Claire, I applaud you for your positive outlook on things. One thing I want to mention is that what happened to you is not a minor bump as you put it.
A minor bump would be having some dumping over food issues, over eating, pissy pouch once in a while (not daily), minor daily issues. Anything requiring hospitalizations, surgical proceedures, GI tests etc are NOT MINOR BUMPS!
You are 5 months out of surgery and I pray that nothing else happens to you. The symptoms you have are exactly what I have, and I've got a few more thrown in for good measure. A little nexium and it's all fixed up? That's an oxymoron. I was started on minor PPI's early out. Taking PPI's is not necessarily a GOOD thing! The reflux has escalated over the past two yrs. I've been dialated over 5-6 times in past 26 months for stricture. I believe it's the gastritis, reflux that causes the strictures to happen. Janie
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