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Found hiatle hernia pre surgery not sure if they will fix it during surgery or not just yet....

Is this something I should recommend to the Dr . .

Would you say recovery after for someone with this is more dangerous or difficult

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I had a Hiatal hernia as well when I got my sleeve done, they will most likely correct it while they are operating on you, I didn't know what it was til after I had the surgery, best of luck


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I had a hiatal hernia. The doctor said he would fix it if it was big enough. Apparently it was big enough and he fixed it. My recovery has been normal and pretty easy. I was on pain meds for 5 days. I felt fine after that just lower energy for the first 3 weeks after surgery. I started exercising full on 4 weeks after surgery (Crossfit/equinox). This has been the best decision of my life even though towards the end of the mushy phase I was hating life a bit.

HW 227
SW 221 - 11/27/17
GW1 185 - no longer obese
CW 178
GW2 154 - no longer overweight
GW3 135
5’6”


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I didn’t know I had one until after my surgery. My doctor told me he fixed it. I haven’t had any reflux since. I’m a happy camper.

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I have a hiatal hernia also. My surgery date is March 26 I'm having a revision from lap-band to RNY. Doctor is planning to do it all in one surgery including the hernia repair.

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