hello, i just wanted to know if any body out there has ever had a hernia repair at the same time while getting banned i have a ventral hernia i want to know if it will make recovery longer.pain worse i need some answers.

I have a large ventral hernia (not the same as a hiatal hernia!) and my surgeon told me at my banding weight (372) that it would just pop back out if they repaired it then. He said once I've lost a good chunk of weight, I'll have a better outcome. You don't say how much you weigh though; so yours may be repairable now?

I also had surgery 11 days ago and see the Dr. Tuesday; and had hernià repair. Surgery took about 90 minutes and that included the hernia repair. Everything went well. I am hoping my days of Gerd might be over since the repair.So far I feeling alittle bit better each day and getting stronger and healither. You will do fine.

A hiatal hernia is different...they are the type most surgeons will repair during surgery (literally your stomach is being pushed up into your chest through your diaphragm...GERD is a symptom of this type of hernia. They are fairly common in people who overeat).

A VENTRAL hernia is more around the belly button, often happens after surgery when the omentum is cut (like my gall bladder surgery in 2003). Once I've lost weight, the omentum will be more likely to heal intact...a hiatal hernia would respond more to a person who quits overeating. I have to quit overeating for a long time! :frown:

Thank you all for you response i will let you know how it went after surgery.