Fixing hiatal hernia after vsg

[ClareLynn 153]

Before I had my DS last Thanksgiving, I had an endoscopy that found a 2cm sliding hiatal hernia. The surgeon said that he would fix the hernia when he did the DS but sadly I woke up from surgery and was told it wasn't fixed.

I am still having severe symptoms from GERD, mainly constant tightness and pain in my throat that causes me trouble with talking. I am having an upper GI xray this Saturday and then will schedule a follow up surgery to finally fix the silly hernia.

Has anyone had a hernia fixed, and not had it combined with another surgery? I am wondering what recovery looks like.

[kcuster83 1,505]

Recovery is close to the same as after WLS.

Limited liquid/soft diet etc. Usually not as long or "strict". Same little incisions but sometimes 1 up a little higher.

I actually had a MAJOR HH but had it fixed during my bypass surgery.

I only know the details because my surgeon discussed them with me during an appointment.

[Tomo 1,196]

Before I had my DS last Thanksgiving, I had an endoscopy that found a 2cm sliding hiatal hernia. The surgeon said that he would fix the hernia when he did the DS but sadly I woke up from surgery and was told it wasn't fixed.
I am still having severe symptoms from GERD, mainly constant tightness and pain in my throat that causes me trouble with talking. I am having an upper GI xray this Saturday and then will schedule a follow up surgery to finally fix the silly hernia.
Has anyone had a hernia fixed, and not had it combined with another surgery? I am wondering what recovery looks like.

I just read that some surgeons can do it endoscopically now. I always research it because I am always worried some day I will have a hiatal hernia because so many people I know have had that problem. Also worried about gallbladder but that's another story.

[ClareLynn 153]

I had my gallbladder out and it was a very easy surgery to recover from. I took just 3 days off work and felt great immediately after surgery because my gallbladder wasn’t bothering me anymore.

Well the hernia is still there so I will be scheduling the hernia repair soon. Thank goodness With everything I have hit my deductible!

[ClareLynn 153]

I had the hiatal hernia repair on Oct 28th (1.5 weeks ago).

A lot of people had told me that recovery would be similar to my original DS surgery but it was a lot less awful. In hindsight, my original surgery made me a quite fail/vulnerable and I didn't recover as quickly as most people report, so I'm glad it wasn't as scary as my DS.

I'm already back to eating a mix of soft foods and easy stuff like well chewed seafood. There's still some residual swelling in my esophagus so it's not easy to tell if the surgery was a total success or not yet.

The surgeon said that my hernia was bigger than expected based on presurgical testing. It was supposed to be just a 2cm sliding hernia but he said it was much bigger than that when he fixed it.

I have had trouble swallowing for the past 2 years, always feeling like there was something stuck in my throat. That feeling is mostly gone (though does come back sometimes). Having any reprieve from that gives me hope that once all the swelling is gone, I'll be all better.

I can now drink or eat, then bend over and not have it immediately come back up though which is a big win for me. That's been a problem for nearly my entire life. So yay!

[SG509 3]

Clarelynn, I had the sleeve and my doctor fixed the hiatal hernia before doing the sleeve on the same day. It was a very delicate surgery.