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Hiatal Hell! Anyone experience pain when drinking???

I had my sleeve surgery on 3/27/19 and my doctor also corrected a hernia.

I have pain when I drink water, I have been followed the post-op diet/timeline to a T and still I get this pain as the fluid reaches the opening of my stomach, my questions are:

1) has anyone else experienced this?

2) how long does it last?

In terms of the sleeve surgery, other than being a little sore near one of the incisions I have no issues.

Thanks in advance for your response and the sharing of your experience.

Warm regards.

~E.

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  • This is so good to know! I was beginning to feel like I'd made a mistake. I am exactly one week post-op today and it's a lot better. Thanks for responding!

  • My surgery was 8/1/2018 I also he'd a hernia repair and every time I drank water the pain went across my chest at the level of my ribs.I was only able to take sips every 5 mins. It lasted about 6-8 we

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    hmmm I never thought about any of the pain I had being related to the hernia repair. I just chalked all that pain up to the gas but it did last about 10 days for me.

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3 hours ago, Erica_B said:

You most certainly are not! :) my pain was horrific - but wearing a compression belt really did help - especially with the pulling feeling I got going up and down stairs.

Just remember to take VERY small sips of Water as well as taking your pain meds - it helps quite a bit.

Congrats on your surgery and journey! :)

With the compression belt helping were you sent home with an On_V pump?

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4 hours ago, Alwzla8 said:

With the compression belt helping were you sent home with an On_V pump?

I don't know that that is (On_Vpump) so I did not.

I ordered the compression wrap from Amazon before my surgery and took it with me to the hospital for when I was released.

  • 3 weeks later...

So glad I came across this. I had mine sleeve with an unexpected hiatal hernia repair on 4.23.19. The first 2 days were horrible I thought I made a mistake, really couldn't tolerate the swallowing and got pain, plus swallowing meds were painful. I am now 6 days out and its a bit better. I still will get pain if I take more than a small sip. Anyone know what full repair time is on this? Where the pain is I know its related to the repair vs the sleeve.

I would guess 6 weeks to 2 months, but that's only my opinion, that's when my swallow got less painful although I feel like. I still feel a pause where esophagus and pouch meet, Doctor keeps saying my esophagus looks normal on EGJ but I think my carddiac sphincter is kinda crabby like my pouch, the famous Ms Precious Pouch, she who rules my life!

I had mine repaired, but knew going in. It was really painful the first couple of weeks. I'm now 9 weeks out and can swallow and even chug down fluids now.

It definitely gets better!

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