For those that had a hernia repair with their wls, was the recovery longer? How long were you off work?

Piece of cake at your age Bosschick!!!!!

I had a hiatal hernia repaired when i had my sleeve. It increased by time on lifting restrictions from 4 to 6 weeks. I was off work (firefighter) for 6 weeks.

I had a large umbilical hernia repaired at the same time as my sleeve surgery in October 2015.

I was out of work 3 weeks.

Went to see my doctor last month and he's not enthused at the appearance of the repaired hernia. It's going to have to be repaired again in the future.

Did anyone have incisions in their belly button? I just noticed today that I have a few small incisions and surgical glue inside my belly button in addition to my five laparoscopic ones on my belly. Could that have had anything to do with the hiatal hernia my surgeon found or is that normal from the sleeve surgery?

Thanks for the information everyone. Once again this board provides so much information!! ????

I was off 1 week, but the second week I was weak and tired. I took frequent naps.

I never correlated the swollen esophagus, hernia repair with my eating issue. I'm having trouble eating 1/4-1/2 cup and most times it's just a bite or two. hoping if that's what it is, it gets better soon.