I got a second opinion regarding my hernia from a general surgeon. (I had what I thought was a repair of a hernia last year) I was told that due to the work that was done last year that he could not do a repair of the area. That my best bet was to have a gastric sleeve operation along with the repair. Have any of you received the gastric sleeve under that situation? How did it work out for you? Thank you in advance.

39 minutes ago, rjo921 said:

I got a second opinion regarding my hernia from a general surgeon. (I had what I thought was a repair of a hernia last year) I was told that due to the work that was done last year that he could not do a repair of the area. That my best bet was to have a gastric sleeve operation along with the repair. Have any of you received the gastric sleeve under that situation? How did it work out for you? Thank you in advance.

Are you trying to get the Sleeve? If so, then yes, doing WLS and a hernia repair at the same time is very common. If you are only looking at getting a hernia repaired and they are trying to "throw in a Sleeve"... that sounds a bit odd.

The general surgeon that I saw is recommending that I get the sleeve first because that will also help with my hernia problem.

I had hernia repair along with gastric sleeve. No issues.