<p>Hi all,</p> <p>I had my EGD Wednesday and the doctor found a hiatal hernia. He said he will repair it when he place the band. Is healing longer? Recovery harder? Return to work long? Help!</p>

you probably won't know a difference - depending of course how bad the hernia is. What that means is that a portion of your stomach is poking through your diaphram. This is pretty common and most people go on their entire lives without knowing they have one. basically they will move the stomach into proper position and then stitch up the diaphram around it so it doesnt happen again. im guessing you wont feel anything from it

They repaired mine during surgery, and I couldn't tell they did anything at all! No problems here!

You may have more issues with shoulder pain. It is pretty common to have it when the doctor works on the crura area. I'm 2 1/2 weeks out and still having frequent bouts of sharp pain.

Thanks everyone. I guess alot of you didn't have a hernia.

so i do happen to have a hiatal hernia - not a substantial one, though it will have to be repaired in surgery. They physically are not cutting you or altering anatomy in anyway when repariring the hernia. They will only be repositioning it and putting some stitches in. You won't know the difference.</p>

hello -

The preop testing procedure found a small hiatal hernia in me but it was too small for the dr to want to rid. it all depends, each situation is different...