Update on my previous rant
I saw a surgeon for what the endoscopy report said is a 5cm hiatal hernia. My symptoms are GERD and vomiting stomach acid with bowel movements.
Right off he said he looked at a ct scan from June and he doesn’t think that the hernia is as big as 5cm. I reluctantly said that the symptoms (the worst of them) are abated with lanisprozol and he basically just said to keep taking it. He is going to have me do a 24 hour ph and manometry before ruling out surgery.
I am frustrated but I know that there’s always hoops to jump through. I saw no point in arguing about the size of the hernia although I can’t come up with a reason why the gastroenterologist would say it if it’s not the case.
The patronizing I can do without but I think it’s in every surgeon’s DNA.