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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
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intro: (00:00)
surgery day: (00:16)
day 1: (01:09)
day 2: (01:36)
day 3: (02:09)
day 6: (03:09)
week 2: (04:07)
week 3: (05:02)
week 4: (06:01)
week 6: (06:45)
month 6: (07:41)
outro (08:29)
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Your linx videos are excellent. You helped me gain confidence leading up to surgery! Thank you Lilac!
Thanks for updating about the surgery ❤️ 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
You're very welcome! It would be great if you could support my channel & subscribe 🙌🏻
Thank you for making this video! Very informative and concise.
Of course! This one even more: ruclips.net/video/wxUa5qQ0H3Y/видео.html
Thank you for making this video about you LINX journey. I’m just beginning the research for the possibility of taking that step myself. You make it sound so much less scary than I’d imagined. I also filled out the questions to join the LINX support group you mentioned in another video. Thank you for being here and sharing your insights. P.S. I wish I lived in the UK and to have something as good as the NHS. I’m in the US, will see how much of this surgery my insurance will cover. So glad you feel well. Hopefully I’ll be there soon as well. 😊
Hi Renee, thanks so much for the kind feedback and sharing your story. Yes US is challenging with no national health insurance 🥺 never really understood that. Glad you liked the video, make sure to watch the other 3 videos and subscribe to the channel, got another LINX video in the making 🙌🏻 best of luck in the meantime
So so helpful! Thank you for taking us through the journey step by step. My Dr recommended Linx surgery tome yesterday and I’m researching it. Not much that I’m finding for recovery so thanks for your transparency.
Absolutely! Glad I could help
Thank you for the information. I just had my surgery in Jan and your information has been helpful. As with you the process has really been life changing.
Awww that's so great to hear!! Truly exciting 🙏🏻🙌🏻 best wishes of success, as well as patience 😃
Thanks for your very honest attention to details that are very appreciated! Even in progressive minded, Southern California, as of this writing, there are only a handful of surgeons trained in this procedure between Los Angeles and San Diego. I seem to be failing on Nexium, after failing on Prilosec and Aciphex previously, over the years. And, now all the studies negative toward long term treatment with Proton Inhibitors! The only thing you didn’t cover is the subject of MRI’s with Linx, which I’ve read they have made great advances on since it's introduction. Please advise. With the greatest appreciation,
Dan
Hi Dan, thanks so much for the positive feedback, sorry to hear of your struggle. I'm actually in the making of a LINX Q&A video, probably in the coming 2 weeks. My LINX currently allows for an MRI of up to 1.5 Tesla. Hope this helps 🙌🏻
This is extremely informative 👍👍👍
Thanks so much 🙏🏻 Would be great if you could support my channel and subscribe 🙌🏻
Thanks for sharing your experience and journey
Thanks Raj, good luck with your journey. I have more videos to upload, but so busy with work, can't find the time!
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Congrats on the surgery and wish you all the best. I have GERD AND now developed LPR. Keep in mind, I don't take any medicine or PPI. In your presentation, you mentioned you still have a little LPR. Did the symptoms ever go away? Did the doctor discuss with you in the long term having magnets in your body need to be adjusted later? You made this video 3 years ago, so hopefully your back to normal?
Hi. Great guide. Thank you. I had my Linx surgery in October 2023. It was OK for the first 7 days. On day seven I had a more serious dysphagia (sharp pain in the chest etc) and since then I have been having reflux or so it feels. The surgeon is saying that it was just a coincidence with the end of the Linx honeymoon period. I doubt it to be honest. I am 3 months out now, but it is not great. I have still got pain in the LES area, especially 2-3 h after eating (when acid in the stomach drops to its lowest level) or when I had a coffee, chocolate, sugar etc. I also have reflux if I squeeze my tummy when full, that is if driving or sitting on the sofa (those positions where your stomach gets squeezed). I am a bit disappointed. Have you had any of my symptoms during the first 3 months? Kind regards.
Thank you so much
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I love seeing people get cured of something ik how bad it feels
It makes me want to cry and all is so beautiful
Im so happy for you I have hatial hernia im now 21 Im taking meds pepcid and gaviscon and I have good days and bad days but yeah is always there and I now don’t like to go out with friends because I fear my Gerd will act up
And I hate going to doctors to hear the “well kid im sorry but you have to live with it” that it’s depressing to hear it
Im really young to be always feeling sick
Hope you still cured🤗
Also Im from Puerto Rico and I don’t think that surgery is available here I might have to fly there to get it done
So sorry to hear of your struggles. I hope you find a cure. See more info here: ruclips.net/video/wxUa5qQ0H3Y/видео.html
Thanks for the video, had this done 3 days ago. Your update timeline is helpful.
That's great news, thank you and good luck with your recovery 💕
How are you feeling?
@@HobbyZobby My case was a bit more complicated than some probably. I have a condition called EOE which is basically an allergic reaction in the esophagus. Due to persistent pain from what I think were many different sources I thought this Linx might work for me. I pretty much had to figure this out on my own and test the theory on myself. My reflux was probably bile reflux which it certainly has helped with. My other pain symptoms still exist to varying degrees and I now wonder how much of the original pain was really helped. This has made it difficult for me to drink, especially at the start, and I have persistent gassiness. I am considering having it removed,
@@chrismichaels7951 damn... Sorry to hear that, did you remove it?
@@jimmythedog2882 almost two years in and I wish I hadn't done it but cannot afford to have it removed.
Hi im on day 3 of Linx surgery I bin suffering from hiatol hernia about 8 years now and finally got my surgery and now recovering at home ....USA Los Angeles California
Ah bless!! That's awesome m8 good times ahead (just wait for the 1st month ro pass by)😆
Love to know how your doing now and if you are still glad to have had the surgery.
Yes still happy. An MRI I'd done had weakened it a bit so I'm about to get the Stretta as well. Avoid MRI if you can
Having mine on Friday...I’m so glad I never did the PPIs. Thanks for the video
G luck man! What did you do then instead of PPI's?
I just dealt with the pain without meds. Stuck to a diet i knew wouldn’t affect me too badly. I found an acid reflux herbal supplement I liked that worked sometimes. I just held off on the PPis because I knew I’d have the surgery.
@@lilacsheer Hello Lilac sheer, do you live in the usa in which part of the usa did you operate, what is the name of the hospital and the doctor who operated on you I would like to know I am a little desperate looking for a good doctor, if you could tell me thank you very much ... please
@@faithworld2184 Hiya', I'm in the UK - Here are the details:
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Hi, I have my Linx Surgery booked for this Thursday with..... Dr Nehra. Thanks for sharing your experience and it's good to hear everything went well.
That's brilliant Mike, so happy for you good luck with everything, tell him his previous patient Lilac referred you 😀
Hi mike, can u give us an update about ur condition now after having the surgery? Thank you 🙏
How it go? Update?
hey lilac's, first of all thank u for sharing it helping me alot, I suffer from reflux for a year, at first the symptoms were really bad and now a little less, but still noticeable (mostly chest burning in the morning) I wanted to know if it was like that with you too? And regarding the surgery I am from Israel, do you know if it is possible for me to do the surgery in your country or is it problematic?
thanks you (:
I'm barely over two weeks from surgery. I feel sick every day with nausea & pleural effusion & am down nearly 10#, so you're really blessed to have done so well. Maybe it's an age thing but I am usually very resilient.
Hi Lila, gosh that sounds tough! Really sad to hear, I hope you get better soon 💗 Perhaps your body has a negative reaction to the beads?
How are you doing now
OMG coffee and orange juice (week3)? I stopped drinking coffee 10 months ago and orange juice for about 4-5 years. Every time I see an orange I feel like my stomach burns. Thank you for your testimonial. I need to do some research to see if this procedure is available in my country,
Thanks Gabriel yes I know it used to be unbearable, I hope you will find cure🙌🏻 it would be great if you could support my channel and subscribe 🙏🏻
Hi, were you told about the beads could erode into the oesophagus. And at what percentage was the risk of this happening over time? Thanks
Hi lilac I would love to hear from you how you are doing today regarding the Linx surgery as I will be having the same procedure once I hear back from the surgeon kind regards
I'm doing great thanks ☺️ truly recommend this procedure 👍🏻 ruclips.net/video/wxUa5qQ0H3Y/видео.html
Appreciate all these videos...I about to have this procedure done in a few months. I currently have a constant gnawing and burning sensation in my solar plexus. Pleas tell me this goes away after Linx
Hi Austin - Thanks for your positive feedback. Yes indeed, that's what the surgery is for. Would be great if you could support my channel and subscribe 🙌🏻 Best of luck with your journey
Hello thanks for the video! I’m considering the surgery as well and hoping to get referred by my GP! How long did the whole process take? From getting a referral to actually going though surgery? Thank you
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Lady!!!! You don’t know how lucky you are!!!! I had the damn surgery and haven’t stopped vomiting in TWO years!!! Lost my job and fifty pounds!!! This procedure is a crack job!!😮
Why not have it removed?
@@gurveenp doctor won’t remove it. Says will cause more problems than I have, now. Thanks for asking!
@@brittanysensibaugh4183how strange. Maybe it’s worth getting a second opinion. Wishing you healing
Hi, thanks for the video. Are the scars from the incision on your stomach permanent? Have they lightened considerably and are they barely noticeable? Thanks so much
Yeah altho the larger one (thru which the camera is inserted) which is by my naval is larger. I don't mind them so much anymore though, I thought I would but I don't.
Thanks for your videos. I have LPR only no Gerd. My main symptom is too much mucous mostly at night. I saw a surgeon who wants me to have a Bravo test, before considering surgery. Did you have excess mucous from LPR? I
Hiya', yeah you have to do the Bravo test anyways, l mostly had lots of sticky saliva. You can see more info here: ruclips.net/video/CMoUyvZyau8/видео.html - I would appreciate your support in subscribing for my channel 🙏🏻
HI, I found this really helpful to watch. I am in middle of trying to decide a procedure best for my GERD. Waiting PH monitoring to be done. Are you able to belch ok now?
Hey Joanne, thanks for the positive feedback, glad you liked the video. To be fair belching Plus everything else is 100% normal don't even know I've had surgery anymore except for the scars 😂 My other video has much more information: ruclips.net/video/CMoUyvZyau8/видео.html
Hi Lilac, wondering you’re doing this far out from Linx surgery? Your videos provide inspiration but seemingly every Linx outcome can be different. Thanks
Thanks J, ye I'm great and very grateful for having it done 🙌🏻 Best choice I ever made
Has everyone here been ok with linx I’m tempted to ask for that procedure?
Hi, did the incisions on your stomach create permanent scars? Thanks so much for the video.
Yeah it did, but worth it
Thank you so much for your video. I would really like to have this procedure done and Dr Nehra is also the closest specialist that lives near me who offers it. My gps are not very supportive, they are reluctant to even try a referral because they said the surgery is really risky (which isn't true). Did you find it easy to get a referral?
Hiya', yes I was referred upon request, keep asking you will get it. The GP's don't know much about this procedure yet.
@@lilacsheer thank you
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Lilac How do you feel at the moment ??Do you have any side effects ?
No. All healthy.
Hi, I am meeting my surgeon to discuss on this procedure next month. How is your recovery? Thanks
Yeah all good here, good luck with it!
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Can you say hot you feel now after years?
I went through all the tests to qualify. I passed the swallow test but the reflux test was ‘inconclusive’. I do have Barrett’s and a hiatal hernia so there is no question I have reflux. Met with the surgeon and he backed out citing the inconclusive results. He then put me on another antacid pill. I reacted to PPIs and am very concerned about acid blocking. Not sure what to do now.
My reflux test was also 'inconclusive'. I recommend trying to get the LINX asap it will sort you out.
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Have you checked out the natural resolve reflux Facebook group? Very helpful people on there!!
Hey! Have you ever had regurgitation of food and liquids as part of your GORD problem before the surgery? And if you did, did the surgery make it better?
Hi Rebeca, no I didn't have regurgitation but you won't have that after surgery.
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Hopefully you are fine after the surgery just a simple question if the time take you back would you do the surgery or not ?
Yes, without thinking twice
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How is the feeling after the surgery is the food back to normal routine also do you take any medication thx
Feeling great, no medication. I'm on exploration journey now to clear my LPR, but wouldn't have been able to do anything if it weren't for this surgery, so very blessed! 🙌🏻
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Thanks for the video! What dosage of PPI were you on before the surgery?
Thanks! I was taking 20mg twice daily
Same as me, except 40mg once a day.
I’m strongly considering the Linx. All I get is heartburn, no other symptoms.
Ah yes - Then the surgery is PERFECT for you, what are you waiting for?🙌🏻
I wanna do the same but im not sure how much it cost
You mentioned dry mouth? Was this something you experienced as an LPR symptom? Did the dry mouth improve from the surgery?
Hi Ken, yes indeed. It's better than before. It's fine if I don't eat right before going to sleep. I also meditate to create mental change (chemical change) in my brain of the way I perceive foods that cause sensitivity.
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I'm getting it done tomorrow. The list they gave me says avoid bread / crackers / rice.
WOW!! Good luck 🙌🏻 It'd be amazing if you could support my channel & subscribe - And then tell me how it went!
From my experience avoid dry foods at the beginning of the meal (especially french fries!!) Normally once you've eaten a few other things those are also fine, but better if has sauce (i.e. make it soft/smooth) and definitely in small bites & slow chewing. G luck 🤞🏻
Did u feel anything when u were asleep i wanna no cause I think I am gonna need to some time this week I am super scared
No, didn't have any issues. Would be grateful if you could support and subscribe to the channel 🙏🏻
Hey there...my LES stay open and I have some motility issues in my esophogus...along with a stricture...just curious of you experienced any of this pre- linx and how you dealt with it? My Dr. Wants to put me on an h2blocker and a ppi......then if I have gerd he suggested nissen fundoplucation..but I have been trying to look into linx to find out what I can. Thank you for any input. (Mom of 4....) Jaime
Hi Jamie, if you have motility issues in the esophogus (which I also had) - You have to receive the treatment for it with 6-8 weeks of Azitromycin antibiotics - Please see my video explaining more about that: ruclips.net/video/CMoUyvZyau8/видео.html
@@lilacsheer how are you doing now??
Hi I am on the path of getting this surgery. How long after the surgery would you say drinking alcohol is okay in your experience
Hi Barbara, thanks for the message, I hope this is life changing for you as it was for me. I was eating and drinking normally the next day, including alcohol. GERD was gone immediately and the LPR got better & better over the first year. See more info here: ruclips.net/video/wxUa5qQ0H3Y/видео.html
Feel free to join our community and subscribe 🙌🏻
I'm strongly considering having this procedure done on myself. My biggest issue is having to sleep upright. I don't know if this was an issue for you. But if it was. I wanted to know if you were able to lay on your back and either side. Thanks
Hi Jonathan, I still use an upright sloap pillow, but it's really not very high, doesn't even bother my partner. Actually he probably needs one too for his snoring 😄 I can sleep without it, but I find the pillow quite comfy: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007ZXYQL4/
@@lilacsheer I was curious if you still had reflex if you just laid flat? I've been sleeping in a upright position for almost eight years now. And it severely affects my sleep. I'm hoping I will be able to lay flat and on both sides. Do you think this device will help with this issue? Thanks
Yes I can sleep flat on my back or either side.
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Why did u choose LINX surgery over Nissen Fundoplication?
See in my other video:
ruclips.net/video/CMoUyvZyau8/видео.html
Lilac, one more question! Are there any side effects? over time metal will not spoil the mucous membrane??
No - Nothing. The best decision I've made in my life. Would do it all over again.
Lilac Sheer And the esophageal muscle tissue ? What will happen to her in time ?
It's probably much better now
What’s the long term effects of linx anyone know?
I beg you, I have an appointment for this operation and my mental state is very bad😔
Would you recommend this process? Are you relieved of reflux and acidity? I had a Nissen operation in 2010 and it was a failure. Now I want advice
Hi there, sorry to hear this. For me it has worked, but if Nissen was a failure then no one can say for sure whether this one will work or not :-/ See more information here: ruclips.net/video/wxUa5qQ0H3Y/видео.html
After manometry how long did you have to wait until consultation then surgery?
See here: ruclips.net/video/wxUa5qQ0H3Y/видео.html
The entire process start to finish took a year
They say exercise the linx every 2 hours but what about when you sleep then when you get up was it hard to eat in the mornings?
No you don't need to get up at night, I also did not exercise it every 2 hours, I simply ate slow and chewed a lot. As long as you don't start your meal with very dried foods like bread, boiled egg, potato, chicken breast, these can get stuck.
Thinking about getting the LINX surgery. Just wondering if everything is still going swell for you? I’m a bit nervous😬
Yeah it's all brill 👌🏻
Thank you.
@@joharrison6232 Hey Jo - Here's my new LINX testemonial: ruclips.net/video/CMoUyvZyau8/видео.html
Now you have the device implanted, are you able to run on a treadmill or ride the elliptical?
Hiya', sure yes, definitely but then Corona came and with it went the gym 😂
I'm having GERD issue. How you feel now ? Any side effects ?
Hi there, sorry to hear that. No I have nothing now - See more here:
ruclips.net/video/wxUa5qQ0H3Y/видео.html
Feel free to join our community and subscribe 🙌🏻
Hi, if i may ask. I am more worried about the hernia repair, as of now do you feel any chest, stomach or esophagus discomfort due to the repair? or does it all feel normal
All normal 💯%
@@lilacsheer Thanks, lastly do you feel an stomach discomfort like stomach fullness or nausea
@@Creativemess102 No I don't. I live my life normally
Are you able to burp or omit?
Hi! thanks for sharing your experience, is it possible to do the procedure in same hospital privately? I don't live in UK.
I have no idea, but you can do it privately with Dr. Nicholas Boyle at The Spire Tunbridge Wells Hospital - +441892 741146 -OR- +44207 043 0419
Thank you so much, i will definitely do it and i keep watching your chanell for any updates, with regaards.Thank you so much
@@valliammaimohandass2792 Yes, I can do and eat everything.
@@valliammaimohandass2792 Do your research and contact the UK Drs. or health services to find out more. Good luck!
Hi! no I dident. I vill do the other type of surgery called ( Nissen Fundoplication ). Mayby next year. have you done it or you'r going to do it?
What is your daily menu for the moment ?? How are you you dealing with food ?)
Like any normal person would
Lilac Sheer and you don’t have any reflux?
No not at all
Hi hi, do you still have the linx magnetic collar and it still works? Because in November I will undergo the surgery in Milan by dr. LUIGI BONAVINA thanks him and he the inventor in 2007 did 😁👍
Hi Marco, yes I still have it and very happy with it. Great luck with your procedure, feel free to join our community and subscribe 🙌🏻
I have severe GERD with a small hernia in my mid 20s. I'm definitely bringing up this procedure. A full Nissen fundoplication honestly scares me, people not being able to eat, burp as needed, nor vomit as the body needs to.
I'm on pantoprazole 40mg twice a day as well as an H2 blocker max dose twice a day. My primary doctor says I'm maxed out and I've developed silent reflux, even though occasionally I can feel just a tinge of reflux.
How are you feeling a year out?
Hi Kristina, thanks for sharing your story ❣️ I'm doing great thank you, truly life altering. Did you checkout my other LINX videos?
Get Nissen fundoplication. Linx doesn't work after a year. Nissen is not scary at all. I had a Friday outpatient Nissen surgery, was walking around on Saturday for hours, was off pain meds by Monday, eating lasagna by Thursday (6 days after surgery).
It's true that you cannot burp. But it's not that big of a deal. You can burp with Linx, but that's because it doesn't do anything. You can burp, but you still get reflux. Linx is a failed experiment. Nissen is almost the exact same recovery.
@@johndodson8464 lol. with Nissen, you cannot burp and enjoy your abdominal bloating
@@LoneWolf-zk8gx I've had both. Linx didn't work. Nissen does. Occasional bloated feelings are easily treated by gas x or just farting. But that is NOTHING compared to reflux.
@@LoneWolf-zk8gx I'm not lying, Nissen is the best by far. By far.
Every single medic told me to not doing this surgery,cause after that surgery I can’t do nothing sport or something like this,it’s very dangerous,cause nobody knows what will be with the ring inside ...((
I disagree. Best decision I've made in my life. I exercise all the time
Lilac Sheer did you try all methods of treating ???
Yes I tried what I could and done a lot of research.
Lilac Sheer This is a metal, it can eventually oxidize and irritate the walls of the esophagus😕
If that happens in 10 years time by then there will be another great solution. You have to go into life with positivity 🙌🏻 If you go into it with fear you're inviting things to go wrong, so perhaps it's not the way forward for you - Find a way that makes you feel confident and not afraid 💪🏻😇
Getting linx and hiatus hernia surgery
Good luck!
Hi Sr
How is your recovery with linx.
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Hi sr Orlando how did ur surgery go have recovered please let me know. Thank you
How do you feel in yourself I’m 27 and I been asked this surgery I’ve had 2 endoscopy’s I’ve got a valve doesn’t shut all the way giving me crazy pain I’m on nexium tablets first started having the pain in 2017
Hi Trist, I'm doing great, surgery is recommended 👍🏻 Would be great if you want to support my channel and subscribe 🙏🏻🙌🏻
@@lilacsheer I got something to say just to say you needed to be sick, I just hope the magnet opens for you to be sick that’s what I’m really worried about!
Hi Trist - Yes it opens fine 👌🏻
@@lilacsheer that’s incredible I really hope
Your doing okay I’ll hopefully have the same thing you had
Hello I have question how u feeling now, I have heart burn and I’m on omeprizol 10 mg and I have esophagus so was wondering if ur Linx works what about gas build up ?
Hi Sergey, yes all works great and no reflux, no gas 👍🏻🙏🏻 It would be great if you could support my channel and subscribe 🙌🏻
А вы линкс себе не установили?
Why don't they have an implant that just sends an electrical current to keep the muscle around the lower esophageal sphincter closed?
This seems overly invasive.
From what I understand, if you have a hiatal hernia then a lot of the muscles (the crura) responsible have actually stretched, leading to the hiatus widening (and herniation). My guess is this means even when these muscles tense it cannot actually put enough pressure on the LES to help it close (as it should normally do) - so I would think an electro-stimulation device alone may not be capable of resolving the issue. The hernia repair process requires stitching the stretched crura together to snuggly fit around the esophagus again - and I can't imagine any way to resolve the hernia without performing this step.
Additionally, I would think an electronic device comes with more points of failure than a mechanical one, so it may be a better choice for a long term solution with fewer complications.
If you look at the Linx surgery videos, it does look less invasive than the fundoplication alternatives - given that the stomach doesn't need to be wrapped around the esophagus to support the LES (instead of the linx). Linx seems to be quite a minimally invasive option for supporting the LES alongside a hiatal hernia repair. Maybe slightly more invasive than the TIF procedure given this is performed without any incisions (excluding the staples).
Hi I have a question one week ago a have the linx procedure done . But I have burning pain in my chest and extra saliva in my mouth do you espirience that when you have your surgery.
Congratulations on your treatment! You have to wait at least 3 to 6 months for everything to regulate itself.
@@lilacsheer thank you. Hi did you suffer from dysphagia after linx procedure
Only for a few times in the first few months. You just got to avoid starting any meal with very dry foods, you will figure it out quickly.
@@lilacsheer hi again can I ask you if you suffer from Esophageal spasm . I'm most 4 months but I'm having this problem.
Hiya', no I don't believe so, I only had some dysphagia over the first 3 months when I started meals with dry food
Im so stuck between nissen and linx? Whats besg for severe gerd? And were you severe? Xx
don't go for nissen unless you don't want to purge when you need to
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How are you doing now? I'm about to have surgery and wanted to know if you have any issues? Also can you sleep laying down? Thanks
Hi Jonathan, my best wishes for your surgery- When is it happening?
Hi Johnathan, I have no problems and I sleep lying down. Good luck with your procedure 🙌🏻 I have a 1hr fully inclusive LINX Q&A released this Saturday, feel free to subscribe for the notification
@@lilacsheer I did subscribe. Thanks ;)
I Having really bad Acid reflux When it triggers I’ve got headaches I’m struggling to breathe and it’s just awful it’s been going on for half a year and completely changed my life don’t know what to do I don’t smoke I don’t drink yet the problem is still very big
Hi M'dear, so sorry to hear that, the whole thing was really mentally affecting me :( but the surgery has been a lifesaver, I truly recommend it, thanks to LINX I got my life back! I would really appreciate it if you could subscribe to support my channel 🙏🏻 next week I'm uploading a Q&A video about LINX
Lilac Sheer Will do
Yayy thanks xx ❤️
Hi Lilac, I’m battling every day what to do and whether to have linx or a fundoplication. I’m 34 and have a 3cm hiatus hernia. I would prefer the linx but am so confused about which one to choose. I’m getting married in a years time and would give anything to feel normal again by then. Did you ever consider the fundoplication? Thanks if you get the time to read my comment
Hi Nick of course I completely understand and feel for you. I got married well before the surgery, so made it through the wedding with lot of ppi's 🤣 I would honestly 100% recommend the linx and only go with fundo if the linx doesn't work for you. Anyway that's what I did and that's what I would do over again any day of the week. Best of luck with everything and if you have a moment to subscribe and support my channel I'd be eternally grateful 🙌🏻🙏🏻
Lilac Sheer thank you so much for your reply. Last question before I watch all of your videos. Are you able to drink red wine and enjoy food again? Need something to look forward to 😂 thanks so much again for your reply
Yesssss my life is normal again!! (On the red 🍷 now actually - daily drinking seems to be the new normal #covidlife 🤣)
Lilac Sheer amazing. God bless
I’m on day 7 and I’m scoffing my face, found the love for food again lol
Hahaha sounds great 😀
@@lilacsheer Yeah, I'm getting my appetite back as well. Must eat very slowly and very small bites,still. Good thing, I finally was able to drop weight. So far, 17 days after surgery, I've lost 13 pounds! About 18 to go to reach optimum weight of 175!
@@craigsingletonart I am wondering if you could eat normal food after surgery? I read that bread, rice, pasta, meat are off for several weeks. what do you have for bf, lunch, snacks, and dinner if you don't mind sharing? i can't afford to lose more weight. my bmi is 19.
Hi Mimi - You can refer to the video: ruclips.net/video/wxUa5qQ0H3Y/видео.html
Will this device help for someone who has trouble sleeping due to the reflux being especially bad at night?
Yes, I believe so. See more info here: ruclips.net/video/wxUa5qQ0H3Y/видео.html
hi
why haven't you put any vlog on your linx journey. thanks.
yes!! Will upload tomorrow then
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Hi lilac u mentioned that u were referred to mr boyle and got ur consultation and tests done with him on the nhs for free can you please tell me how you managed that. Because I spoke to reflux uk and they said I need to pay for everything. Any information would be appreciated. Thank you
Hi there - Sure, all the info about how I got the surgery is here:
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And some other info here:
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If you would like to support my channel & subscribe that would be amazing 🙌🏻
Hey I just had the linx procedure a week ago and I'm still getting a burning in the back of throat on the daily. Did you experience this?
No actually I don't 😕 sorry to hear that
Hi how r u now have u recovered. Thank you
Hi how r u now
@@muhyee294 better, I have my bad days but definitely better than before
@@walkingbread1415 better than before the linx. Do u regret it
Did you have weight loss after the surgery because of having to eat slowly or because of the pain?
Hi Sarah, yes I did temporarily, but then rebalanced after 2 months or so. Btwit would be amazing if you could support my channel and subscribe 🙌🏻
@@lilacsheer Just subscribed! Thank you for your quick response. I have surgery in 2 weeks and I’m hoping that along with fixing the gerd that I lose the weight and don’t balance back out ;) Thank you so much for sharing your story! It helped me go into my appointments informed so that I asked the right questions.
Awww that's sweet thanks for following. I wish you the best of luck with your surgery and and be patient as recovery will be fine but the first week is challenging! Do let me know how you get on
Is this surgery reversable if it doesn't turn out to be helpful????
Hiya', yes it is. See more info here: ruclips.net/video/wxUa5qQ0H3Y/видео.html
Feel free to join our community and subscribe 🙌🏻
When can you begin to weight lift after the procedure
Hi Terrence, It's individual but generally I would say 2 months. Please feel free to join our community and subscribe 🙌🏻
No lifting at all for me, yet! Doc recommended at least two months as well.
Hi Lilac)!My name is Stefan:) I have same problem and I am fighting with this terrible disease for 8 months, pillows doesn’t working (( my mother is a doctor and she sad ,that if I do this kind of operations I will be disable person for a whole life, and no sport anymore ,no judo ,nothing((( are you agree with her ??how are you feel now?
Hi Stefan, I do sports every day. Maybe your mother is not very updated 🤣😂🤦🏼♀️ This is a brilliant procedure
Lilac Sheer where exactly you did such operation ?? Which city and hospital ? It’s not so cheap((
@@stefantipa6824 Please see all the details here: ruclips.net/video/CMoUyvZyau8/видео.html
Lilac Sheer thanks a lot👌🏻😍
I'm getting it done Niv. 30. I noticed in another video you said the MRI messed up your device. How did you get it fixed and is every thing OK now 4 years out?
It weakened it a bit, still alright though. I'm about to try to get Stretta as well.
@lilacsheer I got it done. Hopefully it all works out! Day 4 and the pain had lessened. I'm hoping it healed well, the hiatal hernia. Please let us know about the new procedure you'll do.
@@ShirFryy yes of course! Hope you're well soon xx
Hi. Could you elaborate please on only being able to have a coffee 6 months post op. I am 3 months post op and can only eat GERD friendly food. I was trying a coffee, but it brought a lot of acid reflux like symptoms. I have a lot of GERD like symptoms. Could you eat anything in the first months post op? Did you experience GERD like symptoms?
Hi, yes I was fine to eat anything
@@lilacsheer Thanks for your reply. So, why coffee? What sort of symptoms did it give you? Any other food that gave you symptoms? Regards.
Coffee is one of the 5 biggest GERD triggers: caffeine, chocolate, citrus, spice, alcohol.
@@lilacsheer Thank you. Yes, I would have imagined. So, it takes about six months for the esophagus to heal after the operation. At least in your case. I am battling massive GERD symptoms 3 months post op. I tried some coffee few days ago, but it has thrown me back into GERD agony, heartburn, pain etc.
How did you get this through the NHS?
Hi Nigel, thanks for the comment. I simply asked my GP. See more info here: ruclips.net/video/wxUa5qQ0H3Y/видео.html
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I get a lot of burping through out the day especially after eating and drinking and also had abdominal pains from time to time did everyone else get this too?
I have that,like excessive burping or forced burping the whole freaking day. It's annoying:(
Stuck air in the throat,I wonder if this lady got that annoying symptom?. I just saw her two videos,I wonder how she is doing 2 years afterward,I hope okay.
@@chickmagnetpunkcmpunkbesti8896 I got fundoplication and it worked for me but I do have to go back for dilation because it’s too tight.
Lilac , For how long this disease is bothering you?
Was for 10 years
Lilac Sheer really?😕so why you didn’t get this operation at the beginning of your disease ?
I didn't know about it
Can you sing normally now? I mean without having to stop eating 3 hours before a performance , like I have to?
Hi Brighitte, yes I eat 100% normally, it's a life saving procedure 🙌🏻 it'd be great if you could support my channel and subscribe 🙏🏻😃
I had the Linx device put in 6 months ago and now I have to get it removed because I still can’t swallow food normally :(
Gosh! So sorry to hear that 😢
Lilac Sheer. pls tell how your symptom gone and swallowing problems u not have now
@@shafiqarmani81 yes, all gone. See more details here: ruclips.net/video/CMoUyvZyau8/видео.html
How are u feeling now?
Hey im getting linx implanted and hernia repair done this month. How are you doing so far?!
I'm doing brilliant, thanks. wishing you all the best and fast recovery
@@lilacsheer i thought people with hernia dont qualify for linx
They do, Dr. usually fixes the hernia first, then fits the LINX.
@@aldoaldi2613 I had the surgery on 12/19/2019 and got a hernia repair at the same time. It is amazing! Don't even hesitate.
@@esramcgeehan6930 what symptoms did you have and did they resolve straight after surgery?
After six months you still can’t eat chocolate or drink alcohol? That is the only reason I’m considering surgery! Going in for 2nd endoscopy and PH test in two weeks.
I can, and totally worth it 😊 ruclips.net/video/wxUa5qQ0H3Y/видео.html
Where is the facebook link?
Hi! I’ve seen all of your videos and I commented before my surgery, but I was watching again trying to find out exactly how long you had the shoulder pain. It is so unbearable for me and worse than I could have imagined. When did this go away for you??
Hi Sarah, sorry to hear of your difficulty. I must have had the shoulder pain so the first 3-4 days. It started on the left side then migrated to the right. I also felt like my heart rate was quite high hi because deep breathing was painful. I can honestly say literally the only thing that is helped me through those days was repeating this meditation: ruclips.net/video/_jD3VxSGM-k/видео.html
Try out and see how you feel. It might not work the first time but keep trying ❤️ it would be great if you wanted to support my channel and subscribe 🙌🏻
Did you get this on the NHS or pay private?
NHS - See here: ruclips.net/video/wxUa5qQ0H3Y/видео.html
Linx or nissen fundoplication
Why choose lynx ?
Linx is the step before fundoplication. It's less invasive and reversible. If that one doesn't work - They take it out while giving you a fundo. Worth a try.
I’m a singer as well. Any issues with singing? How long was it before you were able to sing? Thank you.
Hi Craig, thank you for your message. I actually had an 8pc band funk-soul gig 10 days after surgery 😂 I was as ill as a dog (nothing to do with linx, just a random flu) and still had bandages to protect my scars, but I went up there and sung Love On Top including all 5 modulations, so I think it's fair to say my voice was doing fine 😉🙌🏻🤩
@@lilacsheer Hi! Thank you for getting back to me. That's great to hear! Did you have esophageal surgery as well? I had a herniated esophagus repair as well as the linx implant. He used a pig insert to support the repair while it heals. I'm concerned with the air pressure from singing rupturing that repair. I'm also having extreme pain, from what I'm told are esophageal spasms! Your thoughts? You may also reach me at craigsingleton@craigsingleton.com
Thanks. I enjoyed listening to you love song! Craig Singleton
Hey Craig, sorry to hear you're in pain, I had my hiatal hernia corrected, but not sure what you mean by pig insert. Esophageal spasms sound rough 😥 Hope it gets better 🙌🏻
@@lilacsheer Thanks Lilac. The pig skin was inserted to hold/ support the hernia repair while it heals. On backlofen and tramadol for pain. The spasms feel like a heart attack. Pain radiates from middle esophagus area, out. Can't speak or barely breathe when spasms occur, always triggered by eating, worsened by cold food. Doc says pain is not uncommon.
Doc thinks surgery went very well, and hopeful the spasms will fade as healing progresses. He recommended no singing for three more weeks. But says too go lightly, not go crazy, Whitney Houston, if I must sing. I have faith I get through this. Hoping to complete new song cuttently scheduled for July 4th release date. So far, singing with minimal air pressure seems to be without issue. Will try a light vocal session early next week, see how it feels. Thanks again. You take care.
I do think your theory is correct.
Thank you Ms. Lopez! You mean regarding PPI's making the LPR worse?
@@lilacsheer yes.
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What is your sign and symptoms ?
Hi, I'm soon uploading another video about my symptoms & full journey, please follow updates x
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How are you now?
I'm awesome thanks 😎
Hi! You can eat everything? You have trouble passing the meal after surgery?
Im from México, Could you tell me how much the surgery cost you?
Hi, I'm in the UK got it for free via the national health services. Yes I can eat anything, no problem with food passing.
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