8-23-06 Test Progress

Since I have last updated my journal, I have been diagnosed with a "very small" hiatal hernia, and I have also visited with the bariatric nutrionist. On Monday, I have my psychological evaluation, which I am very very nervous about. :straight

I have educated myself about the hiatal hernia, but still am not totally sure what it is, where it comes from and how it will affect me. I suppose it is difficult for the surgeon to tell until he is actually operating... Unfortunately, the bariatric nurse did not know much about the hernia, which I was rather surprised and discouraged about. I hope that the hernia does not cause any problems with the surgery. The surgeon said that he fixes any hiatal hernias that he finds while in surgery, so I suppose that is two surgeries now...:cry

strange as it may be - it appears that hiatial hernias are quite common - if you read through the threads/posts and journals you'll see many bandsters have had hernias repaired while getting the band -- hang in there - all will be fine -- you'll do just fine with the psych interview I'm sure!

I was going to say the same thing.....they are common and doctors usually do remove them while in surgery for something else.