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[andrewm0304]

Thanks for the support, the thoughts pop into my head but I never take them seriously, or at least I never think about it more than that.

What do they do in the surgery exactly, Does it get rid of it forever or does it just help for a period of time?

[SpyGuy]

It pretty much gets rid of the problem permanently. Your stomach may still produce a lot of acid, but it won't be giving you the "heartburn" effect anymore.

The way my gf had it done, they put five small openings in her chest for the instruments, right below the ribcage, and then carefully tightened up the sphincter at the top of the stomach.  She was in and out of the hospital in maybe a day or two.

[andrewm0304]

See, the odd thing is I don't really have the heartburn type feeling. I just sort of a sore throat and its hard to swallow things sometimes, it feels like it doesn't get through the esophogaus smoothly. I'll have occasional chest pain and sometimes wheezing noises so the doctor suggested that she treated me for GERD, not really sure what to think at the moment.

If it becomes necessary then I'll talk to them about it.