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Steph,
I was diagnosed in 1968 after my first child was born. The treatment was to eat frequent smaller, bland, lo fat meals and sleep sitting up. They might as well have told me to cut off my head. Next, in 1977, after a gall bladder attack and an upper G.I. series I had a cholecystectomy and a hiatal hernia repair for a "large sliding hiatal hernia". No symptoms for a few years. However, I'm sure you have heard that surgery does not always produce permanent results. When I started having all the troubles with my Chron's disease the upper G.I series now showed that in fact the hernia was fixed and at least half of my stomach now resides in my chest along with my esophagus and lungs. And, amazingly, I pretty much am symptom free as long as I don't eat too fast, chew my food enough, and take Nexium. I am not sorry I had the surgery but I will not do it again if I can control the symptoms with common sense. I assume you know that it is a herniation of your stomach through the diaphragm into the chest. Oh, I also quit wearing a girdle in 1968, which really helped, as you might imagine. Does anyone still wear them???
Anyway, hope you do O.K. with this.
Love & hugs,
Marlys
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