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Back on My Feet Again

The View From Here

I am struggling right now through one of the most difficult periods of my adult life, and it’s all because of a simple misstep I made in a parking lot, four months ago.

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Heartburn Surgery Reversed Itself

Q.Two months ago I had a Nissen fundoplication for severe heartburn. After the surgery, I had minimal swallowing problems and my reflux is actually better now. But the results of an upper GI today show that my Nissen has somehow come undone. Although my heartburn is not actually troubling me right now, am I correct in assuming that it is only a matter of time before it returns?

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