@colorado5358

I had a very rough journey with my paraesophageal hernia. I had a Nissen in 2001 and repair in 2007.. the surgeon put mesh in a place he should not have and caused me a lot of pain. I had a referral to Mayo Jacksonville in 2012 and had an undo of the Nissen and repair of the hernia in 2013. .. the repair failed. In 2014 I saw a different surgeon than first (he had left the Mayo). Dr Bowers decided to do a gastric bypass to fix the hernia. I had complication.. not the surgeon's fault, just my body. I was on a feeding tube for a bit over a year and had to have more surgery to repair my complication and it had to be open surgery.. cut from mid breast to mid back shoulder. A more in- depth version here ... but not all of it: https://zarogasnook.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-long-time-passing.html .

Don't let my journey scare you. I am an oddity. Do a lot of investigating of a surgeon. If you decide on the Nissen you want a surgeon well versed with it. Know going in that the average is that 1 in 6 Nissen surgeries fail. Some surgeons get the Nissen a bit tight and you would not be able to burp nor vomit.. which happened to my f-i-l. .. miserable when he got sick.

There are successes… it depends on two things. How good the surgeon is and how your body will react. That last one is more of a crap shoot than the surgeon.

With your large hernia you are going to have to do something sooner or later. The hernia can not only pull your stomach into your chest, but can also pull your intestines into your chest as mine did. Boy does that hurt!

ZeeGee