Ok so I am home and loopy after my first pre surgerical producdurr. I had an edg done this morning. Dr did say I have a hiatal hernia but that he would take care if that when I have my actually surgery. So my question is what exactly is it and have any of you been told you have one

Yup, I didn't even know I had one. The surgeon fixed it when he was in there. I always had terrible reflux pre-surgery and have not had one bout of it post.

I hiatal hernia is when the stomach has pushed up through the diaphram. The surgeon will pull it down and sew the opening tighter. I consider it a bonus free-b.

I'm sure there's lots of good info out there on The Google.

I have one, and when i got it, i was SICKER THAN A DOOOOG for three months!! Whenever I have coughing spasms (from cold or flu) it makes me sick again. I will be SO SO SO glad to have that sucker sewn up! I do NOT touch heavy furniture anymore.

I didn't know I had one until I had my first pre-op appointment with my Dr. They fixed it when I had my surgery and it was no big deal. Congrats on your decision! One of the best I have ever made.

I also had one (unknown to me) and my surgeon fixed it during my surgery. I was really surprised. I had a tiny bit of acid reflux from time to time, but not enough to suspect there was a reason behind it.

I had one as well, I did not know this unil I woke up from surgery and they Doc told me. But all is good, I have my repair and vsg on 12/21/11.

Hi,

I did not know I had a hernia either, until I reviewed the info from my endoscopy with my surgeon. They fixed it when I had my sleeve done on 9/14/11. The one thing I did have was really bad chest tightness and pain after. Dr said it was due to the repair and it would gradually get better, it did about a week or so post op.