My Experience With Hiatus/Hiatal Hernia(2 years on)! Do I Manage Symptoms? Am I Considering Surgery?
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- It's been a year and a half since I did my last update on my Hiatus/Hiatal hernia ( • I have GORD (gerd in t... ), since then I thought I'd update you with how I manage my symptoms and Gerd (or Gord), my future options such a surgery, and tips on what has helped me.
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Was just diagnosed w/ a hiatial hernia today (and think I’m about your age), and your videos have made me feel so validated and comfortable throughout the process. Thanks for being so vulnerable! ❤️
Thank you so much for your videos! You are so awesome! So sorry you have gone through this but my goodness you have a great attitude. I’m also learning about my condition as I also have a hiatal hernia. You have given me hope today 🙏🏽. Also what a great singer you are! I’m also a musician so I appreciate your art 🤩
Hi Violet! Thank you so much for checking out my music firstly - do you have anything I can hear from you? Hope that your not suffering with your hernia :)
Hi John. I also suffer from health anxiety and GORD. Just so you know, the Nissan procedure (to fix hiatus hernia and GORD) which is the surgical procedure you were referring to, is getting better over the years. Surgeons are able to do this surgery much more effectively recently. Anyway thanks for the tip. I also have my second endoscopy tomorrow and will be going for sedation this time!
Thanks for that information! I have a meeting with my surgeon next month, the idea really scares me!😭. Hope that the endoscopy goes well, keep me posted x
@@johnjosephthacker all went ok. I went no sedation in the end as I didn’t want to take tomorrow off work! I have very minimal esophagitis, gastritis and duodenitis, but nothing sinister.
Hiatal hernia is definitely induced by straining your abdominal muscles and a hard exercise. Be mindful of how hard you are on yourself. I do think it is more mechanical, rather than diet induced.
Very helpful video we need to stick together with this hiatal hernia lark ,💜
Hello John. Great Video
Hi John 🥰 just watched your video and found it really useful 👌 I have hiatus hernia but last 2 weeks I've been eating less food as I feel full and my throat feels tight now I've started being sick after food I can't put no pressure on my chest at all as I feel sick I feel as though my hernia has travelled further up through my chest I'm really scared and will be phoning my doctor tomorrow 😢🙏 I hope you get your appointment good luck big hugs Mandy 🙏💙 xx
Keep me posted - are you ok now Mandy?
Don't get disappointed I had it from last eight years and still have it but I manage from my food habbits and use Psyllium husk one spoon dissolved in a cup of water at night and drink in morning in empty stomach with one more glass of water. After 45minutes I take my breakfast . It really help try it. Intermittent fasting always help. Do this too. And never eat more or spicy or oily food daily. In parties you can but daily it creat problem. Even if you have problem use antacis as Omeprazole. All work. I do all my work . Using antacid may decrease iron absorption that may lead to iron deficiency anemia. So try to change your life style . Don't use antacid frequently.
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@@shaziahaider8691 thank you so much I appreciate your advice and since I last sent this message I have changed my lifestyle dramatically and feeling much better 👌 I'm doing a charity swim at the moment for 12 weeks so this has given me back my courage to have a healthier life 🙏 hope your doing ok sending hugs 💙
@@mandymurray4534
Hi how are u now...
I too have this ...
Are u on any medication or managing it with anything else please help me 😢
Even if someone develops Barretts Esophagus, it's still very rare for it to progress to cancer. Something like 1% of Barretts sufferers go on to develop esophageal cancer.
Thanks for this. I had a fear of developing this so this has put my mind to rest.
Would love another update (I know you did one a month ago on the iQoro). Do you think you’ll have surgery? How have you changed your eating habits?
How do you determine which exercises are suitable for you? I’m finding this really hard as I am used to and want to do fairly strenuous weight training.
Oouu my goodness......., am so happy to see this clip and read the comments here. I was also diagnosed with Hiatic Hernia 4 years ago. Struggling with anxiety and panic attacks since then and no one could tell me yet that this could be linked to this hiatic hernia. No doctor could help me with the anxiety yet. I landed up already 4 times attge emergency due to panic attacks because I thought I am getting a heart attack. Heart was tested and all ok but reflux and hitting hernia was three times independently diagnosed. this clip opens my eyes. This is crazy, could this be eventually the answer am looking for for 4 years?
But surprisingly this chest pains come immediately up in very threatening or stressful situations. Or by smoking or after few beers. I always think am getting a heart attack, just from an stressy call or an hectic email ? can this be?
Great video thanks. I have a 5 cm sliding hernia. months wirhout symptoms then i have flare ups. Caused by things like picking up my daughter,or having a cough. Lots of good research into Gaviscon advance as a alternitive to meds.
Im in the emergency room as i watch this..im 100% thats what i have, i have constipation and pain in my belly..they did a chest scan..waiting for the result
What was the outcome Sandro?
Hi from Australia, recently realised I have this and it's scaring crap out of me. Very much like you I have health anxiety. Did you have stabbing pain under ribs? As well as the other pains all over chest. Had heart checks and bloods and all clear there
Most with HH have this in spades. Myself included
I honestly think mine was caused by excessive crying. I have anxiety and I often cried and when you do that your stomach goes up and down. Then I pushed it to the next level when I did leg raises at home while working out. I’m glad you are managing well, in my case it has affected every aspect of my life. I can’t even sit comfortably, I immediately feel acid coming up. Do you sleep on an incline? I really hate having to do that. My hernia is small but it has affected me so much I’m seeing a therapist. I’m 38 and I just keep thinking I shouldn’t be going through this, I should have known to be careful. Since I already have an umbilical hernia I shouldn’t have been doing leg raises.
Did the exercise caused you hiatus hernia how are you managing now please reply
@@gayathriv5219 yeah those exercises caused my hernia and to be honest I’m not doing so well. I wake up with panic attacks and my family thinks I’ve lost it completely. I don’t feel like myself anymore. Someone has to be with me at all times because i have two small kids and they think I have become unable to take care of them. It’s horrible 😢
@@Alexis_005 So sorry to hear this, Alexis, - in the mean time, did you find some relief?
@@RenatusChristoph thankfully the pain is not as bad now, maybe I’m getting used to it and it’s not longer a shock. I’ve been taking aloe Vera pills 2 in the morning and two before going to bed, and that has been helping a lot. And trying to avoid triggers
@@Alexis_005 I am glad to hear. I am also at "getting used to" and I too use Aloe Vera - but in the form of juice... Diluted in water. Two times a day. I hope also that my stress levels will subside, as I am pretty sure the tenseness of abdominal muscles play a bad role here - it keeps pushing the stomach upwards and therefore it is hard to settle down and live with this condition if one doesn't get the stress under control...
Hi John. Do we have reoccurranc chances?
Did you have panic attacks at night when trying to sleep
I was having those on PPI's.
I did
Shit i have symptoms like that damn i was 1k times at the doc i forgot to tell him i had burp problems i feel so stressed now
Use lobella for panic attack caused by hernia
Hernia caused gerd
Thank you !
Same here John. Definitely stay away from anything producing intra-abdominal pressure. Core work is 100% out of the picture.
It’s really hard to know what exercise to do to keep fit, so much conflicting advice! I was trying Yoga and Swimming but then I looked online and you are still using your core (ugh!) 😅
Wise choice, Damian.
Well, I think it comes down to the intensity of the training if one is to say something about its benefits or disadvantages regarding the hernia condition... You can't stop using your core muscles, it won't get ya relief. But one can and must stop worrying about the hernia all the times, ie. what if I do this will it hurt me? Doing moderate allround instead, this will better the situation.
Hi John, I do need a response from you msg you earlier on IG, wanted to know if you are considering surgery for your hiatal hernia and if yours is a small one? Mine is a small one and it gives me alot of symptoms been on rabeprazole 20mg. And I would like to know if a surgery works for it I mean if the symptoms might come back again or if surgery is needed for a small hiatus hernia Gerd?
Hi simon what kind of symptoms you are experiencing with small hiatus hernia?
I had it for 12 years never drank never smoked either also was only 41 when it started i finally had the operation which was 6 years ago and I have to say best decision I made. I've been so lucky though as lots have major side effects my only side effect is I birp more. I may have to have another operation as may have an incisional hernia from operations but I also had gall bladder removal. I drank cucumber water after meals to help with acid also check out alkaline foods. Also I found if I did sit ups it made it worse i tried standing crunchies. Also fatty foods made thing worse Hope your feeling better
I’ve been on meds for 1 year and it’s made me anemic. Ppi’s are horrible for you. I had a ph test done and it showed acid and now I’m a candidate for surgery.
Hi Ash - that's really helpful thank you so much. I'm speaking to my GP actually soon- sorry to hear about becoming anemic, there are so many stories I am hearing about people having bad experiences which is really scary. Can I aks which medicine you were on and which surgery you are considering?
I just started with symptoms a month ago and I’m already considering surgery 😣 I have a small hiatal hernia and doctor says that’s not causing my problem. But I KNOW that’s exactly what’s triggering all my symptoms. Did you have surgery?
Well by now we're all out of lockdowns and stupid restrictions and hopefully you're doing well. I actually dropped my doctor because a full year after the lockdowns were lifted here he still insisted on only meeting via Zoom and I didn't like that. I too have a hiatal hernia, diagnosed via endoscopy back in 2003! I have been on Nexium or Prilosec for over 20 years now and because of all of the recent reports and stuff all over online about how PPIs can be harmful long term, I've decided to go off of them. I weened off and took my last pill about 2 months ago, yet I still have what I believe to be rebound heartburn, which is worse than the regular heartburn that I used to get. I don't know how long it will last but if it continues much longer I'm just going back on the PPIs because life is miserable once again without them. It was a wonderful 20 years with zero heartburn and I'm really not liking having it back in my life. I don't know about the surgery. I've heard that you can't throw up anymore after the surgery and I can't imagine that.
Hi there how are u feeling now....
Do u take meds still or not...
I too have this 😢...please help
Hi dude. I have a 4cm sliding Hiatus Hernia. I’m young in my early 30’s! Recently had Covid and since my hernia has been next level with symptoms. I’ve just been in hospital for 4 days. They’ve upped my medication to 40mg omoprazole and 150mg Nzitidine. Would love to chat man
Mine is 2cm only and my life is hell!
@@leyah2079 do you get heart palpitations and fast heart rate after eating or even walking for a little?
@@MzDaUgly yes always especially eating
Does it feel tight ??
Hi! I’m 20 years old and was just diagnosed with a small hiatus hernia and I’m so lost right now . I don’t know how to go about because I’m always in crazy amounts of pain! Please give me any tips if you can !
What symptom do you have, you sure it cause by hh not h pylori etc?
@@abitch7200
I don’t have H pylori .
@@JndlMarte what kind of pain you are suffering with?
I’m hurting all of the time as well , under my ribs , my back the middle of my chest.
@@ablair33556 same under ribs, nasues as well
Hey mate I think I spoke to you a couple of years ago just after I had a camera down my throat with no sedation. I’ve done loads to limit symptoms but unfortunately I still get symptoms so I’m on 40mg of omprezole a day. Still get symptoms but only slightly and normal after a curry haha
Hey! Oh no - that’s a shame. I’m in the same boat, trying out Iqoro to see if that helps as I don’t want to be on tablets forever, sending good vibes your way :)
I have a hiatal hernia.
Im getting surgery soon.
Taking PPIs will not solve the pain.
Surgery will only fail if proper aftercare is not followed.
I took PPIs for a few months, it made me
Feel like shit . so surgery is the only route im taking
have you done the surgery? can you share your experience tq..
Did you end up doing the surgery
What would you say about weight loss? I'm 90 and if I drop to 60, will things improve/fix itself?
I Nearly choked about 6 times maybe more . I can remember at work trying to eat my sandwiches. I took a mouthful and it got stuck . I could swallow it , I tried to drink some water to lodge it down . The water just came up and didn’t do nothing. This has happened on numerous occasions. It’s scary I won’t lie .
Are you opting for a surgery?
Thanks for opening up the conversation!
Also is anyone having symptoms of burping more after eating food and you'd get nauseous and also it's been 8+ months?
No acid reflux but really trying to solve this mystery
I was relieved for 18 days randomly, no symptoms in early March then it suddenly came back.
I'm not sure how I ended up with a hatial hernia when I've lived a relatively healthy life and I'm 31 now. I want this to be over because I tried PPI, diet changes and nothing is working :')
Please send help.
ALSO open to a group support chat :')
Hi how are u now...please help me...
I am also suffering from this
My life is miserable 😢😢😢😢
My studies suffer a lot I am 23 only
I thought it was my heart condition acting up but my Echo came back normal i know i had a hiatal hernia for years now but now I can hardly breathe
Sorry to hear this, sahae, are you finding relief?
Same here
how r u now?
I suggest trying a quick & easy alternative approach that just might work for you. Just drink a couple glasses of water and jump up and down for a couple minutes to jiggle the stomach back down to its normal position. No harm or cost in giving this approach a try. You should know quickly, in same day or in a couple days, if this approach helps.
Forty years ago, I did an activity which forced part of my stomach up through or past the diaphragm. It was a couple months later that I suddenly started having severe stomach pains. I was initially misdiagnosed by a doctor as having ulcers. It was a couple of years of misery before I realized that the doctor was wrong and I had gastric reflux disease, or GERD. GERD often happens naturally without a clear cause, especially with older people. Normally, the esophagus sphincter and the diaphragm sphincter muscles line up and reinforce each other. If part of the stomach is pushed or pulled up through the diaphragm, the two sphincter muscles don’t line up and stomach acid can more easily leak into the esophagus, causing GERD.
Other people suggest drinking warm or hot water to relax the muscles, I would suggest cold water so that the heavy water will stay in the stomach longer. I would also suggest doing it first thing in the morning so the volume of water won’t dilute the digestion process of other food. It may take a repeat on a few successive days for the esophagus to adapt to the new longer length for the stomachs to stay in its new proper position. I would repeat the process anytime I got heartburn or acid taste in my mouth. I have been trouble free for over 35 years now, and can eat anything I want and take no meds for anything. I later learned of a gastroenterologist in Michigan who recommends this process also; maybe others now also.
The body needs strong hydrochloric acid in the stomach to trigger the esophageal sphincter to close, to break down bulk foods generally, and to separate protein into the amino acid components to be effectively absorbed from the small intestines for use to make new proteins our body needs. Most or all GERD medicines block the production of or neutralize the hydrochloric acid which then interferes with protein digestion and interferes with esophageal sphincter closing. Both of those actions are counterproductive.
Hi John, been watching u for so long now. I to was diagnosed with Small hiatus hernia and GERD. came back from the doctor office he says it's lifelong. My symptoms keep coming back, just wanted to say hi and that u are not alone. We could always share things together. I follow u on Instagram too. I just want to also ask u if surgery is also needed for a small hiatus hernia? and if urs is a small one too?
hi simon, what symptoms do you have ? I have small hiatus hernia too
A surgeon said that is not the size of the hernia but the symptoms it causes
Tons of sit ups is probably the reason why you have Hiatal Hernia.
Oh great🥲
That’s how I got mine
@@Alexis_005 hello. How are your symptoms and which treatments do you use
Don't get disappointed I had it from last eight years and still have it but I manage from my food habbits and use Psyllium husk one spoon dissolved in a cup of water at night and drink in morning in empty stomach with one more glass of water. After 45minutes I take my breakfast . It really help try it. Intermittent fasting always help. Do this too. And never eat more or spicy or oily food daily. In parties you can but daily it creat problem. Even if you have problem use antacis as Omeprazole. All work. I do all my work . Using antacid may decrease iron absorption that may lead to iron deficiency anemia. So try to change your life style . Don't use antacid frequently.
Y
Try some alkaline water, it helps with my symptoms. Not loads just about a bottle a day.
Do you have chest pains?
You get any pvcs from your hernia ?
chiropractors can treat hiatal hernia. Worth a try before resorting to surgery
Hello Amy. Did you get treatment at a chiropractor or any other form pf treatment. I would like to chat about hiatal hernia a bit if you don't mind
Chiropractor can help. Done it
@@RandomPerson-yc4vm hi there, i also have HH. I would like to know if chiro does actually help.
How long have you suffered with this dear?
I am so fed up of it
@@boochau9621
Hi there
Same here
Please help a bit...😢😢😢
you can recovery your hernia. I made that !Video on youtube for your help ! dial on youtube:
This is how I reversed my hiatal hernia naturally and overcame GERD
Thanks for that! Will check that out
Wish that was true but how can you reverse it when the phrenoesophageal membrane has been destroyed
@@Alexis_005 I have heard from many people that they have reversed it. If it is a sliding hernia you can fix. Look it up on line
It's not good.