Hernia hiatus

Well today I had my surgeon appointment! I was half expecting him to try and put me off the operation but I was very surprised! He basically gave me my choices of continuing for the rest of my life on the medication or have it repaired. He drew me a diagram of what happens during the op so was quite helpful. He explained it would either be keyhole surgery or an incision but they would not be able to tell until I'm on the table so to speak on whether they would be able to do the keyhole surgery. I asked what the statistics were on it being successful and he said 90% in the first ten years do not have a return of symptoms. He explained that I will probably not be able to eat as normal for several months and that's I'm likely to have trouble swallowing initially but I should return to normal within weeks. He did mention with the hiatus hernia op I will never be able to be sick again. Which is slightly worrying but it apparently will come out the other end! So now I'm just waiting for a date, he said probably not this side of Xmas which to me is good as I can enjoy all that yummy Xmas food before my not so yummy liquid diet after the op! 

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