What to expect after mesh repair inguinal hernia
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Hi can any one offer advice, hubs had op this Monday, and now it's Wednesday still in excruciating pain, have to help him to do everything, has hardly any mobility and is worrying me so much. Have mixed advice but the wound has to have on the dressing for 5 days, and he has support stockings to wear, which the look does make me smile. Has any one been through this, much appreciated
I had open two yrs ago.
It was very painful, made worse by the bottom of the wound opening and subsequent infection. Mobility round the house was reduced to hands and knees. The couch and box sets became my best friends.
Fluid build up because of the infection was ridiculous, it leaked a lot. God knows how many dressings a day.
Tramadol for pretty much the duration of healing.
Took me 9 weeks to get right again.
Never again.
It was very painful, made worse by the bottom of the wound opening and subsequent infection. Mobility round the house was reduced to hands and knees. The couch and box sets became my best friends.
Fluid build up because of the infection was ridiculous, it leaked a lot. God knows how many dressings a day.
Tramadol for pretty much the duration of healing.
Took me 9 weeks to get right again.
Never again.
As per PDP76, except only eight weeks of agony.
Never again, until 13 weeks later, when I realised I had the same pain on the other side, "Oh, you must have a double ignial hernia, you never told us about the pain on that side so we didn't check" said pesky health service.
At least round two was only six weeks of agony.
The one useful tip I was given the second time I wish I had known the first, when having bowel movements in the early days roll a towel up and press it into your groin with more inward force than your bowel is pushing outwards with, stops the mesh poping ouwards which really did hurt, compared to the self inflicted inward pain.
Never again, until 13 weeks later, when I realised I had the same pain on the other side, "Oh, you must have a double ignial hernia, you never told us about the pain on that side so we didn't check" said pesky health service.
At least round two was only six weeks of agony.
The one useful tip I was given the second time I wish I had known the first, when having bowel movements in the early days roll a towel up and press it into your groin with more inward force than your bowel is pushing outwards with, stops the mesh poping ouwards which really did hurt, compared to the self inflicted inward pain.
thank you all, can relate to all the details, after a few days of finally getting him to move, (top tip ref towel pushed into groin by the way), getting slightly better, as in he can walk to the loo and let the dog out!!, still had to have a week off last week to look after him. after soaking him in the bath for half an hour and finally getting the dressing off, holy **** no wonder he was in so much pain, size of the scar, was much much bigger, will defo not be driving or doing jack for some time.
but all advice and info much appreciated.
but all advice and info much appreciated.
If image breaks a forum rule mods please advise but for OP to compare against that was my groin two weeks after the second op (14 weeks after the first on on the right side of the photo, the hair regrowth gives it away. At week 1 you couldn't really see the later scar due to all the bruising, black and yellow skin.
You can see where the infection site is on the left hand wound, about 1 inch in from the outside. At 1 week I ended up going back to hospital, complaining and getting the wound drained and they put some packing in it, which they pulled out a day or two before this photo, like a bloody meaty hankie being drawn out of a wizzards sleeve.
As my wife said, if they'd added an extra inch I'd have had a matching scar to her C-section and T-section scars.
I won't mention the private health co whom did this, time to go off to a pub.
Two different surgeons I'm afraid for the op, different hozzie top doc / MD consultant for the repair / clean-up of second infection, two different ultrasound-ologists. My neighbour as [female] anesthetist both times - neither of us realised we'd bump into each other that way! Always breaks the ice now at street BBQs, "Hey, have I ever told you I've seen Stan with his crotch shaved.....". Biggest lush I ever met and I bet it ain't just Alcohol she is on....
Ha-ha, when I was in our NHS hozzie with my daughter a year later I clocked eyes with the surgeon #two in a corridor and went to say, "Hey, finally those hernia scars have healed, do you want to see them...."...he clocked me and said "sssh, don't tell xxx NHS trust I work at xxxxx also, they don't allow us to moonlight.......".
So yeah, you're right dodgy surgeon that couldand was at any place. One up from an under railway-arches backstreet dentist I suppose. Point being I paid an not unreasonable amount for th insurance and two guys at work who went via the NHS had no problems, including one with same surgeon #2! To prove your point.
Still, at least during the overnight stays I was able to pick up pron channels on the individual room TVs in the private hospital, like I was going to be having a w&nk!!!
Ha-ha, when I was in our NHS hozzie with my daughter a year later I clocked eyes with the surgeon #two in a corridor and went to say, "Hey, finally those hernia scars have healed, do you want to see them...."...he clocked me and said "sssh, don't tell xxx NHS trust I work at xxxxx also, they don't allow us to moonlight.......".
So yeah, you're right dodgy surgeon that couldand was at any place. One up from an under railway-arches backstreet dentist I suppose. Point being I paid an not unreasonable amount for th insurance and two guys at work who went via the NHS had no problems, including one with same surgeon #2! To prove your point.
Still, at least during the overnight stays I was able to pick up pron channels on the individual room TVs in the private hospital, like I was going to be having a w&nk!!!
thanks for the pics, his is so similar although only on one side, last stomach hernia was keyhole surgery so recovered very quickly - this was a large open surgery this time so awful, he is off for at least another 2 weeks and no driving anytime soon, just hoping there is no infection
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