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chefcoll    53

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I just came from my upper GI (YUK) and they told me I had a hiatal hernia. They also said this may impact whether I have the surgery or not. Feeling very frustrated! Has anyone incurred this? TIA

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SleevedSylvynn    23

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I have a hiatal hernia as well - they plan to fix it suring surgery - no big deal according to my surgeon.

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Pookeyism    1,143

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I just came from my upper GI (YUK) and they told me I had a hiatal hernia. They also said this may impact whether I have the surgery or not. Feeling very frustrated! Has anyone incurred this? TIA

Who is the "they" that told you that you had a hernia? Did they say it could prevent the surgey, or impact it? Either way don't worry too much. Just find a doctor that will repair the hernia and do the surgery at the same time.

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SDH    87

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I have a hiatal hernia as well - they plan to fix it suring surgery - no big deal according to my surgeon.

Yep...I have one too and my surgeon is going to fix it during my surgery tomorrow!!! :D

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tara foster    1

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I just came from my upper GI (YUK) and they told me I had a hiatal hernia. They also said this may impact whether I have the surgery or not. Feeling very frustrated! Has anyone incurred this? TIA

I had a hernia too and they fixed it when they did my surgery. Just had mine done on 9/5/13.

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chefcoll    53

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"They" was the Dr who did the procedure. Thank you everyone - I now have a bit of hope!

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shedevil    23

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I had one too. However mine could not be totally fixed. I'm part of the 5% of people who have some vein in the way..

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LMBTX    13

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I had one that was fixed during surgery. Good luck!

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smryan    17

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When I had my endoscopy they saw one but when my surgeon was doing my surgery it was nowhere to be found. I was told this is common in some cases. When they opened me up there was nothing to repair!

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hopeliveshere    294

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same here i had one diagnosed during my egd and was told that it would be fixed during the surgery

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lrs    33

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I had mine fixed during the sleeve surgery.

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Angie!!    24

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They didn't know I had one until they were doing my sleeve. Fixed it during surgery on 9/4/13

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kathy523    2

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They didn't know I had one until they were doing my sleeve. Fixed it during surgery on 9/4/13

I had one too. The doctor fixed it during my surgery on Sept. 5th.

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chefcoll    53

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Any idea how long it lengthened the surgery time?

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jensjoy28    351

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Any idea how long it lengthened the surgery time?

My surgeon says nearly 80% of his WLS patients have a hiatal hernia. If doing bypass, it isn't necessary to fix, but for VSG it is...however not a big deal in his book..mine didn't show up on upper GI, but I had a "decent size one" when they got in there, think it added about an additional 30 min toy surgery time

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