hernia surgery after lap-band

[heymybaby 0]

i too like many people have been throwing up in the middle of the night.

VERRRYYY scarry!!!!! drank the chalk and the dr saw a large hernia. vomiting is getting worse. he sugested hernia repair and while in there tweek my band a bit. i went to a gastro dr for opinion and she said that i should get my hernia repaired. i asked if i remove the band would it help/stop my vomiting. she said yes but she feels that i need to fix the hernia and re-do the band because at one time i was loosing weight. (at a standstill right now) she said the surgery is basicly the same as when i had the lap-band inserted. it scares me because of horror storied i have heard at work. did anyone out there had a hernia repaired and a reajustment of the band with no problem?

thanks

[ginabobeana 0]

Is the hernia something that happened after your surgery or did you have it before hand?

[heymybaby 0]

i would say it was there before my surgery and now the band is making it worse

[Katydid 0]

i too like many people have been throwing up in the middle of the night.

VERRRYYY scarry!!!!! drank the chalk and the dr saw a large hernia. vomiting is getting worse. he sugested hernia repair and while in there tweek my band a bit. i went to a gastro dr for opinion and she said that i should get my hernia repaired. i asked if i remove the band would it help/stop my vomiting. she said yes but she feels that i need to fix the hernia and re-do the band because at one time i was loosing weight. (at a standstill right now) she said the surgery is basicly the same as when i had the lap-band inserted. it scares me because of horror storied i have heard at work. did anyone out there had a hernia repaired and a reajustment of the band with no problem?

thanks

Hi heymybaby,

I have just been confirmed having my 5th abdominal hernia. Not happy!

The 4th & 5th were repaired during my rebanding in June '08. See the surgeon on Thursday. My abdominal wall is tissue thin after being cut so many times. My surgeon doesn't like using mesh because he says there are too many complications. Can't be much worse than 5 ruddy hernias!

I empathise with you about the nightly vomiting. The reflux and blocked pain feeling is not much chop either. What I've found helps, is to actually empty the stomach completely, whether it's the natural vomiting or having to help it along. I can't get any relief until then. I also get a decent nights sleep with no reflux afterwards. I take Mersindol liquid and Nexium tablets for the reflux but a new GP told me that they won't help at all because it is a mechanical problem.

What do you mean by "tweak the band?" I have also been having trouble going to the toilet = as in not going. After 7 days I finally went and for the week after that I dropped so much weight but haven't been again since. I've lost 68 3/4 lbs since June.

Have the people at your work had the surgery themselves or is it just things they've heard?

Best wishes.:thumbup:

[Katydid 0]

Wow, I've just noticed the date when this question was asked = Feb '07!!!!

How did you get on with the operation and hernia? I'm really interested to know as hopefully, it might help me too.

[TracyinKS 7]

Ok.. I am reviving this because as I sit here and type I am pretty sure that I have a hernia. I am 19 months out from band surgery and down nearly 100 lbs..... I LOVE it....... but I was too tight for too long last year and I consistantly pick up things that are too heavy ....... so my belly is greatly deflated,... left side of my belly button up a few finger widths and pushing below my flab I can feel a knot.. it feels better when I have tight pants on but tonight in my sweat pants the pain is worse.... damn it I don't want any issues...... but my doc did say during the seminar some 2 years ago that MOST morbidly obese people HAVE hernia's, its just a matter of if they are bad enough for him to fix while in there........ so I'm wondering if I've had one all along or if me heaving chunks of poorly chewed food has irritated it.

To bad I couldn't get a tt out of it, but as I understand a hernia could be fixed Lap, no extra cutting required.....

What can I do tonight to stop the pain........ and know that I am diagnosing myself. I KNOW that I must get a professional to tell me the facts.

[kposer 0]

I had a hernia repair surgery, and I thought my recovery was more delayed and the pain worse then the original surgery BUT WELL WORTH IT! I had been struggling for a year and a half with a "mystery" complication.. no doctor could find anything wrong until they decided to fix my port (it flipped) and realized my stomach had travelled up into my chest cavity due to a very large hernia. I have had unbearable pain over the past year and a half, and now that I have had this surgery I feel amazing. It's been 3 weeks, I have already lost 20 pounds, and was at a stand still for over a year and 5 months.

I would have it repaired if I were you because I have heard the complications can be much worse if the hernia gets bigger. In my case it was ripping larger and larger and my stomach was compromising my lungs which is not only why I had trouble breathing, but could barely eat or drink. My band had slipped down to the lower stomach, top of intestines. None of this showed up with x rays, barrium swallows...etc. I had non stop pain and sharp pains when inhaling, I would vomit almost everything that went down my throat and was in and out of the hospital for dehydration because I could barely even drink water... this was the worst year and a half of my life, and I AM FINALLY FIXED!

I was re banded, the port moved, and the hernia repaired. I took about 2 weeks to feel energetic again and am so happy that the band is finally working for me. I suggest you get it fixed asap because the band is a wonderful tool when it's working correctly!

[BandedBeauty66 0]

I have a knot below my port site i just felt this morning. It doesn't really hurt but is annoying. Could this be a hernia? and Are they known to clear up on their own by chance? I hate the thought of going back under the knife! Cries