Hello fellow banders has anyone gone through this procedure and found a small hernia??? Dr is not sure if he wants to fix it.. he feels it maybe ok? Is this something that can prolong my surgery?

Yes, they also found a medium sized hernia when my endoscopy was done. The doctor closed it with a stitch during the surgery. He said that it was only a minor procedure. ....it wasn't a big deal at all.

My doc said I had a small to medium sized hernia and that he would fix it when doing the surgery. When he got in there he found it was much larger than he thought and I was in surgery a while longer. I think three stitches. In any case, its a good thing to get taken care of while they are in there. If the hernia causes reflux, they rarely do surgery and treat with meds. I have not gone off my reflux med yet, but am looking forward to trying.

Hi I had the endo thing last

Thrs. and my doc found what he called a "huge" hernia. He said he will repair it during the surgery. And yes, I have awful reflux. Never knew it was from a hernia.

I had the same thing and they found a small hernia. Before the procedure, he said if I had a hernia it would need to be fixed first. Since they found it and saw how small it was, they haven't said anything about fixing it. I am already taking nexium for reflux and I'm hoping to get off this after my banding. Anyone else able to stop reflux meds after surgery?

Yes, I had horrible acid reflux prior to surgery. They fixed the hernia during surgery and now I am completely off of the Nexium.

I had one as well which was easily fixed with banding.