Why are hernias becomming...

Why are hernias becomming a problem?Is there anyone else that has it, are going to have the hernia surgery? Please let me know what to expect.

Hi there Patricia, How are you? Happy Holidays to you and your family. Hernias can be a problem. I know from first hand experience. You did not mention if you had pain. I began to suffer with pains in stomach that radiated into my back. Those pains began in July. I had my RNY December 15th 2003. My dr suspected a hernia but all tests were negative. I thought I would die with the pain. I don't want to scare you and I hope you don't suffer like I did. To make a long story short...... I was in the hospital 3 times before I let him operate in September. Once he went into the Lap Holes from the RNY he saw an inner hernia. The hernia was so large I had to be opened. I am a NURSE so lifting is part of my job. I had to stay home for 8 weeks. I now wear a support belt. I still feel a bit of pain in the incision area.I now am pain free. I can also digest food much better.. Take care of it and don't let it strangulate. OK? Keep me posted. & Lorraine RNY 12/15/03.....245 lbs AT Present..........132 lbs ....-113 pds "AT GOAL"

I have also been experiencing severe side pains but on the left side. I was hospitalized last week. They did a CT scan, an x ray and an Upper GI. Everyone said the tests were negative except for the one associate of my surgeons (my surgeon is on vacation)-he thought it showed an irritated bowel and possibly a flap of skin inside where the Y is shaped in our intestines. he suggested going back in but than the Upper GI did not confirm so now...I see my surgeon tomorrow. I am in severe pain, it is stabbing and sharp. It gets alot worse when I eat or get agitated or move around alot. When it hurts, it hurts so bad that I cannot lay or walk, I basically sit with my hand plastered into my side. Than I can have periods of no pain. I do have increased bowel sounds so I thought it was a blockage but nothing confirms that...My surgery was 12/1/03.

Read my profile. I think thats what I may be dealing with right now. I was in horrible pain last month, but tests showed an irritation and kink in my small intestines. After being released from the hospital after several days of being NPO, I still continued to have a little discomfort and difficulty eating. Now tonight, the pain is all back. I am absolutely miserable. The pain, starts above my stomach, where my largest lap incision is, then becomes horrible, raidiating to my back. So now I feel that not only is somthing inside of me going to explode, but like my back muscles are about to rip as well. The pain, I can only describe, feels like a gall bladder attack, though on the other side of my body....upper left quadrant. I had my gall bladder removed 2 1/2 years ago, so I know it isnt that. I am getting desperate for some relief. I don't know what to do other then go back to the hospital. (Just not my local one, they suck) I am 1 year out as of December 23rd. Height 5'7" Starting weight 262 lbs. Final Goal 150 lbs. Current weight 137 lbs. I keep losing because I have been having problems eating for a month now. Do any of you think this is possible a hernia?