Double Hernia Op - recovery time/experiences?
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PDP76 said:
I found that the codeine didn't do a lot, barely touched the pain. The tramadol was excellent for it. If you're off and at home then tramadol might work for you.
Tramadol is as much a risk with the acid reflux as codeine apparently. And a bad acid reflux attack is the worst pain I ever experienced, so I don't want to risk it unless absolutely necessary (I almost fainted when I broke an ankle and that STILL wasn't as painful). Have taken the rest of this week as a/l anyway, so will keep on with the paracetamol, take things very easy for a few days and keep my fingers crossed.Edited by PDP76 on Tuesday 29th September 13:59
On the plus side, the hernias seem to be healing up ok and not been too affected by my stupid "running for the train" episode...
I had my hernia surgery when I was 50 at Shouldice hospital in Ontario( http://www.shouldice.com/ ). They had a special treatment for hernia removal called as Shouldice repair and it’s considered to be one of the safest hernia surgeries with good success rate. I was impressed with the treatment too. The surgery I had eliminates the complications with repeat hernias and was safe. I don’t even had a feeling that I was having a surgery.
coulsond12 said:
I had my hernia surgery when I was 50 at Shouldice hospital in Ontario( http://www.shouldice.com/ ). They had a special treatment for hernia removal called as Shouldice repair and it’s considered to be one of the safest hernia surgeries with good success rate. I was impressed with the treatment too. The surgery I had eliminates the complications with repeat hernias and was safe. I don’t even had a feeling that I was having a surgery.
Was it a form of mesh repair?Just came across this so thought I'd update, for anyone else going through it. I was on regular paracetamol every 4 hours for a couple of weeks max for the post op "slapped in the balls with a cricket bat" pain but it eventually subsided after 2 or 3 months. No tightness or discomfort of any kind after 3-4 months so all good. And the glued wound repair seemed to work really well - scarring really quite small and already starting to fade a bit.
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