@sickvick The surgeon had put the mesh at the fundus on my Nissen repair. I kept telling him I was in pain. At the Mayo Clinic they were not sure if it was the cause of my pain or not. The hernia had pulled my stomach into my chest again so had to have something done. So had an undo of the Nissen. Less pain after removal of mesh along with top of fundus, but it immediately started herniating again. My second surgery at Mayo I had Dr Bowers and he is pretty awesome and he has a good team. He decided to do a gastric bypass with a twist.. still not sure what the twist part was. My espophagus decided to shorten... like a 1% chance of that happening. I was in the hospital about 3 weeks. When my esophagus shortened it caused one loop of intestines to come into my chest and a tiny leak and an infection came with the leak. I have a week I remember very little of. I wound up with a feeding tube for over a year and another surgery 8 months after that surgery.. would have been sooner, but insurance slowed things down. Two more loops of my intestines came into my chest before that third surgery... oh joy.. painful!! I have to eat something often to try and maintain weight.... a struggle. I have no appetite.. food does not taste like it used to. I am still under Mayo Clinic care, but just the gastro doctor.. Dr Francis. She said I was a bit of a celebrity there and she knew all about my problems. ha! If my swallowing does not get worse I will not go back until next August.. if worse I will go back sooner. So far it is okay.... just some foods I cannot swallow.