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on 8/23/18 5:23 am - Nanuet, NY
HI fwiw, No back when I had the VSG, there was no hernia and my stomach was straight.
Hi All, I had my sleeve done in 2012. Everything was fine except for my gaining back most of my weight until about 3 months ago. I started all of a sudden throwing up. No nausea, just throwing up. Because of this I went to Doctors and got a tons of tests done. It is now found out that I have an anatomical defeat that has resulted in a Hiatal hernia where my stomach is bent up and in my diaphragm. The Surgeon says in order to fix it she doesn't want to just fix the hernia, but she wants to convert me to a RNY. She says that just fixing the hernia, it will more then likely come back. And doing the RNY, it won't. I am going for a second opinion, but wanted to know if anyone else else experienced this? If so, what is your experience with it? I originally did not do the RNY because I could not wrap my head around rerouting my pipes so to speak.
I am trying to understand... was this anatomical defect present in 2012 when you had your sleeve done? If not, it might be that the reason your Dr wants to convert to RNY is that somehow your sleeve bent over the years leading to a change in pressure causing the hiatal hernia and that converting to bypass will change the pressure exerted internally, resolving the hernia recurring. If your stomach is bent, simply resolving the hernia won't do anything to help restore your nutrition and stop vomiting, if that makes sense. Your pipes are already rerouted if your stomach is bent. A bypass is likely the only way to restore flow. My (non surgical) 2 cents fwiw
Hi Kimberly,
I am struggling with the same thoughts. I sometimes can't believe that I've done this and even sometimes worry it won't work for me. UGH! Thankfully, I have a great support system.
I've also got a pulled muscle in my stomach from sneezing! It's a constant dull pain but, when I sneeze or cough, it's quite painful.
I hope your recovery continues to go well. Keep in touch!
Kelly
Have you asked your surgeon for an abdominal binder? It helped a lot! So much so I go back to work tomorrow!!! Hope you're healing nicely!
Hi. I'm doing okay. I've had a little bit of pain because I pulled something a few days ago. Had a little bit of a breakdown upset about how little I can eat. I usually only have maybe a protein drink or two and maybe about 4 oz of pureed Foods a day. I really can't get more than that in because I just can't seem to eat that much. There are some times that I feel hungry but at the same time nauseous so I don't really eat. I'm hoping to get walking soon cuz I know that will help. Hope you're doing well.
Kimberly
Hi. I'm doing okay. I've had a little bit of pain because I pulled something a few days ago. Had a little bit of a breakdown upset about how little I can eat. I usually only have maybe a protein drink or two and maybe about 4 oz of pureed Foods a day. I really can't get more than that in because I just can't seem to eat that much. There are some times that I feel hungry but at the same time nauseous so I don't really eat. I'm hoping to get walking soon cuz I know that will help. Hope you're doing well.
Kimberly
Kelly, I had a breakdown a few days ago and was crying thinking about what I had done to myself. It's hard to imagine only being able to eat this amount of food forever although I know it will get easier. I've been very very tired and I've had paying it because I pulled something and I've had a pain that goes from my stomach through to my back. Went back to the doctor and everything is okay so just have to wait for it to heal. Hoping to get up walking more because I know that will help. I hope you're doing better as well
Kimberly
Kelly, I had a breakdown a few days ago and was crying thinking about what I had done to myself. It's hard to imagine only being able to eat this amount of food forever although I know it will get easier. I've been very very tired and I've had paying it because I pulled something and I've had a pain that goes from my stomach through to my back. Went back to the doctor and everything is okay so just have to wait for it to heal. Hoping to get up walking more because I know that will help. I hope you're doing better as well
Kimberly
I would be happy to talk to you. I was very lucky in that they approved my revision pretty much immediately. My stomach was the size of a banana and should be the size of a clementine and my stoma was the size of a quarter and should have been the size of a dime. I had a couple hernias too. He didn't repair the hernias he just did the bypass over and made everything smaller the way it should be.
Kimberly
