Hernia - your experiences?
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Righto. Booked in with Mr David Clayton Britton at BMI Bath for 22 June.
Had a nice, long chat with him and liked his demeanour and candour. He's been stabbing and cutting people since the mid-sixties so he ought to have a fair idea of how it all works now. He explained the options and how he would proceed, reassuring me all the while. I appreciate he's as much a salesman as anyone else in this position but he made a good pitch.
All in all, very happy with the process so far, despite my initial misgivings. So long as I survive the op and enjoy a good outcome I'll be back to sing NHS praises from on high.
Had a nice, long chat with him and liked his demeanour and candour. He's been stabbing and cutting people since the mid-sixties so he ought to have a fair idea of how it all works now. He explained the options and how he would proceed, reassuring me all the while. I appreciate he's as much a salesman as anyone else in this position but he made a good pitch.
All in all, very happy with the process so far, despite my initial misgivings. So long as I survive the op and enjoy a good outcome I'll be back to sing NHS praises from on high.
I had mine done on the NHS 18 months ago - open surgery and in @ 11am out by 3pm!
HURT LIKE A b
h for weeks and weeks - couldnt move for days - it was cold outside so when I did go out, it hurt even more.
Now I am fine - there is still a lump inside and a long scar - my nut area is still a bit numb and I get a twinge every now and then - but it NEVER stops me doing what I want to do.
In January I started Track Cycling :-) which is pretty intense!
khushy
HURT LIKE A b
h for weeks and weeks - couldnt move for days - it was cold outside so when I did go out, it hurt even more.Now I am fine - there is still a lump inside and a long scar - my nut area is still a bit numb and I get a twinge every now and then - but it NEVER stops me doing what I want to do.
In January I started Track Cycling :-) which is pretty intense!
khushy
Righto.
Had op three hours ago, waiting for lift home. Clearly too soon to say all is dandy, just yet, but feels jet fine at moment. Clearly, still under influence of drugs although anaesthesia seems to have cleared nicely. Famous last words - I'll probably pass out now on my way to the car park.
So far, painless but I suspect that won't last for long. Once the drugs wear off I expect the paracetamol and tramadol may come into their own.
Will update if I survive the night - not much else I can do for now.
Had op three hours ago, waiting for lift home. Clearly too soon to say all is dandy, just yet, but feels jet fine at moment. Clearly, still under influence of drugs although anaesthesia seems to have cleared nicely. Famous last words - I'll probably pass out now on my way to the car park.
So far, painless but I suspect that won't last for long. Once the drugs wear off I expect the paracetamol and tramadol may come into their own.
Will update if I survive the night - not much else I can do for now.
LordGrover said:
Righto.
Had op three hours ago, waiting for lift home. Clearly too soon to say all is dandy, just yet, but feels jet fine at moment. Clearly, still under influence of drugs although anaesthesia seems to have cleared nicely. Famous last words - I'll probably pass out now on my way to the car park.
So far, painless but I suspect that won't last for long. Once the drugs wear off I expect the paracetamol and tramadol may come into their own.
Will update if I survive the night - not much else I can do for now.
Jeez, how you feeling now?Had op three hours ago, waiting for lift home. Clearly too soon to say all is dandy, just yet, but feels jet fine at moment. Clearly, still under influence of drugs although anaesthesia seems to have cleared nicely. Famous last words - I'll probably pass out now on my way to the car park.
So far, painless but I suspect that won't last for long. Once the drugs wear off I expect the paracetamol and tramadol may come into their own.
Will update if I survive the night - not much else I can do for now.
I was in complete tatters couldn't extend my abdomen and when I was discharged my ex gf had to wheelchair me out.
I've felt fine and went for short walk this morning.
Clinic called as they do every day, and decided I should have ECG because of my responses to their questions. All checked out okay but bloods have come back positive for clotting so have to pop back for jab or something.
They don't sound worried so I'm trying not to be.
Pain has been negligible and movement free And easy though.
Clinic called as they do every day, and decided I should have ECG because of my responses to their questions. All checked out okay but bloods have come back positive for clotting so have to pop back for jab or something.
They don't sound worried so I'm trying not to be.
Pain has been negligible and movement free And easy though.
Stopped the paracetamol yesterday and all fine. I've been walking every day and up to 5kms yesterday.
Will go to gym today and maybe treadmill or stationary bike for a while. May even attempt some light weights as I feel fine. Definitely not up to deads or squats though as still a little tender. No point in rushing it.
Will go to gym today and maybe treadmill or stationary bike for a while. May even attempt some light weights as I feel fine. Definitely not up to deads or squats though as still a little tender. No point in rushing it.
LordGrover said:
+10 years necrobump: 
Ding-ding! Round 2!
Other side now booked in for repair, as forecast.
This time keyhole/laparoscopic repair of right inguinal hernia with ProGrip fixation-free mesh.
Scheduled for 7 August.
That’s the way to go. I was driving within 24 hours and back in the gym within a week. Yes, I checked with the surgeon that it was ok.Ding-ding! Round 2!
Other side now booked in for repair, as forecast.
This time keyhole/laparoscopic repair of right inguinal hernia with ProGrip fixation-free mesh.
Scheduled for 7 August.
The hernia centre you linked to earlier was all about open surgery, when I spoke to them. It would inevitably have had a longer recovery time.
I've mentioned this on here more than once in the last 23 yrs (almost)... yeah, I'm in my 8th decade. My first inguinal hernia (right side) was in 1968 - christ, things were different back then (14 days in hospital!). I was on the waiting list when my GP called my boss (I was serving an apprenticeship at the time) and said 'I can get you your operation faster... in a Military hospital (who knows today that option was available back then eh?). I jumped (well, not really) at the chance, and went into The Princess Alexandria Hospital (RAF) near Swindon (now long gone and demolished). 6-in scar, and sewn up inside, fking RAF servicemen trying to make me laugh, plying me with chocolate in the hope it stuck in my throat (try coughing after that op!).
I was gasping for a beer when I got the ok to go home, and struggled hardly able to put one foot in front of the other, but got to my local with my pals.
On leaving the hospital the surgeon gave me a talking to, about how I needed not to lift anything for a considerable time, not to do this, not to do that etc. I didn't listen to any of it bar one thing he said. 'Oh and by the way, at some point, the other side (left) will herniate.' Oh, thanks a f bunch!
It did, (I can beat Grover's 10 yrs) it was almost 50 yrs later! I was booked in to our local NHS hospital in 2017, turned up on the day, all fine, ward anaesthetist gives me the ok with BP. I'm on the trolley outside the op theatre and chatting to the two nurses about my life, then the theatre anaesthetist takes my BP and his jaw drops just prior of course to me getting the 'general anaesthetic'. Nurse as good as says I should be dead! My BP (blood pressure) was absolutely sky high. Long story short, op cancelled, told to go on BP pills. F off! I have WCS and the 'ward' anaesthetist even apologised to me. What had happened was one patient before me had screamed the place down yelling 'I wish I'd never had the operation, I'm in more pain now than when I came in!' I had thought it hadn't registered with me, but obviously it did!
My GP was livid and signed me to go back saying my BP was better than hers! They still refused to do it unless I went on the meds. F off! So I went private. I was told it would be done under a local anaesthetic, so less risk. I asked why does the NHS not do it under a local, surely they need to save money? 'Ah but (I was told) we all need to learn somewhere.' Oh ste, hadn't thought about that, so being 'out' I'd have no idea who'd operated on me?
No 'general anaesthetic', all done under a 'local' and my BP was absolutely fine.
I actually chatted to the surgeon throughout. He warned me my balls might end up black and blue (they didn't!). The funniest part was as I walked out the op theatre and my wife and her sister both seated waiting at the end of the corridor for me, both stood up and said 'Bloody hell, he's not had the operation again!' LOL
I even asked for a sample of the 'mesh' used and they gave me it in a little bag! Still have it as a memento!
king RAF servicemen trying to make me laugh, plying me with chocolate in the hope it stuck in my throat (try coughing after that op!).I was gasping for a beer when I got the ok to go home, and struggled hardly able to put one foot in front of the other, but got to my local with my pals.
On leaving the hospital the surgeon gave me a talking to, about how I needed not to lift anything for a considerable time, not to do this, not to do that etc. I didn't listen to any of it bar one thing he said. 'Oh and by the way, at some point, the other side (left) will herniate.' Oh, thanks a f bunch!
It did, (I can beat Grover's 10 yrs) it was almost 50 yrs later! I was booked in to our local NHS hospital in 2017, turned up on the day, all fine, ward anaesthetist gives me the ok with BP. I'm on the trolley outside the op theatre and chatting to the two nurses about my life, then the theatre anaesthetist takes my BP and his jaw drops just prior of course to me getting the 'general anaesthetic'. Nurse as good as says I should be dead! My BP (blood pressure) was absolutely sky high. Long story short, op cancelled, told to go on BP pills. F off! I have WCS and the 'ward' anaesthetist even apologised to me. What had happened was one patient before me had screamed the place down yelling 'I wish I'd never had the operation, I'm in more pain now than when I came in!' I had thought it hadn't registered with me, but obviously it did!
My GP was livid and signed me to go back saying my BP was better than hers! They still refused to do it unless I went on the meds. F off! So I went private. I was told it would be done under a local anaesthetic, so less risk. I asked why does the NHS not do it under a local, surely they need to save money? 'Ah but (I was told) we all need to learn somewhere.' Oh s
te, hadn't thought about that, so being 'out' I'd have no idea who'd operated on me? No 'general anaesthetic', all done under a 'local' and my BP was absolutely fine.
I actually chatted to the surgeon throughout. He warned me my balls might end up black and blue (they didn't!). The funniest part was as I walked out the op theatre and my wife and her sister both seated waiting at the end of the corridor for me, both stood up and said 'Bloody hell, he's not had the operation again!' LOL
I even asked for a sample of the 'mesh' used and they gave me it in a little bag! Still have it as a memento!
dandarez said:
I even asked for a sample of the 'mesh' used and they gave me it in a little bag! Still have it as a memento!
Mine is to be a 'stitchless' Progrip mesh (whatever that means).
KAgantua said:
Lay it on thick, i had the same thing, they will never operate until you are hospitalized with it. Your tax at work.
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