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A slight one but it's there. Typical symptoms of slight bulge in the groin tender to the touch and burning sensations at times. Not what I would call real pain but just annoying and a bit uncomfortable. I know they just don't go away and it's going to require out patient surgery most likely. Must have happened the other day when my son and I were trimming a big maple in the yard. Don't recall doing anything specific but I can't think of anything else that may have caused it. Noticed it the next day thought maybe I pulled or strained a abdominal muscle but guess not. So I guess I will call and make appointment to go in later today. Only had one surgery in my life and that was carpal tunnel. I have always avoided getting sliced and diced but don't think there's a alternative this time. Dang I don't like getting sliced and diced on regardless how minor. "Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton | ||
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| I'm not laughing WITH you  |
I'm sorry. I have two from an old surgery. Doctor won't fix them until I loose 50 lbs, so they basically won't get fixed unless they get worse. Rolan Kraps SASS Regulator Gainesville, Georgia. NRA Range Safety Officer NRA Certified Instructor - Pistol / Personal Protection Inside the Home | |||
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I had one repaired about 10 years ago. Not a big deal. | |||
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I've got one - had it for about 5 years now. When it was first diagnosed, it was exactly as you described. A minor annoyance, but not too painful. Nonetheless at the time I had an ultra sound, and visited with a surgeon. Surgeon said there is no rush, so I never did anything about it. The annoyance seems to have gone away, but I'm guessing I still have it, as they things don't magically take care of themselves. It's my second. My first was when I was 14. The recovery sucked. Hopefully they've gotten better at this job 30 years later. | |||
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Don't put it off. My stepson had one years ago that he kept putting off to be fixed and it finally got infected and he spent 8 days in the hospital. Then the mesh patch that was put in place failed and it was 3 more days in the hospital. Arthroscopic surgery as an outpatient is a piece of cake. Jim ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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I've had 3, '57, '61 and'73. When I had mine you spent 5 or 6 days in the hospital. Now it is just outpatient making recovery a bit easier. | |||
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I had one done in March or April 2010 It was inguinal on the right side. I am still having problems from it. In fact one year after surgery I was still arguing with the surgeon. I think I am going to have to go get the mesh fixed or replaced. Most days I wish I would have never gotten it fixed due to all the problems i have had. | |||
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This concerns me as well. The carpal tunnel surgery I voluntarily had didn't quite take either I think. I will get cramping in that hand now performing certain tasks. Like dicing vegetables with a kitchen knife or similar type tasks. I'm not a person who goes to the doctors office. Don't do regular check ups and all the other "supposed to tests". When I went in for carpal tunnel they wanted to do a myriad of other tests. Every time the nurse or doctor came in they always started the sentence with "As long as you're here we're going to do" this or that test. They weren't asking me they just assumed I would submit to everything and fight it out with insurance later. I finally had to tell them I was there for carpal tunnel surgery and lets get on with it. I have gone through all sorts of aches and pains that most people run to the clinic with. I tore a shoulder muscle 6 months ago helping my son move furniture. Actually could feel it tear. Did the ibuprofen for a week and took it easy on the shoulder for a month or so and it's fine now. So yeah I'm not really not looking forward to this partly because I know i'm going to get the hard sell on everything again. And things don't always go as planned once you think you're getting something fixed. "Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton | |||
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I've also had three over my lifetime. The first one (back in the 80's) was the most invasive. I still have a scar. The second was in the mid 90's. Much less invasive and I went home that day. The last one was about three years ago and the least invasive of them all. Microscopic all the way. They went in thru the belly button and he actually found another one on the other side of my groin that I didn't even know was there yet. Again, went home later that morning. I have had zero problems with any of these procedures although the last one took some time to heal up, especially the belly button area. I was up and about in just a day or two on the last two and have had no regrets whatsoever about getting these things fixed. .....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress. | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
As long as you don't strain your belly, and as long as it doesn't become incarcerated, it is something that can be put off but that ultimately needs to be repaired. The surgery itself is not a big deal. Some places do a general anesthetic, some a local anesthetic with sedation. Either way, you won't know what hit you, and you'll be home an hour or so later with instructions to not lift anything over 10 pound for a few weeks. Easy peasy. My advice? Find a good surgeon and just get it done. I had an umbilical hernia repaired a couple years back with just a local anesthetic and a regional nerve block. I was wide awake for the whole thing. It was a piece of cake. Didn't feel a thing. I do several of these a week, and usually I choose a general just because it's easier (on me and the patient). But, if the patient wants to not have a general, I'll put in nerve blocks and leave them awake for the procedure. Either way...still...piece of cake. The post-operative part is the hard part. It's really difficult for those of us who are even reasonably active to not lift anything greater than 10 pounds for a few weeks. You don't even think about it normally, but it is a necessity for proper healing. Get it done. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Go to the doc as soon as you can get in. Doc will let you know how serious it is, if you require repair asap or if you can wait a bit. You don't want strangulation and infection. It's no big deal nowadays. I've had 4, 1 belly button and 3 indirect inguinals. You'll be fine, modern medical procedures are so much better. . | |||
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I had bilateral hernias, when I was four. My dad asked the surgeon if it was a serious operation. The doc thought a minute, then said, "Not to me but it's not my kid." That gave some guidance in my later years as a GYN surgeon. Today it's a pretty simple procedure done through small incisions, one night in the hospital maybe. Don't procrastinate and end up in the ER at 3 AM, when you can't get it to go back in. Just go and "get er done". | |||
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As others already mentioned - go get it checked out. Had mine done almost 10 years ago. After talking with my Dr, we scheduled it after my week of deer camp  with some pretty specific instructions and with the knowledge that strangulation would send me to the ER.The procedure itself was a pretty simple for me - check-in early in the AM, crack some uncomfortable jokes while the nurse was shaving me... I was checked out in the early afternoon. My buddy drove me home where I recuperated. A new to me girlfriend checked on me several times and made sure I was eating well (that's when I knew she was a keeper ) I was pretty sore for a few days, but nothing that a little Advil couldn't help (don't recall what they gave me for the pain during recovery, but all that stuff did was make my brain fuzzy - didn't work any better for pain than Advil). Now I'm Kevlar reinforced  | |||
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| Lead slingin' Parrot Head  |
I first noticed a small protrusion from my belly button about 20 years ago. It didn't hurt unless I tried to push it back in, but once pushed in it stayed in until I used my abdominal muscles. At first I thought it was some sort of ligament or muscle displacement, but being so tiny I didn't fret over it. Truth is, I didn't really know exactly what a hernia was at the time but when I later read some info about them I started to think I might have one. A few years later I went to a doctor for a separate health issue, and as I was leaving I thought to ask the doctor about my condition, he took a quick look, and confirmed that it was a hernia. He told me to look out for signs of strangulation or infection, but otherwise it was no big deal and to let him know when I wanted to do something about it. Years went by without the hernia growing and it not causing me any problems. I had girlfriend at the time who thought I had a cute "outey" belly button and I didn't tell her different. But about 12 years later I started to notice the hernia growing slightly. It still didn't cause me any problems, and was only painful while pushing it back in. I had other serious health issues, some I suspected and some I was completely ignorant of, and over years of neglect they increasingly impacted me. At a certain point I went through periods of hospitalization, and while the doctors questioned what to do about my hernia, they had more serious issues to deal with, and as long as it wasn't an immediate emergency they really didn't want to deal with it at that point as my other health issues had become an emergency. One of my doctors told me that he believes that the onset of my other health issues are what caused my hernia to become so severe. Several years later one of my doctors felt that I had made enough improvement that he felt I could withstand hernia surgery and talked to me about it. He referred to me another surgeon who took one look at my hernia and said it needed to be operated on pronto. I asked him how bad it was and he said that in his years of military and civilian practice and 400+ hernia surgeries it was in the top 5 worst ones that he had ever dealt with. My hernia surgery required anesthesia and an overnight stay. I also came out of surgery with two temporary drains in place that would be removed a couple weeks later. The two most painful aspects of my surgery were when the surgical team + med students removed my bandage the next day (knowing the surgical tape is painful to remove doc didn't give me any advance warning before ripping it off) and when the many staples (probably 30 + staples) were removed in the doctor's office a few weeks later. I wasn't allowed to lift my body up or stand for the first 12 hours after surgery, not even lean forward, which was incredibly difficult to do. Nurse wouldn't let me lean forward to pee and insisted that she hold the "bottle" for me. But, once the 12 hours was up I SLOWLY was able to use my abdominal muscles to lean forward and get out of bed and slowly walk. The hospital staff was pleasantly surprised that I had so little pain after my surgery. I think this was a combination of the fact that I probably had some nerve damage in the area from the hernia and also that I have a relatively high threshold for pain and don't like taking pain meds. I filled a prescription for some serious pain meds but never took one. I still have a long surgery scars, both from the incision as well as the drains. My scar is S shaped so my belly is ever so slightly mis-shapen and not quite symmetrical. I occasionally notice the briefest and slightest pain in the area of my surgery and I've noticed that gas pains and pressure feel different than before...also my stomach seems to make different sounds and in different places then it used to. The most aggravating part of my surgery is that I no longer have a belly button and so I now have to keep my lint in my pockets.  lastmanstanding, based on the fact that you just detected the hernia you probably have time to deal with it. Get it checked out and follow your doctor's advice. Choose a time that is convenient for you and your family and job to deal with it...but, don't let it linger to the point where additional physical activity/ injury or the onset of future health issues prevent you from later dealing with it. Deal with it on your schedule sooner rather than later. | |||
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Two for me. No problems. Weirdest part: Gorgeous but unimpressed nurse shaving my gonads and lower body. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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Also two for me both done in the 90's a few years a part by same Doc no problems what so ever. | |||
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For the record, it sounds like you had an umbilical hernia. The OP describes an inguinal hernia. The surgeries are different and he should have less scarring then you describe. | |||
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The Army found one in 94. Until then I had no problems. About a week later I told the doc that all their poking and prodding made it hurt. Had surgery, in at 9, out by 8. Couple of days rest. The only issue I had later was what seemed to be an adhesion that pulled occasionally. “ The work of destruction is quick, easy and exhilarating; the work of creation is slow, laborious and dull. | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss |
It's unfortunate for us guys that we keep the operating rooms so cold. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Haven't called in for appointment yet. But went and visited a friend in the hospital today. Not very encouraging. He was in ICU for 3 days and nearly didn't make it. They moved him to a general care room yesterday so I went to visit today. He had both knees replaced. First one was done last spring and everything went great. Had the second one done about 3 weeks ago and everything seemed to have gone well just like the first one. His wife and daughter left town because her mother was ill so he was home alone. Apparently he got an infection in both knees and didn't realize it as according to him things felt normal for where he should be in his recovery. He went to get up off the couch with his walker and said everything gave out and he hit the floor like a ton of bricks and sent his cell phone flying somewhere across the room. He laid on the floor for 16 hours unable to move anything. His wife kept calling and he was unable to get to the phone. She finally called the police for a welfare check and they found him. He was still pretty tired and wore down so I didn't want to give him the 100 questions but from what he told me they replaced the second knee using robotics. Apparently his wife did some research after this and found there is a high rate of some nasty infections caused by robotic surgeries. Sounds like another 2 to 3 weeks for him in the hospital for recovery and physical therapy. man he looked bad and I felt terrible for him. It's always been my opinion that the body does not react well to any outside invasion. You are rolling the dice every time you undergo anything but most of life is that way. "Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton | |||
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