Hello All-

Quick question:

I had an EGD yesterday morning--Procedure itself wasn't so bad. While all looked well, they did find the beginning of a hiatal hernia--Will I be able to have a band placed with this condition? Has anybody had one and had the band placed?

S.

I've heard of lots of people having hernias repaired at the time of the band placement surgery. Good luck!!

They fixed mine during band placement. It has been such a relief. You will be so happy you had it fixed. Good Luck

I had one, they fixed it during my surgery! I had no problems with it at all.

Sometimes just the placement of the band alleviates the problems caused by the hiatal hernia...especially if it's not that bad. Had you been noticing any problems with reflux? There is a sticky here about things to do to live easier w/that problem. I'll bump it for you.

In the Roberta video the doctor pointed out her hernia, but it didn't look like he repaired it...

there is a link to that website on here somewhere to OBGyn.net to Roberta's story. it's not really about hernia's but you might be interested...

yeah I had a 2.5cm hiatal hernia which i think they fixed during surgery - I missed out on learning the french word for hernia.....it's a pretty minor thing I believe...

They fixed mine during the lap band surgery....no problems.

Staci

Orlando FL

banded in Mexico 12-14-05

I would definitely encourage him to repair it NOW as there have been numerous folks who had to go back and have it repaired later. The restriction seems to exacerbate the stretching of such a hernia which can cause problems with slippage/pouch dilation later on. Defintely something to discuss with your doctor.

What is a hiatal hernia? how do you get it and what does it feel like? I kept hearing about them.