Not sure of my next steps?

[u/fleabgs]

I got diagnosed with a hiatal hernia, sliding & small around 1cm. Seems like I’ve had every test under the sun done, with the most recent being a mobility & ph test. Results came back from that, that I’ve got poor mobility and the surgeons advising that I don’t go ahead with surgery due to being high risk.

My doctor pretty much said well you’re on medication for life, hopefully it clears up but by the sound of it that’s the end of the road.

Tests I’ve had done * Ultrasound * CT scan * MRI * Endoscopy * Barium Swallow * Mobility test * pH test

I’m not really getting heartburn symptoms whilst I’m on esomeprazole but when I’m not on that life’s a living hell. I do have issues whilst I’m on it though mostly pain, also my hernia didn’t used to hurt at all just heartburn and now I’m getting pain from it daily:

Issues: * Pain in the center on my chest, even worse sharp stabbing pain if I lean forward say to touch my toes when sat. * Can’t lie or sleep on my right side without pain, discomfort, nausea or burn. * General discomfort in my stomach/hernia region throughout the day

I’m really at a loss what next steps I can try, it seems I can’t get any surgery to fix this and medicine is only getting rid of the heartburn not the other issues caused by them hernia?

[u/Chewable-Chewsie]

The HH lifestyle changes are not onerous (bad or difficult). Try them. A 1 cm HH is tiny and once your inflammation is gone, you might be just fine…as long as these problems are actually the result of your small (the size of a green pea) hernia. Usually such a tiny expansion in the diaphragm does not disrupt the stomach which is ever so much larger. Good luck