Oh! My achin'....
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Oh! My achin'....
Another sign of old age- I was diagnosed with a hernia last week. I haven't met w/ the surgeon yet, but I guess I'm gonna have to have it fixed. So- anyone have any hernia stories to share (good or bad) before I go under the knife?
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all im gonna say is that if you are told not to lift anything for three months dont do it... they come back if you dont listen to the doctor. I got one from lifting a gallon of water after gallbladder surgery almost two weeks after
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Originally Posted by FLgargoyle
Another sign of old age- I was diagnosed with a hernia last week. I haven't met w/ the surgeon yet, but I guess I'm gonna have to have it fixed. So- anyone have any hernia stories to share (good or bad) before I go under the knife?
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I was born with one and it got fixed within a few days I think, so I don't remember it at all. There's not even a visible scar. It hasn't slowed me down one bit, in fact, I often surprise folks by what I can lift with my slender frame.
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I have a small hernia. It is in my abdamen. My doctor told me to not worry about unless it gets bigger. The only time it hurts is when I laugh really hard. It does pop out from time to time and I just push it back in. I think I got it when I was in the Army.
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I've had my hernia for about 3 years now.
It's about the size of a half an orange.
No insurance, so I'll have to go through this program here that offers free outpatient services.
It's a conglomerate of Surgeons, Nurses, Anesthesiologist, etc. and various hospitals that volunteer their services.
This will be my second hernia operation.
After the surgery, it's painful.
It's about the size of a half an orange.
No insurance, so I'll have to go through this program here that offers free outpatient services.
It's a conglomerate of Surgeons, Nurses, Anesthesiologist, etc. and various hospitals that volunteer their services.
This will be my second hernia operation.
After the surgery, it's painful.
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Originally Posted by Torque1st
Be a MAN! Buy a box stapler... 
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Actually, it's not causing me much trouble yet, but it is a Workman's Comp case, so I can't put it off forever.
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My father just got an operation for that last night.He did say hes in some pain but he gets to go home today. he was going to go home last night but they talked him in to staying over so he would get some rest.
Good luck with it,,,,it will all be over before you know it,,,lol.
Good luck with it,,,,it will all be over before you know it,,,lol.
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My surgeon does most of them laproscopically, so you basically walk out (carefully) once it's over. I plan on at least a week off, and then office duty until I'm declared healed.
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If the doc says "No heavy lifting", make him specify what is "heavy". Velly important.
My late father had aortal surgery where they opened up the diaphragm, and after was told "no heavy lifting". Dumb thing to say to an aging Minnesota farmboy who used to play ironman football in leather helmets.
The doc meant nothing over 5 lbs. Dad was moving 10 gallon buckets within a week, blew the sutures inside, and for a while looked pregnant when he stood up as his guts sloshed out, held in only by skin.
They finally sewed him up using plastic mesh and staples inside, but he was never the same. The sutures kept coming up through the skin, working their way up. Part of what finished him off 8 years later was perotinitis in the abdomen, likely caused by all the crap they sewed him up with.
So again, be careful.
My late father had aortal surgery where they opened up the diaphragm, and after was told "no heavy lifting". Dumb thing to say to an aging Minnesota farmboy who used to play ironman football in leather helmets.
The doc meant nothing over 5 lbs. Dad was moving 10 gallon buckets within a week, blew the sutures inside, and for a while looked pregnant when he stood up as his guts sloshed out, held in only by skin.
They finally sewed him up using plastic mesh and staples inside, but he was never the same. The sutures kept coming up through the skin, working their way up. Part of what finished him off 8 years later was perotinitis in the abdomen, likely caused by all the crap they sewed him up with.
So again, be careful.
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I had one of them belly button hernias. Had it fixed when we were over on Guam at the Navy hospital there. Same day surgery, took only a couple hours, knocked me out cold, may have pictures on the Internet, who knows, but fixed it up pretty good. Twings every once in a while. I think they just pushed my innerds back in, sewed it up and put a blow out patch in. I can feel some of the wires still and it's been almost 10 years. Worse part of it all was when the doc pulled the bandage off. It was about a 4" x 4" size. Had to be made by Mr Duct Tape himself. Doc flicked a corner just enough to get a good hold and yanked. Near pulled me off the table and I still ain't got my eyes to straighten out. Two weeks of convelescent leave and a bucket of Percocet and I really didn't care.
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