I had my pre surgery screening and my doctor found a hiatal hernia. It is a solid mass not the soft massed hernia some people get. Now I'm nervous. I'm wondering if I have that taken out should I wait and try exercising again to loose weight because the hernia surgery should relieve pressure on my lungs.

Having read through so many of the supportive posts on here I understand that feelings I have are normal. I still have only told 5 people. I'm not afraid of the surgery, I just don't want to deal with people thinking I'm am lazy or won't try. I had a very regimented 2 year exercise and healthy eating that I lost 87 lbs on my own. But medical issues set me back. Feeling confused right now.

Anyone have any advice or similar experiences?

Hi. I don't know about hard/soft masses? I had my Sleeve almost 3 weeks ago. We knew I had a small Hiatal Hernia going in. Well, the Dr. said, it was really big. They just sew it shut. I know its going to make me feel better. I have had no complications. Again, unsure if we are talking the same issue/Mass? Good luck too you!

I had a "surprise" hiatal hernia repair at the same time as my sleeve surgery. I never had any symptoms, so it was never diagnosed. My recovery was a little rougher. I had shortness of breath, chest pain with inspirations, left shoulder pain and some jaw pain. I felt like I'd swallowed a golf ball and it was lodged in my throat. It was scary because the symptoms mimicked cardiac symptoms. I had no cardiac history, but then again... I had no symptoms of the hiatal hernia to begin with. Well, I spoke to my Doc and he reassured me I wasn't having a heart attack. Everything I was feeling was due to the hernia repair. It took about 10 days before I started feeling better. My Dr. said hiatal hernias were not unusual and he does several repairs at the same time as the sleeve surgery every week. I'm feeling a whole lot better, in fact, I'm going back to work on Monday.