Hi. This is my first post here. I had my gastric sleeve surgery on Monday, December 5th.and was discharged home yesterday. My doctor is wonderful. He went ahead and repaired my hiatal hernia while he was in there so that I will be less likely to get my acid reflux back. Anyone else have the Hiatal Hernia repair done at the same time and how long did it take for you chest/shoulder to stop hurting?

Thank you ahead of time for your responses.

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Rhi

Hi had same procedure 7 weeks ago took about 5/ 6 weeks before everything really started to settle but feeling much improved now good luck

I think it depends on how big of a hernia. I had a small hiatal hernia. My pain was gone by day 4 but I did take a ppi. Every once in a while (twice so far) I get a dull pain in my shoulder while I lay down but it quickly goes away. I am now 12 days post op.

Edited December 8, 20169 yr by Hazel_eyez

Hi there. I had my sleeve plus hiatal hernia repair yesterday and the surgery went great. I'll admit though that when I woke up in recovery and was much bed to my room, I was in a lot pain. Just under my ribs and where my hernia. I'm still uncomfortable, but I'd rate my pain at 3 out of 10. Walk walk walk. That's helped me out more than anything. The staff at my hospital, Rex, are great and are making sure I sip sip sip Water and walk up down the halls. Not a lot of sleep, but I truly believe a lot of walking is the key.

Happy for you and good luck!! Feel free to IM for anything.

Paige

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Thank you for your responses. I felt really good at the hospital and walker a lot on my own because it did help. However, the hospital pharmacy would not take my health insurance and I had to wait to get my pain medication until the next morning. I had a "moderate" sized hiatal hernia according to my doctor. I hope the pain when breathing deeply and with swallowing liquids will go away sooner rather than later. I am making myself drink the required Water and have been able to drink the 64 oz. Today I start the Protein part. Should be interesting. :}

I'm pre-op and waiting on clearance from a scheduled cardio revascularization. I have a 3cm hiatus hernia, and gastritis ..I hope to have it repaired like you all during surgery.

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10 weeks out here. No issues. Prescribed prilosec to take daily for first 3 months. Love not waking up with fierce heartburn.

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I'm pre-op and waiting on clearance from a scheduled cardio revascularization. I have a 3cm hiatus hernia, and gastritis ..I hope to have it repaired like you all during surgery.

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I hope everything goes well for you.

Let us know how you are doing.

10 weeks out here. No issues. Prescribed prilosec to take daily for first 3 months. Love not waking up with fierce heartburn.

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That is great. I have not heartburn since my surgery on Monday. Just pain when swallowing and breathing deeply. Otherwise I think I am doing pretty good. Though I keep needing to go back to sleep every 1 to 2 hours. Ready for that to quit, lol.

Thanks everyone. It is just nice to have a conversation with people who understand and are going through the same thing.

How are you going now? I had VGS with large hiatal hernia repair on 6th Dec. The last 2 days have been better but basically I have pain when swallowing (in my chest) then spasms under my right rib cage. I am just sticking to fluid/smoothy consistency to get Fluid in / not enough really. Yesterday I had a small amount of Protein shake as a sorbet (blitzed with Water and ice) - that went down well. I am still waking with reflux pain. Walking certainly makes it better and I am looking forward to the next stage where I can tolerate soft food. Even something warm would be good but ice feels better at the moment. I am also sleeping a fair bit. It sounds gloomy but overall I feel pretty good - just want to fast forward the next month

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