Hiatal Hernia anyway

[Kathy1991 0]

Hello all,

I am in the pre-stages of getting banded. I have all the blood work done and have had the barium swallow. During the swallow, my doctor noticed a "Very slight hiatal hernia" but it states "no obvious abnormality" on the x-rays. Has anyone else experienced this and did it impede your progress for getting the band?

Thank you!

Kathy S.

[WASaBubbleButt 41]

Hello all,

I am in the pre-stages of getting banded. I have all the blood work done and have had the barium swallow. During the swallow, my doctor noticed a "Very slight hiatal hernia" but it states "no obvious abnormality" on the x-rays. Has anyone else experienced this and did it impede your progress for getting the band?

Thank you!

Kathy S.

Since obesity is a huge cause for hiatal hernias many of us had them. Your doc should fix it when he bands you. It's no big deal, just one or two stitches at best. I had one, didn't even know it until after surgery my doc mentioned it.

It's no big deal.

[JLB 0]

From what I understand they are quite common, only for the most part, people aren't aware that they have a hernia.

My surgeon repaired a large one on me when he did the lapband surgery. I had absolutely no symptoms and was totally surprised when he told me. He also mentioned that he sees them in about 80% of his patients and that it is very common for him to do hernia repairs with lapband surgery.

[green 6]

You are lucky that you have one before your surgery for the surgeon will fix this when he is installing your band. I have developed mine since having the surgery and that is kind of a drag.