Sleeve and Hernia repair

[gotime0810 71]

For anyone who had a hernia repair at the same time as the sleeve procedure, can you please provide some information on recovery time, pain level, different diet, etc...?

TIA

[sleevedshereen 525]

I had the sleeve and hernia repair at the same time. I'm 3 weeks post op and still have a little pain...it's like a slight pulling sensation in my left quadrant of my abdomen and near my bellybutton too.

I'm just assuming the surgery takes some time to heal - I've read some people said it took 9 weeks for the pain to fully go away and feel normal again. We'll see.

Before surgery my GERD was terrible. Even if I wasn't eating anything, I would have heartburn and feel nauseous and short of breath.

I have not had a day of heartburn since surgery. I feel so lucky because it was painful prior to surgery. Some people don't get lucky with this and their heartburn /GERD continues or gets worse though.

I'm following the diet plan the doctor gave me (regular diet all VSG patients have hernia repair or not).

[Morgan Sorto 21]

I had the sleeve and hernia repair. I remember I was very nauseous and vomited a lot, which is not good and my surgeon said it would push the hernia back through my diaphragm. My surgeon said it would be even more difficult to get in fluids because of the extra swelling. There was some discomfort but only when eating/drinking. I still had a little bit of gerd for a while after surgery but now it is gone. I had no actual pain from the surgery but everyone is different.

[ssflbelle 829]

I had the sleeve, hernia repair and gallbladder removal all at the same time. I went in on a Tuesday and was back home Thursday afternoon. I spent the day in my recliner and went to sleep in my own bed that night. It took me about 4 hours to drink my first Protein Shake on Friday. I was on full liquids for 2 weeks. The 3rd week I was able to eat 1 egg per day with the liquids the rest of the day. It took me about 3 weeks to get rid of the gas pain as I was wheelchair bound before surgery and was not able to walk. As for the other pain there was hardly any from the surgeries. I didn't have pain presurgery either. It sounds like my recovery was pretty easy compared to others who posted.

Hope your recovery is going well.

[gotime0810 71]

Surgery and repair went well. Recovery is going well too. I had nausea right after surgery but it got better with a patch and oxygen. I only had ice chips and some broth the first day and moved to full liquid on Day 2. Drinking any liquid is challenging right now. I get cramps when I drink something but my doctor said that was normal. Yogurt and pudding with Protein Powder are what I'm using to get Protein in. The gas pain is getting better each day. I'm hoping that I will feel almost 100% by Thursday when I go back to get my staples removed.

[Morgan Sorto 21]

5 hours ago, gotime0810 said:

Surgery and repair went well. Recovery is going well too. I had nausea right after surgery but it got better with a patch and oxygen. I only had ice chips and some broth the first day and moved to full liquid on Day 2. Drinking any liquid is challenging right now. I get cramps when I drink something but my doctor said that was normal. Yogurt and pudding with Protein Powder are what I'm using to get Protein in. The gas pain is getting better each day. I'm hoping that I will feel almost 100% by Thursday when I go back to get my staples removed.

You were so lucky! I begged my surgeon for nausea patches.... I couldn't sleep more than an hour at a time because I pet getting sick. What staples do you need removed? I didn't know they used staples besides for the pouch.

[gotime0810 71]

1 minute ago, Morgan Sorto said:

You were so lucky! I begged my surgeon for nausea patches.... I couldn't sleep more than an hour at a time because I pet getting sick. What staples do you need removed? I didn't know they used staples besides for the pouch.

Oh wow! That's not good. I was in recovery when they gave it to me. I don't know if that was their standard or if they had already given me something and this was stronger.

I'm allergic to visceral sutures so they used staples on my incisions instead of dissolving stitches.