cat, I had a Peterson's hernia 6 months after a lap rny. I was very sick for two months before they found it. I had it repaired in Aug 07, but am having some symptoms again, in fact I was hospitalized three weeks ago with a small bowel obstruction, it did resolve without surgery, but they did say if it occurred again, they would have to put a scope in. I was 197lbs before surg and today weigh in at 107lbs.