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Howard McCollister

2006-02-28, 5:53 pm


"MrUsaMike" <mrusamike@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1141154117.436531.264000@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks Howard for your reply. How about power lifting down the road.
> Will I shorten or expose my self to esophagarial failure? I'm just
> trying to figure out what lays ahead for me for physical activity.
>

I don't think that power lifting would create problems or necessarily an
increased liklihood of failure in a properly done gastric fundoplication
once the patient is beyond the 6-8 week point post-op.

HMc


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