Hiatal hernia
Hernias for the formerly obese are really, really common. Not all need fixing, but many do. I've seen recovery range from super easy to very painful. Experiences vary a lot.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
I just recently found out that I have a hiatal hernia after 5 years post VSG that needs surgery repair. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, what was the surgery and aftercare like? Will I need to take a lot of time off work for recovery?
hiatal hernias can happen to anyone including non wls patients.
It is a simple laparoscopic fix and the recovery is about like any other lap surgery.
Yep. Hernia number 1 repaired at vsg surgery. Few years after my gallbladder went out and I had hernia number 2 repaired while getting that out. In my case since it was a second repair and a most all of the stomach was up in my chest it was a riskier thing. Surgery went off without a hitch though. It would have been a rougher recovery due to the gallbladder being added on, but even with that it was Ok.
My surgeon warned I might need to have the pyloric valve removed to ease the pressure, but I really wanted to try and repair. Now it has been a few more years and I am pretty damn sure it has herniated again- symptomatic. There is no repair number 3. Going in to the GI guy here soon to get checked out.
Surgeon: Chengelis Surgery on 12/19/2011 A little less carb eating compared to my weight loss phase loose sleever here!
1Mo: -21 2Mo: -16 3Mo: -12 4MO - 13 5MO: -11 6MO: -10 7MO: -10.3 8MO: -6 Goal in 8 months 4 days!! 6' 2'' EWL 103% Starting size 28 or 4x (tight) now size 12 or large, shoe size 12 w to 10.5 150+ pounds lost
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