?hernia?

I am having pain periodically in my chest kind of below my breasts. I added sit upsinto my ruitine pretty strongly and did them for 3-4 days in a row. Then I started having this pain. I thought it was sore muscles or from taking Advil or not having food in my stomach when I took vitamins but it hasn't gone away for several days now. I am hoping after I describe this, someone may have had the same thing... It comes and goes and my pain meds from when I had surgery (Jan 3, 2005) help. It can wake me up at night. I called my Dr today and the nurse said these sound like symptoms of a hernia and that it can happen even this far after surgery. I go in tomorrow but wondered if anyone has had a hernia and what do they do for it. Thanks for any help. Rhonda

Rhonda, I developed a hernia in January when I was almost a year out from WLS. Well I should say this is when I discovered it. I was leaning back on my bed when I noticed this place, about the size of a fist, sticking out of my stomach. This area was just below my breasts where my open incision was from my gastric byass. I could only see it when I was leaning backwards. By the time a month had passed when I first found this I could see this place without bending backwards. Mine grew. It was painful and it did wake me up at night hurting if I layed wrong on my stomach. I had mine repaired on April 25, 2006. The surgeon told me that mine was the size of a softball when he went in to repair it. Hernia's aren't something to just let go. From the research that I did they can be dangerous if not taken care of. Please go to your doctor and let them tell you what it is. They will be able to tell you if it is a hernia or not. Keep us posted!! I hope this info has helped in some way. Becky