Stomach polyps and hiatus hernia

Lucinda your right A polyps is a potential precancerous growth which needs to be removed as for the linx it has totally changed my life it is a brand-new procedure for dealing with gastric problems they repair the hiatus hernia whilst they are doing the linx I realise I am so lucky. The criteria for the procedure well let's just say it took me nearly 2 years to be considered for it I had to have every test available from blood tests Scopes top and bottom barium swallow PH tests you wouldn't believe it also there are only three or four hospitals in the country who carry out the procedure again I was so lucky living in an area were the pioneering surgeon in the UK practices it is not a good thing to be on medication for so long and they have just realise now that this can cause Barretts syndrome if I can help in any way or answer any questions you only have to ask

Thanks Lovelane. Unfortunately it looks like I wouldn't be able to have the Linx procedure as I had a Nissen Fundoplication about seven years ago so the area where the bracelet goes is full of folds where the fundus of my stomach has been wrapped around the base of my oesophagus

I'm afraid it's PPIs for me.

Ohyes, isn't that the op they did prior to LINX ?  Just before I went under, my consultant asked me if when he gets inside to do the links and there are problems would I have the that you had ? 

Sorry was dictating last message.     Should read LINX NOT links oops

 

Also when I asked him about it and he told me it was a five hour operation and the implications I decided it wasn't a decision you could make two minutes prior to another operation also I had heard that you were not able to throw up or belch?     So Lucinda what are the options for you now if any of my last set of meds were lanzoprazole but over the yrs I've had them all and some lol, oops another mess I am sorry it's lucinia not lucinia, what a beautiful name

Yes, it was all the rage before Linx came along. It did cure my daytime refux but not the nighttime episodes. They would have had to tie it so tight I wouldn't be able to eat solids. You're right about not being able to be sick; I always carry metacolpramide around with me just in case - it's brilliant for dismissing nausea. Burping is less of a problem. Lucinia was my mum's name - I've always loved it.

Thank you lucinia,   Could they not reverse it ? So, how are you now ?

i had my op on. 17 June so still early days. I've agreed to be part of a 3 yr study as it's so new a procedure I'm also on a Facebook page which was set up in the Usa. I do have really bad burps which can be embarrassing but I'm hoping my consultant will be able to help when I return for my post op follow up in just over 2 weeks

so, are you uk or us ?     My names paul by the way

I am due for a review in the next few weeks (I'm UK by the way) so I am going to bring up the subject of the Linx system and ask if the fundo is reversable although my GP thinks not. I have to take 40mg of omeprazole a day or else I really suffer. Even with the 40mg my symptoms aren't fully controlled. My GP wants me to to double it to 80! That's eight times the maintenance dose! I've refused which is why I'm seeing the gastroenterologist soon. This has all been going on for nigh on 20 years. I'm Paula by the way

Hi paula, I was diagnosed with gerd, reflux, aesophagitis, HH, ulcers, and all things gastric over 20 yrs ago. I've been on Tagamet Zantac denol denol tab losec imeprazole domperidone lanzoprazole ....shall I go on lol...

they seemed to keep me in check til about 2 yrs ago when the meds simply stopped working so I got a referral and took me this time to have all the tests and eventually assessed suitable for LINX, the critaria is sooooo tough though so I guess I'm lucky, also I happen to be in the area of the pioneering uk surgeon who started it all in the uk.    I'm in Devon 

 

We have similar stories. I had a HH and ulcers, gastritis, duodenitis with 50% erosions of the oesophagus. PPIs have helped enormously but stopped fully working a long time ago hence the fundo. I've also had my gallbladder out so now bile reflux has been thrown into the mix. I sometimes get a bit down about it all especially as my mother contracted cancer of the oesophagus and bile duct which were diagnosed too late. Interestingly, she had almost no symptoms - just a little heartburn now and again for which she sucked a Rennies!  I like to think that the PPIs are protecting my oesophagus to some degree from erosion, slowing down the potential progression to Barrets. There's a lot of PPI bashing on this site but I hate to think where I would be without them. I'm not sure how I would have got through the last 20 years.

Barrett ... Scary or is it just the fear factor ?

i know that without ppis for me over the yrs I would have been unbearable so I'd never knock them. Rennies, now there's a name from the past lol. As I recall that's all people took, that and gaviscon 

youve certaimly been through it paula     Thank you for sharing I hope maybe we can support each other.   Whereabouts are you ?

I'm in Reading although my partner and I plan to move to the highlands of Scotland in a couple of years.

When my children were tiny the idea of Barrets scared the living daylights out of me. Now, nearly 20 years on I'm less scared but still on my guard. I think knowing the kids are old enough to care for themselves (just) helps.

I would be interested in seeing how you progress following your Linx procedure. It looks perfect for nocturnal reflux sufferers as you need to swallow and set off the peristalsis to force the magnets apart. I'm glad you are experiencing some respite.

I worked and lived in reading for over 2 yrs in the 80s oh memories lol

i was back there a couple of yrs ago how it's cha ged

so Scotland ?  Pardon the pun but do you have LINKS there or just somewhere to go and hide away from all the madness ?

Sorry to have gone off post 

Definitely hiding away from all the madness. I'm an artist and there is no finer place to be. The Scottish light is amazing.

Sorry for hi-jacking your discussion Wendy

Oops me too, maybe more apt to pm ? Wendy you can join in after all it's your original post

So you managed to resist the Siren's call of Reading in all its glory!

By the skin of my teeth, lol I remember all the old haunts though 

I enjoyed it but never really wanted to settle there, I literally lived in the George pub for 9 months and had many a crazy night in caversham I lived in purely on Thames and worked in London street by the stream

there was also what they called a fun pub at the time named clowns

Purley's great - it's not really changed that much. I'm in Caversham. I don't remember the Clowns though.