Hello everyone. I have my surgery scheduled for April 26 and the one nagging concern is the heria repair that will also occur. I'm sure with this many members that I know that there are folks that had a haital hernia repair. I want to ask about pain and how debilitated you were after surgery...from what i can gather the band procedure isn't that bad at all. I have a 3 year old and am a special ed teacher who needs to get back to school to finish up the end of the year ARD/IEP meetings. I realize that everyone's pain tolerance is different...but I just need some answers from people who've been there.

thanks bunches

I had a haital hernia repair with my lap band procedure on January 26th. I was in pain the first 2 days, then I was more tired than anything. I took a total of 5 days off, I could have went back on Monday, but again was tired and decided to take an extra day.

I also had it with the lap band procedure.. i dont think it caused any extra pain than the lap band would of.... i was up and about within a day of it but very tired... couldnt walk around for long... but i think that is just it all together.. however my doctor certified me for three weeks off college.. i only stayed out for a week tho..

I had the the hiatal hernia repair with the lap band. I felt miserable the first two days... I had the surgery on a Tuesday and felt my worst on Thursday. I woke up Saturday feeling much better and Sunday feeling like a new woman. I sometimes still have left shoulder pain but no complications. I went back to work on Monday with no issues. I could have gone back on Friday...but I felt weak and tired do to the low calories more than anything else.

I had both a hiatial and a umbilical hernias repaired. I definately thought it added a different level of discomfort and took a few extra days to recover.

I had a hiatial hernia repaired and really did not have a lot of pain. I was one of the lucky ones who did not have gas pain either. Surgery was Thursday afternoon. I went back to work the following Monday, so 10 days.