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Hello out there! I had the sleeve done 6 years ago. It was successful but I have a hiatal hernia and was recently told that the best way to fix it, that makes it actually go away, is to convert the gastric bypass. Wish I had known the sleeve was not the best procedure for someone with an existing HH. Has anyone experienced this and how was your outcome?

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Many surgeons repair the hernia during the sleeve surgery. Was there a reason your surgeon didn’t? Of course once you’ve had one hernia there’s always a chance of it recurring. Are they doing a bypass to reduce your risk of a recurrence versus just repairing the hernia alone?

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Thanks for your reply. Yes it was repaired during the surgery but when I woke up I was really sick from the anesthesia and as a result of throwing up, it didn’t hold.

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Fixed the hernia, did the bypass, happier than a pig in slop. I had medical issues (multiple), so I'm in a different category than almost all here. I was obese.

I'd do it again in a heartbeat. The surgeon and his staff I got this time are the absolute bomb. I couldn't ask for better.

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Thank you!

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