hiatal hernia......

[kmorri 1,689]

So as part of my pre-op testing I just had a chest x-ray and a swallow test.....I have a hiatal hernia I didn't know anything about....I also have narrowing of my esophagus.....I had neck surgery years ago where they fused 3 veribra.....ever since that surgery things get stuck in my throat.....I know hernia repair during sleeve surgery is very common.....how about fixing the narrowing of my esophagus? Has anyone had that done during sleeve surgery. The Radiologist seemed to think the surgeon would fix both during my surgery.....

I of course will be talking with my surgeon about it when I see him next but I was just wondering if anyone else had the same issue and if there was much discomfort caused by it .....makes my throat hurt to think about it!!! haha

[FrankyG 1,450]

I had a minor hiatal hernia and that meant that my insurance paid about $3K off the total price (I was self pay for the sleeve).

I was told I might experience more GERD like symptoms in the beginning. I had never had issues with reflux/GERD before, but I did get them after for the first couple of months and was on a PPI during that time (came off it ASAP as it's not good for long term use).

I have no experience with narrowing of the esophagus, but definitely discuss all of this with your surgeon to get better answers.

[kmorri 1,689]

@@FrankiesGirl Thanks! I will be discussing with my surgeon for sure! Thanks for the info!