Here's a tip, though. When you go to your GP to get it checked out, don't bring your girlfriend in at the same time. Especially if she needs her breast examined for lumps that day. By the same GP. I'm... just saying.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 14 August 2008 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Hahaha, niiiiiice Tracer, nice.
I have just registered with a new GP local to our new house, and I have an appointment next Wednesday afternoon.
I also spoke to my brother and my mum - they have both had abdominal hernias; my mum's was got rid of via surgery, my brother's is very minor and has not had anything done with it - he was told if it goes at all hard or causes him pain to go back straight away though. It's been five years now at least judging by this thread. My dad's hernia was a groin one, and unpleasant.
― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 14 August 2008 16:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I am going to be operated on in approx 4-8 weeks.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 6 October 2008 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Had the op on mine about 5 weeks ago under general anaesthetic. Took about two weeks to get over it, first week it was as sore as anything, felt like I'd been hoofed in the guts by a donkey. Fine now though, back to running and everything. Good luck with yours!
― NickB, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 13:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Took about two weeks to get over it, first week it was as sore as anything, felt like I'd been hoofed in the guts by a donkey.
Try inguinal for true agony.
― Tom D asks, "Are we in love like I think we be?" (Tom D.), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 13:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, it was an inguinal hernia as it happens. Pain wasn't too bad straight after cos they really loaded up that area with some sort of pain killers, but once they started wearing off - oof! Major upside was that you can't really do much other than lie on your back reading books all day, so managed to make some headway into heaps of the unread.
― NickB, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 13:57 (fifteen years ago) link
direct or indirect?
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 14:26 (fifteen years ago) link
What's that then?
― NickB, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 14:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Strangulation, gangrene, death.
― M.V., Tuesday, 7 October 2008 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
My operation is on Tuesday. So much for 4-8 weeks!
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 5 February 2009 08:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Have a general anaesthetic so you can take pics and post on flickr...
― not_goodwin, Thursday, 5 February 2009 08:34 (fifteen years ago) link
I think you mean local?
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 5 February 2009 09:00 (fifteen years ago) link
er yeah sorry, brain doesn't wake up til around midday.
― not_goodwin, Thursday, 5 February 2009 09:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I leave in twenty minutes.
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 07:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Thread title sung by Whitney Houston...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 08:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I no longer have a hernia.
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Cool. Hurt much?
― Frank Sumatra (NickB), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Congratulations!
― StanM, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Didn't see this thread, just had my surgery a month ago. Yeah, how are you feeling?
― Dimension 5ive, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Hang in there! You've got the right stereo to be able to cope with whatever boredom staying on your back provokes.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Are the cats playing with it now? Pics! (er, sorry)
― StanM, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
man i do not envy how sore you're going to be for the next couple of weeks. i'm a veteran of not one but two inguinal hernia operations, one when i was 18 and another when i was like 22. apparently some people are genetically predisposed : /
― now is the time to winterize your manscape (will), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:50 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/3268846301_6e3d3f023b.jpg
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I feel pretty fine now, but I imagine I'm hopped up pretty well on pain killers. Obv. mine's abdominal rather than inguinal, so may hurt less anyway. I'm wandering around demanding brownies and irritating my girlfriend at the moment.
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
apparently some people are genetically predisposed : /
Sounds about right will. My grandad had a couple and I've had two as well, one on each side. First one was when I was 7.
xx-post ARGGHHH!
― Frank Sumatra (NickB), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Did they do it with a pick axe or something?
― Frank Sumatra (NickB), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Claw hammer.
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Really hungry small animal.
― Maximo Park Ji-Sung (Matt DC), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Holy shit, I didn't mean it!!!
Man that looks sore, hope it heals soon and you ain't in too much discomfort! What you doing stood up anyway, get on the couch and watch countdown or something.
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:59 (fifteen years ago) link
NSFL (not safe for lunchtime)
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 15:00 (fifteen years ago) link
The red / pinkness isn't soreness or anything, btw; it's just the stuff they wash over you before they cut you open. I was expecting it to be yellow. Like iodine?
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
dare you to stick your finger in there before the painkillers wear off
― nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 15:06 (fifteen years ago) link
scik tummy
― Robin van Injury (country matters), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 15:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Shouldn't that be bandaged up, or something?
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm sort of surprised that Dan said finger there.
― Frank Sumatra (NickB), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 15:11 (fifteen years ago) link
wau gross
― nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 15:16 (fifteen years ago) link
it looks like a face (that's just been shot) with those 2 arrows and your fluff for its hair.
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 15:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Just saw my brother; he has THREE (3) hernias!!!!!!!! Two inguinal and a tiny abdominal. Show-off.
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 13 July 2009 13:32 (fourteen years ago) link
How the heck?
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Monday, 13 July 2009 14:28 (fourteen years ago) link
man i hope i never get a hernia
― ▌_o_____________ ▌ (pongo paddleton) (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 16 July 2009 07:17 (fourteen years ago) link
urgh, i might have one. going docs thursday.
top half of right leg aching today, slight lump too.
― bracken free ditch (Ste), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 11:50 (thirteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 14 August 2008 16:37 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
still stands
― The Clegg Effect (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 18 May 2010 11:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Well Friday was an interesting day. (Go in for surgery on one side, learn beforehand from the doctor that your hunch was right and that there was one on the other side. Needless to say I immediately approved going bilateral and being done with it.) Am currently still a bit sore.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 01:18 (five years ago) link
What's recovery typically like from the inguinal hernia? Should it still be sore three weeks later??
― djh, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 09:12 (two years ago) link
In my experience, yes.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 11:05 (two years ago) link
Though I notice someone upthread says the pain fades after two weeks. Maybe speak to your doctor to make sure. Having a hernia is literally the worst pain I've ever felt in my life.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 11:08 (two years ago) link
To be accurate, the post-operative pain.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 11:10 (two years ago) link
I literally got mine from carrying boxes of records. Stupid fucking music.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 11:13 (two years ago) link
did you ever feel like naming your hernia Neil Lennon?
― calzino, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 11:18 (two years ago) link
Thanks Tom D.
I've found it uncomfortable more than hideously painful but there are definitely days when I've found it a bit draining.
― djh, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
Yes, I think the levels of pain experienced can vary greatly!
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 16:00 (two years ago) link
My hernia scar has started bleeding 12 or so weeks after the operation and it feels like the hernia has re-happened. Do they tend to be re-treated?
― djh, Monday, 21 June 2021 18:38 (two years ago) link
Delayed response — generally speaking they shouldn’t but it can happen. I had an ultrasound done in December to double check on some irritation in the area and thankfully all was okay, but it can’t hurt to do similar if it’s an option for you.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 2 July 2021 13:32 (two years ago) link
I had a hernia operation when I was 10. For a couple of months after, the scar wouldn't completely heal, leaking little bits of pus through a tiny hole. Every week or two, out would pop a small knot of black thread--I was rejecting the sutures.
I kept them in an empty One-a-Day vitamin bottle, like you do when you're 10.
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 2 July 2021 20:59 (two years ago) link