Welcome to Connect. I'm so glad that a some of our members replied to your message with some great information. I'm also tagging @mnangelmom, @pinkmk, @SherryD, @ilenen, @cmaso67, @ladysky, @patreats5674, who have all posted about hiatal hernias in the past and can hopefully jump in to this conversation and provide some thoughts. @kdubois, would you have any insight as well, about hiatal hernia surgery?
@tlv68, could you tell us a little more about your condition? How have you managed so far?
I had a Nissen Fundoplication surgery at Mayo Rochester on October 18, 2016. I had a 4 cm hiatal hernia, and suffered from GERD since 2004.
Since the surgery to fix the hernia and malfunctioning sphincter between my esophagus and stomach, I have had NO heartburn -- at all! This is awesome because Mayo also figured out that I don't properly metabolize both PPIs and H2 antagonist medications, and taking these medications was basically slowly killing me.
So glad I had this surgery, and I ADORE my Mayo GI/Hepatology and Thoracic Surgery team!
I had hiatal hernia repair surgery in August of 2015. Unfortunately, the vagus nerve during surgery was damaged and now I have gastroparesis. This disease has changed my life! My diet is very limited and even though I am careful about what I eat, I still have bad stomach days when I am unable to do much because of the pain. The hiatal hernia was pressing against my lung and the surgery resolved that problem and I no longer have reflux but the gastroparesis is worse than any of the problems I had before the hiatal hernia repair surgery.
I’m so sorry for you. I know because I had the same surgery in 2010 and had to have 2 more surgeries to help me be able to not be sick all the time! I live on Zofran and very limited to what I can eat.
It make it hard to go out to restaurants and I have severe osteoporosis and can’t eat any dairy.
I did not find out about the Drs mistake until 6 years later when my husband went to a Dr and we were talking about my surgeries and the Dr asked me if I would like to see my surgeries on line. I did and that is when he told me the Hernia Dr night clef my Vegas nerve.
A lawyer told me there was nothing I could do because the time to sue for malpractice is only 2 years after surgery,
I have had a hiatial hernia for a number of years. Recently, I started throwing up after meals. The results of a Fluoroscopy (spelling?), indicated that half my stomach is pulled up through the diaphragm. Apparently the hole has gotten larger over the years. One gastroenterologist has recommended surgery and sent me to a general surgeon for an operation. Questions, if you have any experience with this condition
1. The name of the operation is Nissen fundoplication. It is done laparoscopically. If you or someone you know has had this operation, what comments, concerns or input do you have. Especially, are you GLAD you had it done?
2. Did you go to a general surgeon or a vascular surgeon or what type of surgeon?
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3. Side effects if any?
4, What were your original symptoms and were they resolved?
I have a hiatial Hernia but I can't have the Nissen Fundoplication (NF)since I have Barrett's Esophagus in the area of the hernia that needs to be monitored. Having the NF would hide the area of Barrett's and wouldn't allow for treatment. There are a # of members here that have had a NF and should give you input. If I remember correctly the most common problem is making the wrap too tight causing difficulty swallowing and burping. I am traveling to Mayo tomorrow for a scope on my Barrett's on Tuesday. Good luck on your problem & hopefully you get a lot of answers.
I have had a hiatial hernia for a number of years. Recently, I started throwing up after meals. The results of a Fluoroscopy (spelling?), indicated that half my stomach is pulled up through the diaphragm. Apparently the hole has gotten larger over the years. One gastroenterologist has recommended surgery and sent me to a general surgeon for an operation. Questions, if you have any experience with this condition
1. The name of the operation is Nissen fundoplication. It is done laparoscopically. If you or someone you know has had this operation, what comments, concerns or input do you have. Especially, are you GLAD you had it done?
2. Did you go to a general surgeon or a vascular surgeon or what type of surgeon?
.
3. Side effects if any?
4, What were your original symptoms and were they resolved?
I have had a hiatial hernia for a number of years. Recently, I started throwing up after meals. The results of a Fluoroscopy (spelling?), indicated that half my stomach is pulled up through the diaphragm. Apparently the hole has gotten larger over the years. One gastroenterologist has recommended surgery and sent me to a general surgeon for an operation. Questions, if you have any experience with this condition
1. The name of the operation is Nissen fundoplication. It is done laparoscopically. If you or someone you know has had this operation, what comments, concerns or input do you have. Especially, are you GLAD you had it done?
2. Did you go to a general surgeon or a vascular surgeon or what type of surgeon?
.
3. Side effects if any?
4, What were your original symptoms and were they resolved?
The hernia pulled my stomach into my chest. I had a Nissen in 2001. I live in a small town in GA and at the time I thought I had done enough research. My surgeon had said he had done many of them and had good results. (they do not tell you of their failures and some will avoid your questions of what if.. we will deal with it if it happens.. I want to know how you will deal with it, and what is recovery time and what can I expect afterwards)) My stubborn hernia started the process of herniating again almost immediately. I had my gallbladder out at same time. I am not sure which process caused my dumping syndrome. Some have said they have had it without having the gallbladder out. My father-in-law had the surgery a few months later by same surgeon and his wrap was too tight.. he cannot burp nor vomit... which can be pretty miserable if you get a virus.
In 2007 the hernia had pulled my stomach into my chest again. After doing research again I chose a different surgeon thinking he might be better at the repair than the first. The surgeon used mesh. I was in pain and could not get him to listen to me. I decided to live with the pain and enjoy life best I could. In 2012 I was vomitting up everything I ate and losing weight quickly. I saw my gastroenterologist. After test he urged me to have surgery again and soon. He recommended a different surgeon, and the surgeon wanted more test and then told me I did need surgery, but he would not do and no one in my home town should. He sent me to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville FL. I had the Nissen wrap undone and part of my fundus had to be removed because the mesh had eaten into it.. it was the biggest cause of my pain. Because of the loss of part of the fundus I could not have another Nissen wrap, so the hernia was anchored to my diaphragm. The hernia still insisted on being. I was to have a swallow test in a few months and follow up. Yep, the test showed the hernia brought my stomach into my chest again. The surgeon who did the surgery had left the Mayo Clinic so I saw another surgeon there, Dr Bowers. He said he would be a fool to try to to do the standard repair again. He decided on a gastric bypass.. did you know that surgery came to be to repair hiatal hernias and the side effect was weight loss? Yep, my hernia inssisted on presisting after that surgery and I had a 5th surgery. The rest is at my blog. It is just a bit of my journey and not deep detail.
I think Dr Bowers is awesome.. he is a great planner. I suggest seeing more than one surgeon before having surgery. There is now another procedure called Lynx.. I don't think I have the spelling correct.. for reflux. You need a hernia repair too, which can be done with the procedure, but it depends on the severity of the hernia. You need to find out all your options from an expert surgeon on the surgeries.
All my surgeons were general surgeons... even Dr Bowers. My local surgeon had said of the Mayo surgeons: they fix other surgeon's mistakes and fix the oddity,, hard cases.
My symptoms were the acid reflux, chest discomfort.. feeling of pressure and sometimes sharp chest pains, burping, nausea, vomiting. I also have gastroparesis that can cause some of these symptoms. Even after 5 surgeries to repair the hernia I still have symptoms. The reflux is in the form of mucus now. It still irritates my throat.
I really don't know if the dumping syndrome was caused by the Nissen or the gallbladder removal. I had almost immedite failure of the Nissen wrap.
I don't regret the Nissen.. I just regret not choosing better surgeons.
Please know I am a rarity. Very few have such bad luck as this with a paraesophageal hernia.
The hernia pulled my stomach into my chest. I had a Nissen in 2001. I live in a small town in GA and at the time I thought I had done enough research. My surgeon had said he had done many of them and had good results. (they do not tell you of their failures and some will avoid your questions of what if.. we will deal with it if it happens.. I want to know how you will deal with it, and what is recovery time and what can I expect afterwards)) My stubborn hernia started the process of herniating again almost immediately. I had my gallbladder out at same time. I am not sure which process caused my dumping syndrome. Some have said they have had it without having the gallbladder out. My father-in-law had the surgery a few months later by same surgeon and his wrap was too tight.. he cannot burp nor vomit... which can be pretty miserable if you get a virus.
In 2007 the hernia had pulled my stomach into my chest again. After doing research again I chose a different surgeon thinking he might be better at the repair than the first. The surgeon used mesh. I was in pain and could not get him to listen to me. I decided to live with the pain and enjoy life best I could. In 2012 I was vomitting up everything I ate and losing weight quickly. I saw my gastroenterologist. After test he urged me to have surgery again and soon. He recommended a different surgeon, and the surgeon wanted more test and then told me I did need surgery, but he would not do and no one in my home town should. He sent me to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville FL. I had the Nissen wrap undone and part of my fundus had to be removed because the mesh had eaten into it.. it was the biggest cause of my pain. Because of the loss of part of the fundus I could not have another Nissen wrap, so the hernia was anchored to my diaphragm. The hernia still insisted on being. I was to have a swallow test in a few months and follow up. Yep, the test showed the hernia brought my stomach into my chest again. The surgeon who did the surgery had left the Mayo Clinic so I saw another surgeon there, Dr Bowers. He said he would be a fool to try to to do the standard repair again. He decided on a gastric bypass.. did you know that surgery came to be to repair hiatal hernias and the side effect was weight loss? Yep, my hernia inssisted on presisting after that surgery and I had a 5th surgery. The rest is at my blog. It is just a bit of my journey and not deep detail.
I think Dr Bowers is awesome.. he is a great planner. I suggest seeing more than one surgeon before having surgery. There is now another procedure called Lynx.. I don't think I have the spelling correct.. for reflux. You need a hernia repair too, which can be done with the procedure, but it depends on the severity of the hernia. You need to find out all your options from an expert surgeon on the surgeries.
All my surgeons were general surgeons... even Dr Bowers. My local surgeon had said of the Mayo surgeons: they fix other surgeon's mistakes and fix the oddity,, hard cases.
My symptoms were the acid reflux, chest discomfort.. feeling of pressure and sometimes sharp chest pains, burping, nausea, vomiting. I also have gastroparesis that can cause some of these symptoms. Even after 5 surgeries to repair the hernia I still have symptoms. The reflux is in the form of mucus now. It still irritates my throat.
I really don't know if the dumping syndrome was caused by the Nissen or the gallbladder removal. I had almost immedite failure of the Nissen wrap.
I don't regret the Nissen.. I just regret not choosing better surgeons.
Please know I am a rarity. Very few have such bad luck as this with a paraesophageal hernia.
I have a hiatial Hernia but I can't have the Nissen Fundoplication (NF)since I have Barrett's Esophagus in the area of the hernia that needs to be monitored. Having the NF would hide the area of Barrett's and wouldn't allow for treatment. There are a # of members here that have had a NF and should give you input. If I remember correctly the most common problem is making the wrap too tight causing difficulty swallowing and burping. I am traveling to Mayo tomorrow for a scope on my Barrett's on Tuesday. Good luck on your problem & hopefully you get a lot of answers.
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I had a Nissen Fundoplication surgery at Mayo Rochester on October 18, 2016. I had a 4 cm hiatal hernia, and suffered from GERD since 2004.
Since the surgery to fix the hernia and malfunctioning sphincter between my esophagus and stomach, I have had NO heartburn -- at all! This is awesome because Mayo also figured out that I don't properly metabolize both PPIs and H2 antagonist medications, and taking these medications was basically slowly killing me.
So glad I had this surgery, and I ADORE my Mayo GI/Hepatology and Thoracic Surgery team!
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1 ReactionI’m so sorry for you. I know because I had the same surgery in 2010 and had to have 2 more surgeries to help me be able to not be sick all the time! I live on Zofran and very limited to what I can eat.
It make it hard to go out to restaurants and I have severe osteoporosis and can’t eat any dairy.
I did not find out about the Drs mistake until 6 years later when my husband went to a Dr and we were talking about my surgeries and the Dr asked me if I would like to see my surgeries on line. I did and that is when he told me the Hernia Dr night clef my Vegas nerve.
A lawyer told me there was nothing I could do because the time to sue for malpractice is only 2 years after surgery,
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I have a hiatial Hernia but I can't have the Nissen Fundoplication (NF)since I have Barrett's Esophagus in the area of the hernia that needs to be monitored. Having the NF would hide the area of Barrett's and wouldn't allow for treatment. There are a # of members here that have had a NF and should give you input. If I remember correctly the most common problem is making the wrap too tight causing difficulty swallowing and burping. I am traveling to Mayo tomorrow for a scope on my Barrett's on Tuesday. Good luck on your problem & hopefully you get a lot of answers.
I have read about a treatment that uses a beaded bracelet type instrument to strengthen the hiatal spincter.
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1 Reaction@marlaxyz , I have had a very hard journey with a paraesophageal (sliding) hiatal hernia.. a blog post that I have tried to keep updated of my journey: http://zarogasnook.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-long-time-passing.html ( I don't put ads on my blog.)
The hernia pulled my stomach into my chest. I had a Nissen in 2001. I live in a small town in GA and at the time I thought I had done enough research. My surgeon had said he had done many of them and had good results. (they do not tell you of their failures and some will avoid your questions of what if.. we will deal with it if it happens.. I want to know how you will deal with it, and what is recovery time and what can I expect afterwards)) My stubborn hernia started the process of herniating again almost immediately. I had my gallbladder out at same time. I am not sure which process caused my dumping syndrome. Some have said they have had it without having the gallbladder out. My father-in-law had the surgery a few months later by same surgeon and his wrap was too tight.. he cannot burp nor vomit... which can be pretty miserable if you get a virus.
In 2007 the hernia had pulled my stomach into my chest again. After doing research again I chose a different surgeon thinking he might be better at the repair than the first. The surgeon used mesh. I was in pain and could not get him to listen to me. I decided to live with the pain and enjoy life best I could. In 2012 I was vomitting up everything I ate and losing weight quickly. I saw my gastroenterologist. After test he urged me to have surgery again and soon. He recommended a different surgeon, and the surgeon wanted more test and then told me I did need surgery, but he would not do and no one in my home town should. He sent me to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville FL. I had the Nissen wrap undone and part of my fundus had to be removed because the mesh had eaten into it.. it was the biggest cause of my pain. Because of the loss of part of the fundus I could not have another Nissen wrap, so the hernia was anchored to my diaphragm. The hernia still insisted on being. I was to have a swallow test in a few months and follow up. Yep, the test showed the hernia brought my stomach into my chest again. The surgeon who did the surgery had left the Mayo Clinic so I saw another surgeon there, Dr Bowers. He said he would be a fool to try to to do the standard repair again. He decided on a gastric bypass.. did you know that surgery came to be to repair hiatal hernias and the side effect was weight loss? Yep, my hernia inssisted on presisting after that surgery and I had a 5th surgery. The rest is at my blog. It is just a bit of my journey and not deep detail.
I think Dr Bowers is awesome.. he is a great planner. I suggest seeing more than one surgeon before having surgery. There is now another procedure called Lynx.. I don't think I have the spelling correct.. for reflux. You need a hernia repair too, which can be done with the procedure, but it depends on the severity of the hernia. You need to find out all your options from an expert surgeon on the surgeries.
All my surgeons were general surgeons... even Dr Bowers. My local surgeon had said of the Mayo surgeons: they fix other surgeon's mistakes and fix the oddity,, hard cases.
My symptoms were the acid reflux, chest discomfort.. feeling of pressure and sometimes sharp chest pains, burping, nausea, vomiting. I also have gastroparesis that can cause some of these symptoms. Even after 5 surgeries to repair the hernia I still have symptoms. The reflux is in the form of mucus now. It still irritates my throat.
I really don't know if the dumping syndrome was caused by the Nissen or the gallbladder removal. I had almost immedite failure of the Nissen wrap.
I don't regret the Nissen.. I just regret not choosing better surgeons.
Please know I am a rarity. Very few have such bad luck as this with a paraesophageal hernia.
Wishing you the best of luck.
Zaroga
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1 ReactionThank you so very much for your thoughtful reply.
thanks so much and good luck to you
do you have any any moe info...evena shred. Name of procedure? I will give googling it a try. thank you.