Has anyone been told or experienced a delay in recovery due to having a hernia repaired at the same time you have RNY surgery? Just curious

People seem to experience it, but I don't think it was any worse for me and I had a type II hernia. My dr describes it as a 5 minute, 2 stitch fix.

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I had my hiatal hernia fixed during my RNY. I had bad pain the first 2 days post op, but day 3 I felt much better. I had no pain in the area of the hernia repair. My pain was in my left lower side where my big incision was.

I'm 7 days post op with a hernia repair and I have more soreness where the hernia was, but it's certainly not worse than the pain the hernia was causing me before surgery!

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8 hours ago, dreamingahead said:

Has anyone been told or experienced a delay in recovery due to having a hernia repaired at the same time you have RNY surgery? Just curious

Depends what kind of hernia youre talking about. Presumably a hiatal hernia (which is most common) and is no big deal.

Other kinds of hernia repairs could be more painful, a hiatal really isnt unless its a MAJOR one

Has anyone been told or experienced a delay in recovery due to having a hernia repaired at the same time you have RNY surgery? Just curious

I had a hiatal repair at the same time as my RNY and for me, yes, i feel it was more painful after and I am just now (2 weeks post) feeling no pain in my hernia site when taking a deep breath. So, based on the other replies above compared to me, for example, the recovery CAN be delayed for some of us, unfortunately. We're all heal differently and have different pain threshold tolerances. If your concerned or if ur pain is really high still and youre a few weeks post, certainly check in with ur doc for piece of mind. Good luck!

Thank you all for response I so appreciate your time. I did speak with my dr today about it and they said the same, it can be a little more uncomfortable. But I am feeling better and better everyday so that's the good news. I just keep plugging on..[emoji847][emoji39][emoji847]

I am three weeks out from my bypass and hernia repair. I was in a lot of pain, really just stopped pain meds like two days ago (night time only). I am only now getting back to “normal “. I am also not losing any weight. I have been at the same weight for a week! So mostly just feeling down

I went in for hernia repair at same time as bypass surgery. They found 5 hernias they had to repair. Still in pain. It's my 18th day post opt. So I'm still recovering. I'm one of those people that are saying what did I do?. Hopefully everything will be fine down the road.

12 minutes ago, Jackie 4641 said:

I went in for hernia repair at same time as bypass surgery. They found 5 hernias they had to repair. Still in pain. It's my 18th day post opt. So I'm still recovering. I'm one of those people that are saying what did I do?. Hopefully everything will be fine down the road.

If you had 5 hernias that's very different (and not the norm). And by having them repaired you probably saved yourself from complications down the road such as having them become incarcerated and getting bowel caught in there which is extremely painful (and potentially dangerous)

Edited October 1, 20178 yr by Mhy12784

Yes I had to stay in the hospital an extra day due to the pain. And yes my recover was slower due to the swelling from the hiatal hernia repair.