Reoccurring?? I hope not.

Hi again.  Well, ended up seeing the doctor early...Friday (Feb. 3rd), instead of the appointment that I was supposed to have today.  I learned a few things between the appointment and what I could find researching.  The bulge that popped out when I vomited is in the exact location of the sutures where the doctor closed up the hernia.  Although the doctor didn't really want to admit it, its a possibility I broke the stitches and mesh, and my stomach has returned to my diaphragm.  I'm scheduled for another Upper GI on the 13th and they'll know for sure, then he'll decide what they are going to do next.  The surgery for a para-esophageal hernia has a 35% failure rate and it appears it might have failed and they'll have to figure out how to get it to stay fixed.  The hardest part is they could not do a Nissen Fundoplication, because of my previous gastric bypass.  With this procedure they normally take a portion of the stomach and wrap it around the esophagus, therefore making the stomach stay in place and unable to move upward, like it did into my diaphragm.  Although I truly don't want to go through the surgery again, having it be a re-occurrence is better than it being something else, since then it means I am back to square one and they didn't fix it at all.   Not sure where I stand now, except in a lot of pain and back to no driving...even walking or standing for more than 10-15 minutes starts the pain up...fun, fun.  Anyways, will keep you all updated.