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Carlos Granados Podcast
Welcome to the Carlos Granados Podcast. In this podcast, I will discuss my health journey, news, updates, and educational content surrounding my life, and anything and everything that I enjoy. This is my introduction to my new podcast through "Youtube Podcast". I decided to expand my horizons and let you into my life outside my health journey. You can watch clips and full videos in 4k on my YouTube channel "Carlos Granados".
Carlos Granados Podcast
Navigating GERD: Our Surgical Journey and Holistic Path to Wellness
Navigating the stormy seas of GERD and surgical decisions has been a tumultuous journey, but one filled with lessons and insights worth sharing. Picture this: meeting a surgeon who had undergone the same procedure with the esteemed Dr. Daniel Smith in Atlanta, a coincidence that reassured our path and choice of specialist. Our candid recounting of past surgical experiences, from the Nissen fundoplication to the LINX device, underscores the essential nature of comprehensive research and seeking second opinions to truly understand the risks and rewards of these interventions.
We delve into the intricacies of GERD surgeries, where the road to relief is often fraught with unforeseen challenges. Persistent issues like gas and bloating, complications from mesh implants, and the artful hands of Dr. Smith who opted for sutures instead, highlight the unpredictable outcomes of such medical endeavors. Through these reflections, we stress the importance of informed decision-making and the need for balancing medical advice with personal intuition while navigating the complex landscape of GERD management.
Our story doesn't end with surgery; it evolves into a holistic journey that embraces lifestyle changes and natural medicine. By sharing insights on weight management, potential bile reflux, and the intriguing concept of our gut's "second brain," we aim to offer hope and guidance to those wrestling with similar health challenges. As we wrap up, we share a personal message on turning life's trials into a source of inspiration and connection, all while continuing our commitment to educate and empower our listeners through heartfelt storytelling and shared experiences.
if you are suffering from GERD acid reflux, lpr regurgitation, anything that has to do with GERD, watch this video, and I promise you this is not a clickbait. I don't really like to do all these clickbaits. I actually like to help people and I promise you that, whatever process you're at when it comes to this GERD issues, you will benefit in some way, shape or form, from my experience and the information that I'm about to provide Now, about three years ago, I think, in my channel, I made a video called if you are considering GERD procedures, watch this video, and I talked about some of the things that you trade when you get a surgery right, some of the things that you give away and some of the things you bring in from the surgery, because you might be trading one symptom for another and that symptom that you're trading will probably be worse than the symptoms you originally had. And the reason why I'm making this video, uh, it's to keep you guys uh, first of all, updated uh and also give you some perspective as to where I'm at in my journey and the things that I've gone through. I I've updated you guys uh in many different uh ways through my videos, but I'm gonna give you just an overall perspective of of what's been going on and you know, all this whole journey of my guard issues and, uh, recently I had actually yesterday, I had a kind of like a second opinion from a doctor, um, that has has so much experience and it was just, uh, it was really good talking to him when we got into a, you know, deep conversations when it came to my issues, uh.
Speaker 1:But I want you guys to hear all of this because if you're suffering from this, you know whether you're trying to consider for the surgery or maybe you don't want to. You're indecisive, you know, hopefully it helps you, you know, come to a decision, maybe take different routes when it comes to your girders, Maybe look at it a different way, in a different light, where it can help you. By the way, I'm not sure if I want to turn this to a podcast episode, but I probably will. So if you listen to my podcast, don't forget to always like, comment, subscribe. We're all available in every platform. But let's get into the video.
Speaker 1:So yesterday, as I spoke, I met with a surgeon and this is really cool, by the way, and I'm going to give this to you right away which is, I thought was so awesome. I met with a surgeon that had a lynx procedure, just like myself, and he also does lynx procedures and uh, gastro procedures you know I need some for duplications and whatnot just like myself. And I was just like yo. That is so cool, because you rarely find doctors who practice a certain type of procedures and that it's done on themselves as well. Does that make sense? And I was just like yo. This is cool. And guess who did his procedure?
Speaker 1:The doctor that did my procedure, dr Daniel Smith, and I thought that was such a coincidence, so cool, and you know that just gave me a lot of peace that I made the right choice when it came to having my links procedure with Dr Daniel Smith here in Atlanta. It just made me feel like I did a good job doing my research, right procedures and surgeries because the only thing you can control is the doctor that you probably will do the procedure with right. I know sometimes you know monetary things can get in the way and sometimes you have no choice as to where you go. But if you do have an option, you know, then that's something that you can control and you can try to look and research and ask questions right. So the reason I went to this doctor was just because recently I made a video that I was suffering a lot from, like the you know chest issues, the chest tightness which I think was due from you know the procedures that I had the hiatal hernia repairs and I had, first of all, just to give you a little bit backstory, I had the knee symphomal duplication with the mesh back in 2017. After the surgery, I felt like the surgery helped me a little bit, but towards the end, after two years, it was literally harming me more than it was helping me, right, and I had to get that undone and I had to search for a new surgeon in the Atlanta area, which was that's how I found Dr Daniel Smith. He took you know, we took the knee cell duplication down, we took the mesh out and he implanted the links and I've been having the links ever since.
Speaker 1:So I met with the doctor because I've been having these issues right and Dr Daniel Smith most of the time, if not all, actually all the time he just concentrates on surgeries, right? So if you're going to have a surgery, then he's the person you go to. He's not the type of GI doctor that's going to help you manage your symptoms through day-to-day basis. Does that make sense? He's just more of a just concentrates on surgeries, right, and procedures. And one of the things he told me one of the uh the doctor, uh, this doctor time around, he was like him and dr smith typically concentrate on a lot of revision surgeries, right, which again is very comforting, because I went to dr smith for revision surgeries and unfortunately there's a lot of doctors that don't perform that surgery very well.
Speaker 1:So I went to him and this information I didn't know until I obviously I met with him and I just told him I was like I just want to get a second opinion. I'll maybe get a, you know, maybe some advice or well, you know what do you think? At the stage where I'm at, uh, what else can I do, you know? Um, and by any means I was not trying to uh second guess what Dr Smith had told me, because I believe them. I think he's great, if anything. I even told him straight to his face I said you saved my life, because this denisophilication was killing me. I was literally dying. I was only able to sleep three hours a day. I mean three hours per night. I was waking up in the middle of the night all the time. So much pressure, so much pain. I couldn't even walk a couple blocks because my heart was racing and everything was involved with the first surgery that I had and eventually, once you know, he performed that second surgery on me. Eventually I ended up getting a little bit of my life back where I can at least manage it right. Well, this is the part where I'm at now with the managing. This is the part where I'm at now with the managing. Unfortunately, I was only able to manage right now, up to this point, because now I started suffering from the chest tightness, the shortness of breath.
Speaker 1:One of my CT scans showed that I had stomach inflammation and that was not, you know, the most ideal thing, but it was well. It was the lining of the stomach that was, uh, uh, inflamed and, um, I've also been having these issues of, like, a lot of acid, um production, uh, or at least acid sensation in my stomach, which is different from the acid reflux that I felt. It kind of feels more along the lines of what people describe as gastritis and it's just this burning in my stomach, this sensation. I ended up going to the ER several times. Actually, the last time I went to the ER was about like three weeks ago because I was having pain in my abdomen area. I was having pain with gas and the bloating, and it was just so uncomfortable and I'm like I at least want to make sure that things are okay. And this is just a part of, again, maybe secondary effects from surgeries. You know, maybe I haven't been taking care of myself the best way that I could, and you know my stomach, since it's more sensitive, then I'm suffering from that, who knows.
Speaker 1:So now, when I was talking to this, you know the surgeon he was, you know, pretty straightforward. I tried to give him as much information as I could and all in all, you know, we had a really good conversation. I felt like I just wanted to hear from somebody else with a lot of experience, like if there is anything that I can do, because one of my main issues I wanted to see if my hiatal hernia repair was the one causing, you know, my shortness of breath. But he did tell me that there could be a lot of factors and you know, the bloating, the gas. Also, he mentioned my weight. You know he said that somebody my height should be weighing around 180, 185 pounds. But if you do have some muscle, I guess you know you can. You know 200 pounds, right, and I was like, well, I didn't think I was. I don't think I'm overweight, but I'm definitely not the way I should be. Does that make sense? Because I've always been around this way, I always carried myself in this area.
Speaker 1:But he said that you know, it would be a good idea if I lost some weight. You know, if I did a little bit more of you know, exercise, if I could and take care of myself, I'm going to tell you something. That's that, and this is why I made this video. There's going to get to a point that if you've had surgeries and if you've had procedures and you go run into several good doctors, they will be honest with you and they'll tell you listen, at this point it is what it is Now. They don't tell you that exactly in that exact same way, but it is what it is Like after suffering and after getting a lot of testings done, after getting you know.
Speaker 1:For example, I had an endoscopy in February, right, and Dr Smith, he didn't find any problems with me. He said that the links looks good, my stomach, my esophage looks good and I trust him. I trust him because he has so much experience and he's seen what a bad stomach looks like, what a bad links looks like and you know the links, according to him, looks right where it should be Right. I had a pH manometry study done. He also told me that the amount of times that I'm refluxing it's not necessarily acid reflux, it's other gastric juices, but you know that's what the monitor caught. More than anything else. You know my barium swallow doesn't come out anything crazy.
Speaker 1:So a lot of things are just pointing to. Things are not perfect but they're okay and from their experience you know things are good and there's not much they can do about it. And this is why I say it is what it is Like. This is where my life is at and it's a tough pill to swallow. I mean, this is a tough one to swallow because you do want to do better and you do want to be better, especially recently where I've been suffering from a lot of again the acid, the bloating, the chest pressure, by the way, the lump in the throat feeling. I've been constantly having that, which is such a scary feeling to have that constantly. It sucks right, it really sucks. So I've been back on PPIs.
Speaker 1:When I went to the ER they gave me Socrofate I think the name is, to try to help with like the stomach lining. So if you do have any ulcers or anything that's damaging your stomach, then it can kind of heal them. But now, you know, I have apparently like some type of reaction to these medications because I'm feeling like very itchy when I'm taking these medications and I was like I was trying to figure out what was going on when I'm taking these medications. And I was like I was trying to figure out what was going on but they told my doctor told me that they could cause some type of um, uh, itching and some type of reaction and I was like, you know, allergic reaction. I was like dang.
Speaker 1:So now I'm trying to figure out where I'm going to be at with you know different things, but you know, after talking to the surgeon and kind of getting like, hey, man, you know, um, first of all I he gave me a little hope in the sense of, like I can do certain things I can do, uh, lose weight, which is, you know, I would love. I think that's something that I'm okay with doing and I'm down to do. I'm actually very disciplined when it comes to things like that. So I would love to um, you know, lose around 15, 20 pounds. I weigh about 225, 220. Sometimes I fluctuate to 230, but that's, you know, my natural weight. I weighted myself today and I weighted 220.
Speaker 1:So, you know, if I lose 15, 20 more pounds, I should be in that range, because I'm also not just scrawny Like. I do have a little bit, you know, muscles in me. So I think that would be a good way to at least to take the pressure off my abdomen, because you know all the varicose I think it's varicose fat or something, what is it called? I'm pronouncing, I'm botching that, but I do have, you know, fat in my stomach and around my abdomen, which would be good if I lost. He did have a point, you know. I'm not sure if it's going to help me tremendously, but it's something that I can do on my end and that I look forward to doing. So it's probably something that I will do, end up losing weight slowly but surely, because right now I'm not hitting the gym, I'm not doing a lot of exercise because of everything that I've gone through, and also on my end, since I know that gas and bloating is a big issue.
Speaker 1:I'm going to try to see if I am able to do anything with my natural medicine doctor right, my holistic doctor to see if there's anything we can do for it. We did talk about a bacteria that causes a lot of gas. That we saw on my test results, although he told me to take some medication, but the pills were too big for me to swallow so I couldn't even do that. So we're going to try to find another options to do it. He told me to take oregano oil, but oregano oil is so strong, homie, it's so strong, so I got to go back to him. I'm going to do some blood work because I do have an appointment to do some blood work and just an extensive blood work to see what else we can fix, at least to get to optimal level, optimal level so things can be functioning right and then we can keep concentrating on the little things.
Speaker 1:And um, I will tell you again. Part of the reason why I made this video again is because remember when I told you you trade one symptom for another when it comes to having gherd procedures uh, sometimes. Well, gas is one of them for me, like gas and bloating after having procedures it's been bad. I mean, every time I eat I get gassy Right, and luckily for me, with the links I'm able to burp. But when I had the Neeson I wasn't able to burp, I wasn't able to even vomit. Uh. So now at least I do get to burp with the links, um, and with the niece, and I never really could. So I even felt more bloated then than ever. It was just a constant thing. But after even having the links I still get bloated. You know, unfortunately I still my intestines feel full and sometimes your gas comes out pretty easily. But even after you pass some gas it still keeps building. You know, throughout the the, the day or throughout the time before your next meal still keeps building up and you have to release that gas. Because if it gets trapped, then more gas keeps building up in your stomach and your intestines and it becomes to the point where it's painful and it hurts and it bothers you in all sorts of way. So that's unfortunate, right, something to always consider when it comes to surgeries.
Speaker 1:Now I really wish people have asked me before do you regret having your procedures? Now I don't regret making the decisions of having procedures because I wanted to be healed. Except, I do admit that I was naive. I trusted the procedures, I trusted the surgeon that I was going to get fixed and, quote unquote, give my life back, which a lot of us make that mistake right. We as humans don't like suffering and that's the reason we make a lot of impulsive decisions and for me, I made an impulsive decision to go with the Neeson. I didn't do my research on maybe the links or finding another surgeon, right Given it time. I was told by a chiropractor when I went to California don't do the Neeson, because it can mess you up more. Try to keep on. You know having doctors like ours, but they were expensive. Try to keep on, you know, having doctors like ours, but they were expensive. So I'm like I'm a college student right now and I can't be affording all this, all this stuff, you know. So because of that, I went with the Neeson and I to this point. If you were to ask me this question again, I would say I would.
Speaker 1:I regret doing the knee sin and I think maybe I wish the doctor would have done a better job, because when I went with Dr Smith, he told me that my stomach, from the inside out looked like a bottle cap, like it was twisted and the fundus, where you're supposed to, you know, tighten it around your esophagus it was too long. There was too many stitches. It should have been like, you know, two or three. It's supposed to be a couple, maybe centimeters or inches, I don't know, but it was just way too long. And then that stomach was just wrapped and I've shown pictures of this on many videos how it looked, and it was just like bad, you know, and no wonder I'm, I'm, you know, um, I'm over here feeling like I'm dying.
Speaker 1:And on top of that, the mesh that was implanted and, by the way, mesh is used, so you. So, when you ever have, you have a hernia, that muscle can be supported and you won't have a reoccurrence of the hernia, right? Essentially, that's what it's supposed to do. Well, for me, that mesh messed me up in the chest area so much more than it helped me, and the only reason I even had the mesh implanted with the repair was because I was having the surgery anyways, right, but I had a small hiatal hernia, uh, hiatal hernia. It was like I don't remember how many centimeters, maybe four or five or something like that. I don't know. It wasn't anything crazy that you know I needed to get the surgery, but the reason I even had that done was because, to kill two birds with one stone, I was already having the needs of duplication, so might as well take care of that as well. Right, right, and I wasn't aware of how much that would have changed my life.
Speaker 1:And that part I regret. It sucks and I regret it. Um, but there's not nothing I can do about it now. Right, luckily, when Dr Smith went inside he saw that the mesh. He took it out. He doesn't work with mesh because he doesn't really believe in it. He's seen how much damage and you know, I guess, maybe how not effective it is. And he was like no, I'm going to remove that mesh, although I will mention he wasn't able to remove all the mesh because there was some mesh that was attached to some blood vessels that he was just concerned if he started messing with it he could just cause more bleeding in the surgery and he was just going to avoid that, which is understandable. But for the most part he took most of it out and he just put sutures on it, and the suture still to this day from the CT scans that I've done and all the testings, they look again. They look good still to this day, which I wish I would have done from the beginning, right?
Speaker 1:But I didn't know, I had, you know, no idea that this was going to cause me so much more pain and suffering than I would have liked up to this point. And on top of that, the mesh was actually there was an adhesion to my liver, so it was literally connected to my liver. So Dr Smith had to remove that as well, because it was getting attached to my organs, like, imagine that mesh, a hiatal hernia that was a couple of centimeters. Because of that, now I'm having to deal with all this crap. Very unfortunate, right, very unfortunate.
Speaker 1:And this is why I tell you from the beginning of this video you're going to want to watch this video because I'm very honest, I'm transparent and also I want you guys, you know, if you're, if you, if you've already gone through this process and you're suffering while I'm here, I'm here with you, man, you know I'm here with you and I'm suffering with you, and if you haven't yet, consider your options right, learn from people like me. I'm not saying that my way is the way. No, this is no way medical advice. I'm not telling you not to get the surgery. In my original video that I was referring to, people were like why are you giving medical advice? Why are you telling people not to do it? Why are you not or not getting the surgery? And I'm like brother, that has nothing to do with this. First of all, you obviously haven't seen my channel, because if you knew, you would know who I am and what I stand for. So I'm not giving you medical advice. I'm not telling you to do certain things. I just want you, as a human being, to learn from other people's mistakes. Right, have some wisdom in the people that have gone through certain things, so then you can consider your options right.
Speaker 1:There's one of the things that I've always told you guys search for the good surgeons, right. You can control, like I told you earlier, and also find your best option. See if you can heal yourself naturally first, before you know, go under the knife. And if push comes to shove and the only option is for you to get surgery, then at least do your research right. Don't be naive. Look into those options as well and then get the best surgery that's for you. That's how it should go. It shouldn't be to go all the way around, get the surgery first and then find out how else you're going to take care of yourself after you know, your stomach has been cut open and your abdomen has been cut open and you've gone through all this crap Something like I have and you know it's unfortunate, but again it is what it is.
Speaker 1:And I'm in the point where I'm just, like you know, coming out of the meeting with him. It's just a reality check, like, listen, this is what you got right, listen, this is what you got right. And he was truthful in the sense of like, you know, the links looks great, the abdomen, your stomach, looks good. You know, in the sense of like, when I get the CT scan done, it doesn't look like you have anything wrong, but I see there's some gas, there's some bloating, and you know, I even mentioned to him what about the stomach inflammation and he was like that's what he said, that it was a stomach inflammation, like the other doctor. And he was like, um, he was like your stomach doesn't, because I had the endoscopy in February and I had this exam in May, I think. And he was like your stomach just doesn't change that quickly for it to be anything major. Does that make sense? Because when dr smith went in and he saw the my stomach, he, um, he saw everything was good and obviously there wasn't any signs of anything. That's crazy. Could my stomach be a little bit inflamed? Sure, but again I'm suffering from all these other things, like it's part of. It is what it is, you know, although, don't get me wrong, I still get checked, I'm very preventive and all and all this good stuff, but it is what it is.
Speaker 1:Um, and one of the things I wanted to mention. I don't know if I mentioned this in my YouTube channel when I went to Dr Smith the last time and I, you know, I thanked him for what he had done, and he continues to do with my, with myself and the things that I've gone through. I was like, hey, dr Smith, you know I talk about you very well on my channel and there's actually have has been a lot of people that have come to you to get a surgery and you know they had looked into you to at least, you know, consider having surgery. And he laughed and he was like, well, maybe that's why I've been busy and I was just a good interaction. You know that, um, uh, I don't like to, you know, put kind of his business out there, but I do. You know, on my end I feel like he he was very as well. He was truthful with me. We talk and whenever if I get another surgery procedure and he's still active in the future, for whatever reason, I'll definitely go to him.
Speaker 1:Or actually, this doctor that I saw now and I don't even know his name right now, the doctor, great, I forgot what his name was Because this is the first time I saw him and I was just trying to get a second opinion, so I wasn't anything, like you know. And then yesterday, after I had a conversation with him, you just left blank. You know, you're just like damn, like you don't know what to think. If I'm being honest, I didn't know what to think after having this conversation, but I can tell man that he was a straight shooter, he was straightforward. I mean, to some extent, you know, I feel like he told me to stop bitching.
Speaker 1:I don't want to, I don't want to, I don't want to say that, you know, but I've just, like you know, sometimes you got to suck it up, right, and I think that's the tough part hearing that, hearing the bro, you you got to do what you got to do. Now you know there's not much, because if, if you go in and try to fix something that you know it's already to his optimal potential, you might have messed something up and something else might mess it up. He was honest in this. He said, if you keep looking for answers and second opinions, people are going to want to do something and you don't want that. You don't want another surgeon to be like, oh well, let me just go ahead and find what's wrong, and he tries to touch something that's maybe not even wrong or maybe was fixed already, and it's messed up afterwards, if that makes sense. So I'm like, yeah, he be that's, he has a point. You can't do anything but respect that and and kind of honor that you know.
Speaker 1:I'm like, okay, I, I appreciated that, but you know, at this moment I'm going to take care of the things that he told me. You know the sorry, I'm burping, guys, by the way, the links I'm burping. I'm going to take care of the weight loss, slowly but surely. I'm not going to put myself in anything strenuous, I'm just going to, slowly but surely, you know, eat better, continue to eat better. Continue to see my natural medicine doctors to see what else we can do in a natural side. Continue to check for some blood work to see that at least everything is going well and nothing else is being done.
Speaker 1:To see if I can get tested for, because this surgeon that I talked to yesterday he did mention that maybe there might be so your gallbladder could be producing bile into your stomach and I'm going to do more research on that and also in the sense of let me see if I can do or eat some foods to see or drink or something, find some answers to see what helps with bile reflux, because it could be a case as well, and he acknowledged that. But he was like he also was honest you don't want to just remove your gallbladder and then that not be your issue, and I'm like you have a point. But the gallbladder has been brought up to me several times. Guys. After I had in 2020, I had an endoscopy done by Dr Smith because we were trying to figure out why the links wasn't working up to what we expected right, and there was a nurse that obviously checked what was going on with me and she said you should look into your gallbladder, because the gallbladder is a silent killer. And I said at the moment I was still waking up, but I remember her words and when I was heading home I was thinking about that.
Speaker 1:I'm like what if it is my gallbladder? You know what, if it is something that's causing my acid to be worse? Who knows? Do I want to take my gallbladder out right now? No, but I would love to kind of like manage it and do more testings to see if my gallbladder is causing this episode of acid that I'm having right, and to see if we can do. I can do anything, anything about that, whether it's through my diet, maybe through some supplements. I'm going to bring this back to another doc, to my, you know, natural medicine doctor, and we'll talk about it, you know, just to manage my health. And if this is what it is, then let it be it, but I'm still going to continue to do my part of my end to take care of myself right, so I can do better and be better.
Speaker 1:Let me mention another thing that just popped into my head, that it's good information for you guys to have the surgeon this past surgeon, whose name shall not be mentioned because I don't remember, but he mentioned. He told me something that was pretty cool. He said that when you suffer from H pylori because he asked me about the H pylori bacteria he was like, have you suffered from it? And I was like, yes, in 2018, I suffered from H pylori. I got diagnosed and you know that was taken care of and ever since then it hasn't came back yet, although it's bacteria, so it can linger around for years and he wanted to test me for that at least, to make sure that it wasn't H pylori.
Speaker 1:But what happens is, when you suffer from this is I'm paraphrasing what he said when you're suffering from H pylori, then you're since you're suffering because of the H pylori, whether it can be the ulcers, you know, stomach inflammation your body doesn't produce as much acid because it knows that your stomach is damaged. Crazy, right? Have you ever heard that, like the stomach is, has another brain? It's like your second brain, right, you know? Have you ever heard that, like the stomach is, has another brain? It's like your second brain, right, you know? Have you ever? Have you ever noticed when you get nervous or worried or anxious and you feel that gut feeling? It's, it's to me, it's real, man, that gut feeling it's real and you feel it in your gut.
Speaker 1:So I was like OK, and he was like well, why do you think when you heal the h pylori, then naturally more acid is produced to your stomach because now it's healed? I was like, damn. So sometimes when you get healed from h pylori, you, your stomach, might produce that acid again that you should have been producing before that. Uh, during the h pylori right, because it produces less during the pylori right. Because it produces less during the H pylori. And once you heal it, once you kill that bacteria since now your lining and your stomach is in better shape and better health then now your stomach produces the acid that it should have been in the first place, so you can feel more reflux.
Speaker 1:And he explained to me that that could also be a case with me when it comes to these issues. Why, my you know my stomach could be doing this or it could have been doing this and I didn't even know about it. Right, and me wondering why is it that I have all this? You know all these acid episodes, who knows all these acid episodes, who knows? But at least we're trying to get things taken care of. In that sense, I'm going to continue to keep meeting with my doctors to try to put two and two together to try to see what helps me the most. Again, losing weight, I know that can help. I'm going to look into things that can help me with my gas, my bloatiness, so I can avoid the pressure. Because, look and I know this is a long video, but I'm dropping dimes here, guys, I'm dropping bombs. I'm talking major information that you know, first of all, that I've experienced one that I've had to pay thousands and thousands of dollars for that I've heard from doctors, right and just knowledge of what's happening with me. But I did want to mention something else that I have mentioned in another video, but we're going to put it together here in one packet for you guys, all for free, or if you're enjoying the content, you know, don't forget to like, comment, subscribe.
Speaker 1:But so the links there's a certain amount of pressure that the link has when it's implanted into your body. That's the reason you need to do the manometry study, also the, the pH impedance test, and to see the you know, the, the barium swallow. The doctors want to see if you qualify for a links because you need to have enough pressure from your esophagus. When you swallow, those muscles need to create pressure so the lynx can open, so then food can pass through it and you're able to swallow. It's important, but there's another part to this. Your stomach also creates pressure and that pressure needs to be lower than the pressure that's being created by your um, by your esophagus muscles, right when it opens your sphincter. So the to give you a better understanding, the pressure from the esophagus needs to be higher than the links so it can open, but it needs to also be the links pressure needs to be higher than the stomach pressure so it can remain closed. So you won't have the regurgitation, the acid, the gird, right.
Speaker 1:But also what happens, and we talked about this with the doctor yesterday. He said that if you are suffering from gas and bloating, or at least if you in your abdomen, which creates more pressure in your stomach and it could cause you to create more pressure in the links which is greater than what the links can support, causing you to have astral reflux and regurgitation, which makes sense, the math does math right here, and this is a reason why I'm going to concentrate on the reducing of my fat in my belly, trying to make sure that my stomach is not inflamed or inflamed so that pressure can be lowercentrate on my gas and bloating. Hopefully I can work something that I can manage so it won't be excessive. Right, I don't know what that is yet. I'll keep you guys posted and, on top of that, maybe see if I need to do exercises constantly for the diaphragmatic area so I won't have that pressure constantly and I won't go through another shortness of breath episode. Well, I thought that was my last day, ladies and gentlemen no more Carlos for you guys, and that was a very scary moment. So, trying to see if I can help in any way with the anatomy of my diaphragm right, that is where I'm at at the moment. If anything happens or changes, I will let you guys know for sure.
Speaker 1:But man, I just dropped a lot of information to you guys and I hope in any way, if you're listening to this again, you know that you're, you know, listening to my experience. I hope in any way, if you're listening to this again, you know that you're listening to my experience. Of course, listen, do your research. It's on you. Do your research. Ultimately, the decision is on you. Don't blame it on me, don't blame it on your doctor. So doctors. Sometimes they do surgeons. Unfortunately, they do push surgery, but a good surgeon would give you the right options and he'll be honest with you. And that's the importance of having, um done your research right. Do your research, uh, see if you can, you know, do your yourself, see what, if you can do, naturally, before anything else, and hopefully you know, it can help you eventually make a decision.
Speaker 1:Learn from my experiences, learn from the people that you know, other videos that you watch or things that you read. It's your job to put things together and work from them. You know what I mean. So now I have another task on my hand. You know it's a big, it's a big mountain that I have to climb and we don't know how that's gonna go, but we're gonna, you know, ride it out.
Speaker 1:Um, I think these are moments. Some of you guys, you know you might not be believers or have faith in any way, but I do have faith and who knows if God is testing me with my health issues and test my faith. You know the Bible talks about suffering well and being able to suffer well. So when you're suffering, you know, still remember that God is there for you. Remember that. You know you're fighting from victory and not for victory, because the battle has already been won. And at the moment, those Bible verses and those stories you hear in the Bible, they're hard because you're actually going through the storm and it's not easy to have faith in these moments.
Speaker 1:But this is where you got to have faith the most. This is where you got to whatever you learn and you've heard, you got to put that into practice right, little by little. You know, step by step, and I choose to believe that it's gonna be, it's gonna be better, it's gonna be. Um, there's gonna, there's, there's light at the end of this tunnel, and it might be just.
Speaker 1:You know an episode that I'm going through and you know I'm making maybe this video for the person that's watching, right from the person that is suffering or maybe has a family member suffering, a friend, whoever it may be. For you guys, who knows? But use your story to affect other people in life. Right, because you can't take anything else with you. Man, you really can't. You leave your legacy behind and you know what you did with your life matters. So if you're going through a lot of stuff, we got to keep our faith. It's not easy, but just know that you're not alone, you're not suffering alone and hopefully you guys learned something from my experience. So I'm going to leave it at that. Guys, I know I've talked a lot and I was a little bit all over the place with a lot of things, but it's just a lot of information.
Speaker 1:I wanted to make this video, first of all because I haven't created content in a while. But you know, my podcast is, you know if I feel decent, they're going to keep happening. I love making content, I love making podcasts, learning from people, lifelong learning, you know. So I love all of that. I'm going to create more content for you guys as much as I can and just hopefully you guys are doing good. Don't forget to take care of each other. Take care of your family, prepare yourself for the holidays and, yeah, god bless you guys. Take care and see you guys in the next one. Man. As always, paz y amor familia. See you guys.