hernia operation last friday . . .

[khushy]

had been kacking my pants about this up until last fridays op (my first ever) got there at 9am - running behind by an hour and was told that I would be in at 11am - lots of explanations about what was going to be done, which I really didnt need - told them in the end that I dont want to know anything JDI!!!

Walked to the theatre myself - which was bloody scary - laid on the table - remember about 20 seconds of that and then nothuing until I woke up at about 1pm.

Home by 3pm and now recovering slowly.

Day 6 today and I am doing ok I guess - wife has been brilliant - glad most of all that on day 3 I finally managed to go "to the loo" properly!!!!

The only pain is now a buring sensation if I use my tummy muscles to do anything - which I am avoiding like the plague.

Still cant tie my shoe-laces - apart from that - no worries.

Have a nice 5" cut in my abdominal area right next to the Crown Jewels - changed my own dressing on day 4 plus a bit of extra man-shaving to avoid pubic-pull - YUK - showering with cling-film-wrap - NICE LOL - and will be back to work next week.

khushy

[shakotan]

khushy said:

had been kacking my pants about this up until last fridays op (my first ever) got there at 9am - running behind by an hour and was told that I would be in at 11am - lots of explanations about what was going to be done, which I really didnt need - told them in the end that I dont want to know anything JDI!!!

Walked to the theatre myself - which was bloody scary - laid on the table - remember about 20 seconds of that and then nothuing until I woke up at about 1pm.

Home by 3pm and now recovering slowly.

Day 6 today and I am doing ok I guess - wife has been brilliant - glad most of all that on day 3 I finally managed to go "to the loo" properly!!!!

The only pain is now a buring sensation if I use my tummy muscles to do anything - which I am avoiding like the plague.

Still cant tie my shoe-laces - apart from that - no worries.

Have a nice 5" cut in my abdominal area right next to the Crown Jewels - changed my own dressing on day 4 plus a bit of extra man-shaving to avoid pubic-pull - YUK - showering with cling-film-wrap - NICE LOL - and will be back to work next week.

khushy

Can I ask, what did the hernia 'feel' like before it was operated on?

I have an 'uncomfortable' feeling on my inner thigh at groin height, esp when I'm driving. It feels like I'm sitting in an awkward position , or clothes are 'bunched' in that area, when actually neither are true. Also feel like my hip joint isn't quite 'right'.

Is that what it feels? I'm the type that never goes to the docs!

[Compo_Simmonite]

I had a hernia done when I was a kid in early '60's. I remember a little while later sitting cross legged on floor listening to teacher read and having "out of body experience" where I was floating above everybody else. Still prefectly clear even nearly 50 years later !

Doctor says I now have a small umbilical hernia and it's my choice over whether I have it repaired or not. Sorry to say but the thought of yet another operation terrifies me so I'll live with it.

Paul H

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shakotan said:

khushy said:

had been kacking my pants about this up until last fridays op (my first ever) got there at 9am - running behind by an hour and was told that I would be in at 11am - lots of explanations about what was going to be done, which I really didnt need - told them in the end that I dont want to know anything JDI!!!

Walked to the theatre myself - which was bloody scary - laid on the table - remember about 20 seconds of that and then nothuing until I woke up at about 1pm.

Home by 3pm and now recovering slowly.

Day 6 today and I am doing ok I guess - wife has been brilliant - glad most of all that on day 3 I finally managed to go "to the loo" properly!!!!

The only pain is now a buring sensation if I use my tummy muscles to do anything - which I am avoiding like the plague.

Still cant tie my shoe-laces - apart from that - no worries.

Have a nice 5" cut in my abdominal area right next to the Crown Jewels - changed my own dressing on day 4 plus a bit of extra man-shaving to avoid pubic-pull - YUK - showering with cling-film-wrap - NICE LOL - and will be back to work next week.

khushy

Can I ask, what did the hernia 'feel' like before it was operated on?

I have an 'uncomfortable' feeling on my inner thigh at groin height, esp when I'm driving. It feels like I'm sitting in an awkward position , or clothes are 'bunched' in that area, when actually neither are true. Also feel like my hip joint isn't quite 'right'.

Is that what it feels? I'm the type that never goes to the docs!

you can see it, as it's muscle bursting through. I don't recall feeling much at all, but I was only 8 at the time.

[okgo]

I've had two.

You can't often feel them if they are not strangulated, I had one for getting on two years before I got it fixed!

I wouldn't have reccomended open surgery though Khushy, I had that for my first one and it was hellish compared with Keyhole.

[ShadownINja]

shakotan said:

I'm the type that never goes to the docs!

Just man up and go. At this stage, it's probably nothing or possibly early days so there's an easy cure. One day you might be wondering why you're peeing too often or stting so much blood and when your wife finally nags you into going, it may be too late for anyone to do anything. Sure, you say you'll go if it's that serious but be honest with yourself.

[Kateg28]

My son had a hernia op when he was 18 months old. Lots of wriggling and whiffling when trying to get him to sleep and some wide eyed looks when he came round. Within 30 minutes he was crawling around the playroom exploring all the toys.

30 Minutes. Seriously!

[Carrot]

Welcome to the hernia club!

Had an open operation when I was 24 for one side, then a double keyhold operation when I was 25 for both sides.

Second one was same as yours, had to walk down and put myself on the operating table

Don't ever want an operation again - I find it really wierd that there are some people out there that are addicted to having operations... it wasnt as bad as I thought it would be, but I certainly don't want another one

[P_J_R]

Had mine done under local anaesthetic back in January; quite surreal talking to the surgeon whilst he was doing the business. Took about an hour to do, got off the table and they gave me a cup of tea, and then drove home about 15 miles bit naughty really, but I felt fine and never had any pain during the following week. The most pain was when he injected the local

[Sticks.]

Carrot said:

Welcome to the hernia club!

Had an open operation when I was 24 for one side, then a double keyhold operation when I was 25 for both sides.

Does that mean one failed and was repaired by keyhole? Had one done by epidural years back - you can chat to the surgeon wheile he's working lol.

[shakotan]

ShadownINja said:

shakotan said:

I'm the type that never goes to the docs!

Just man up and go. At this stage, it's probably nothing or possibly early days so there's an easy cure. One day you might be wondering why you're peeing too often or stting so much blood and when your wife finally nags you into going, it may be too late for anyone to do anything. Sure, you say you'll go if it's that serious but be honest with yourself.

But...I'm not married?

[Carrot]

Sticks. said:

Carrot said:

Welcome to the hernia club!

Had an open operation when I was 24 for one side, then a double keyhold operation when I was 25 for both sides.

Does that mean one failed and was repaired by keyhole? Had one done by epidural years back - you can chat to the surgeon wheile he's working lol.

I guess so, the new surgeon who did the keyhole was not very clear on whether the new one was a failed repair, or a new breach. Either way, both have not come back 6 years later, although sadly I do feel a familiar paid on the left side occasionaly...

Chatting to the surgeon??! That would freak me out - but very cool as you say!!

Was there a reason for that, or did you request it? I would personally like to be unaware of EVERYTHING when it comes to surgery

[ShadownINja]

shakotan said:

ShadownINja said:

shakotan said:

I'm the type that never goes to the docs!

Just man up and go. At this stage, it's probably nothing or possibly early days so there's an easy cure. One day you might be wondering why you're peeing too often or stting so much blood and when your wife finally nags you into going, it may be too late for anyone to do anything. Sure, you say you'll go if it's that serious but be honest with yourself.

But...I'm not married?

Well, then you will have nobody to nag you into going and one day you'll wake up dead. HTH.

[Sticks.]

Carrot said:

Was there a reason for that, or did you request it? I would personally like to be unaware of EVERYTHING when it comes to surgery

Not a bad rule of thumb that. It was offered as an option and I wanted to go to a party at the weekend so thought it might be better. I was young lol.

Years later ha surgery to repair a hole in my sinus after a car crash as I had a csf leak. Lying there waiting for the anaesthetic, anaesthetists were arguing about the dose I needed. 'He doesn't need that much...' 'Yes he does, where's the book, you had it last....' 'I don't need the book...' etc

Barstewards

[Antonia]

I have a matching pair of hernia repairs (one direct, one indirect) which are very unusual for a girl.

The first one was incredibly painful and I got to the point where I could barely walk around. It took 4 months and 4 different doctor's to diagnose it (the joys of non-NHS medicine in the UK) The second was completely asymptomatic but I had it repaired to be on the safe side.

The first surgeon declined to do a bilateral repair as a keyhole procedure because he felt the recovery time would be too long (from doing 2 sides at once). Whether he was telling porkies so he didn't loose a fare I'm not sure but he did do an excellent job.

I read somewhere that a large proportion of the population have inguinal hernias so the likelihood is that if you look for one you will find it, however this may not be the underlying cause of your troubles.

[ShadownINja]

Fancy that. I never knew women had inguinal canals until now. I just thought it was for testicles to descend. Got diagrams of vaginas and bits on my screen as I type.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_ligament_of_ute...

PS Hope you get better.

[Antonia]

ShadownINja said:

Fancy that. I never knew women had inguinal canals until now. I just thought it was for testicles to descend. Got diagrams of vaginas and bits on my screen as I type.

If this wasn't "Health Matters" I would worry But yes what you have discovered is what 3 members of the medical profession overlooked! It took a breast surgeon moonlighting as a general surgeon to spot it. All good now apart from the odd niggle but nothing like before.

Hope the OP is still making a good recovery.

[Carrot]

Antonia said:

ShadownINja said:

Fancy that. I never knew women had inguinal canals until now. I just thought it was for testicles to descend. Got diagrams of vaginas and bits on my screen as I type.

If this wasn't "Health Matters" I would worry But yes what you have discovered is what 3 members of the medical profession overlooked! It took a breast surgeon moonlighting as a general surgeon to spot it. All good now apart from the odd niggle but nothing like before.

Hope the OP is still making a good recovery.

Funny you should mention this, but my first GP didn't spot the hernia until I came back after two visits, with a printout from the internet of what I thought it was... (he thought it was a pulled muscle.

A different GP spotted it immediately on the second one. Strangely I never saw that first GP again....

[okgo]

I told the GP it was a hernia, she said it wasn't. I saw a second GP and he confirmed it was indeed a hernia. Useless, one of the easiest things to confirm and she thought it was cancer

[Carrot]

okgo said:

I told the GP it was a hernia, she said it wasn't. I saw a second GP and he confirmed it was indeed a hernia. Useless, one of the easiest things to confirm and she thought it was cancer

She was probably scared of your willy, and wanted to get you to leave as soon as possible