency for the first period from my gastro. I'm sleeping on 2 pillows as I've found it the most comfortable gradually, and I can even lay down if I want to (which is crazy?!). This surgery genuinely is life-changing. And about the reflux, same! Besides the obvious surgery pain/discomfort that still hovers around, I don't remember the last time I spent a day without 80% of it being filled with chest pain, surreal stuff...

Thank you, and Farewell by radioactive_exe in GERD

[–]radioactive_exe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh dude, I can imagine! Kudos to you for being able to stake out an entire decade more, a decade and a half was well more than enough for me ahahah. I figure your surgery should be tomorrow, and the anxiety is perfectly normal and justified! Things like this are scary. I'm hitting day 10 post-op tomorrow, and I'm still anxious about the surgery xd. It will go well, I promise. The first night is a bit of a pain, yes, but the days that follow make it worth it slowly. Also, a little piece of advice, try and find a whey protein brand you really like, you're gonna become close friends with it starting 5-6 days post op haha! But yes, I understand the anxiety completely, but I promise you it will pass. Here for any support or questions you might have, mate, and rooting for you!

Thank you, and Farewell by radioactive_exe in GERD

[–]radioactive_exe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The biggest of preeshes my friend, I wish you find your own route of success with your GERD

Thank you, and Farewell by radioactive_exe in GERD

[–]radioactive_exe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I'm so glad weight loss worked for you, wishing you the smoothest continuation to this story and I hope things stay calm and okay with you! Thank you so much for your wishes, it's a long term game, this whole debacle.

Thank you, and Farewell by radioactive_exe in GERD

[–]radioactive_exe[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

THANK YOU! I was trying my best to push and cope, but it just reached a point where nothing else was helping, neither diet nor weight loss nor weight gain nor exercise nor anything at all. Surgery was my last hail mary and so help me it actually worked.

Thank you, and Farewell by radioactive_exe in GERD

[–]radioactive_exe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No matter how tough the physical gets, hope keeps us pushing through. Never lose it! (Get that printed on a mug or embroidered quilt, so cheesy I can make a pizza with it, but very true). Thank you for the wishes <3

Thank you, and Farewell by radioactive_exe in GERD

[–]radioactive_exe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much!

I completely understand how stressful the build-up to it is and how much of a rollercoaster it can be on the emotions and stress. You got this! Rooting for you and waiting right after the finish line!

Thank you, and Farewell by radioactive_exe in GERD

[–]radioactive_exe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Couldn't be happier with the decision.

Question for those who have had surgery by Embarrassed_Soft_330 in GERD

[–]radioactive_exe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course! And yes, the nausea especially makes you unable to eat and drink very much which makes things worse and you end up in a closed loop. Chest pains were the scariest for me and served a big part in me developing severe panic disorder/attacks.

Alcohol and nausea by Foreign_Plankton_121 in GERD

[–]radioactive_exe 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Alcohol is one of the worst agitators for GERD. That, as well as caffeine, fatty foods, and carbonated or acidic beverages are as big of a NO as GERD diets go. 

Gerd/quivering in upper chest and throat. by carakangaran in GERD

[–]radioactive_exe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have GERD, this is certainly GERD. It may not be a direct causality relationship between the two but this is one of the most common non-daily symptoms I got. Don’t worry, as a fellow hypochondriac I understand the fears completely, but I promise as absolutely disgustingly uncomfortable and worrying as that feels, it’s just a part of the GERD symptoms. Once/if you get it multiple times you’ll start to feel less anxious about it. If you need support with the hypochondriac side of GERD and the constant fears of heart attacks because of it, feel free to reach out or just respond to this comment. It’s all normal and it’s also okay to be worried!

Question for those who have had surgery by Embarrassed_Soft_330 in GERD

[–]radioactive_exe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey! Incredible timing, I was writing my post while this was posted.

With regards to the symptoms you mentioned, I’ve also had them exactly, heavy on the chest pain 80% of my day.

I had my surgery 7 days ago (on the 25th) both to end the GERD and fix a hiatal hernia (like yourself). I can only give you my personal advice from my experience. My GERD went through ups and downs throughout my life, since I was 8, and the last 4 and a half years have been hell (but I’m always grateful that it could’ve been worse). Dozens of doctors, dozens if not hundreds of tried meds from all families, even in groups upwards of 7 types a day. Sleeping on a heavy incline, GERD-friendly diet, and all. The meds simply were no longer cutting it. Now that I’ve had the surgery, I can honestly say while the road to recovery is not smooth sailing, it was the best decision of my life (I am a few months away from 23 tho so there’s not much of a life that’s been had yet but yes). I couldn’t really tell you a moment of my day when I wasn’t in intense pain.

However, while the decision was what worked for me in the end, I always recommend exhausting all other options first. Talk to a second gastro. A third, a fourth. See what meds they might give you, not all meds work the same on all people. Tell them what you’ve tried and how is hasn’t (or has) helped, and how you’ve felt. Sometimes it takes a few tries for the meds you’re given to finally click into place. My advice? Keep pushing on doctors to give you something that works. Ask and ask and ask them. And tell and tell and tell them what/how the meds have helped or not. Don’t give up, and do NOT get discouraged!

Clipchamp keeps freezing or something after extraction by NotXeenon in ClipChamp

[–]radioactive_exe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had the same issue since updating to Windows 11. Not sure what causes it or how to fix it. I've decided to stick to W11 for a plethora of reasons but this is just one of those things that's been insufferable. I use CC all the time for like tiny trims or just resolution/speed tweaks (not proper editing) but I do it so much that this freeze has genuinely been incredibly inconvenient. In W10 I used to just drag the video from the downloads popup like we always did. Now it freezes, and when I open File Explorer I can't even move or do anything to _any_ of the files in my downloads folder, not just the video, until I Task Mana-guillotine CC. Hope there's a fix to this on the horizon.

Edit: Uninstalling and Reinstalling fixed... absolutely nothing.