Anyone ever had hernia surgery?

[Megalomaniac]

How long is am I going to have to keep standing up feeling like I am ripping something inside? This sucks.

 

[Bikini Mod]

I had a cystoceal repair and nearly bled out. Had a subsequent (much more minor hernia) which remains untreated, sort of a pressure valve. The original repair is still intact (now 10 years) and the more minor hernia rarely gives me trouble.

From what I understand hernia repair is really not that big a deal to undergo and recover.

Be well and speedy recovery!

 

[Smurfy]

yeah, when I was 4 yrs old. it was a breeze.

 

[needtogetarmy]

lol The resident expert is here to tell you his story. I went in for surgery a few years ago. Recovery was about 3 months. I had an ileus (which means the intestines shut down) which resulted in a hospital stay of about 10 days. I also caught an infection in the hospital and was messed up for a few more weeks. It was about 3 months until I got back in the gym.

THEN the patch he stuck in moved. He didn't stick it in right. I ended up having another lump the size of a mellon and just got that fixed this summer. Surgery was 6 hours, I have a 12 inch scar on my stomach and an 8" by 12" polypropelene patch in my stomach now. The hospital stay the second time was about a week.

I am almost fully recovered now though. The chances of me getting another hernia is very slim now though because of the huge patch I have.

The BEST advice I could give is make sure you get a good doc to do the surgery. The guy I had is well known locally but he fucked up. The second surgeon who did it has been doing it for 30 years and teaches up at UNC and he was top notch. I was in the gym 5 weeks lifting after the surgery and that is amazing.

Here are a couple of threads I had...

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/c...-long-hospital-stay-big-operation-598097.html

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/c...ho-thanks-all-who-gave-me-support-605147.html

FYI - normal hernia surgery is not that bad. It takes a couple of hours and you are nearly 100% in 6 weeks.

If you are that unlucky 5% and get complications though, prepare for hell.

 

[Megalomaniac]

lol The resident expert is here to tell you his story. I went in for surgery a few years ago. Recovery was about 3 months. I had an ileus (which means the intestines shut down) which resulted in a hospital stay of about 10 days. I also caught an infection in the hospital and was messed up for a few more weeks. It was about 3 months until I got back in the gym.

THEN the patch he stuck in moved. He didn't stick it in right. I ended up having another lump the size of a mellon and just got that fixed this summer. Surgery was 6 hours, I have a 12 inch scar on my stomach and an 8" by 12" polypropelene patch in my stomach now. The hospital stay the second time was about a week.

I am almost fully recovered now though. The chances of me getting another hernia is very slim now though because of the huge patch I have.

The BEST advice I could give is make sure you get a good doc to do the surgery. The guy I had is well known locally but he fucked up. The second surgeon who did it has been doing it for 30 years and teaches up at UNC and he was top notch. I was in the gym 5 weeks lifting after the surgery and that is amazing.

Here are a couple of threads I had...

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/c...-long-hospital-stay-big-operation-598097.html

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/c...ho-thanks-all-who-gave-me-support-605147.html

FYI - normal hernia surgery is not that bad. It takes a couple of hours and you are nearly 100% in 6 weeks.

If you are that unlucky 5% and get complications though, prepare for hell.

Thanks a lot for the info. I had surgery on last Wednesday and am in that "recovery" process right now. I hate laying around but I guess I have to do it. I was told the doc was good but do you ever really know? I mean I could tell you I was a good soldier but until you face me or work with me you will never really know.(in docs case probably understand also)

Anyway I am fine if i lay around but sitting up feels like ripping where I guess the patch is. I'm sure this isn't a good thing and I should just not move for two weeks but ya right. Anyway any advice for recovery?

 

[timtim]

my uncle had complications. real bad situation for like 2 full months.

 

[needtogetarmy]

Thanks a lot for the info. I had surgery on last Wednesday and am in that "recovery" process right now. I hate laying around but I guess I have to do it. I was told the doc was good but do you ever really know? I mean I could tell you I was a good soldier but until you face me or work with me you will never really know.(in docs case probably understand also)

Anyway I am fine if i lay around but sitting up feels like ripping where I guess the patch is. I'm sure this isn't a good thing and I should just not move for two weeks but ya right. Anyway any advice for recovery?

I would follow your docs orders and rest. If you had surgery on Wednesday you are doing excellent.

You will feel ripping and a lot of tightness. I was miserable the first few days and the pain sucked but it will get better.

The most important thing is to let it heal so you can get back to normal as soon as possible.

 

[needtogetarmy]

my uncle had complications. real bad situation for like 2 full months.

My wife is a PT and she has treated some really bad cases. A worse case scenario is when the intestines get impinged, the tissue dies, and a portion of the intestines needs to be removed.

My intestines were slightly damaged the second time around but I got lucky and a suture fixed it.

Way before I got my first surgery done I read up on it and I read nothing but good things. Quick, fast, easy, performed over a million times etc. After I had complications I started reading up on that and I realized how bad it can get.

 

[timtim]

My wife is a PT and she has treated some really bad cases. A worse case scenario is when the intestines get impinged, the tissue dies, and a portion of the intestines needs to be removed.

My intestines were slightly damaged the second time around but I got lucky and a suture fixed it.

Way before I got my first surgery done I read up on it and I read nothing but good things. Quick, fast, easy, performed over a million times etc. After I had complications I started reading up on that and I realized how bad it can get.

he was on the couch or in bed or in the hospital for 2 months, terrible pain the entire time. they had to redo the entire procedure.

 

[plowboy]

i just had a double groin hernia operation 5 weeks ago, the first week was pure hell, never felt that kinda pain in my life, people had to pull me up off the sofa or chair, im mean it felt like a mule had kicked me down their, doing much better now though, but i do still feel that pulling sensation ur talking about at times. i talked to other people that have had hernias couple yrs ago and can sometime still feel that mesh pull when they strain or try to move real heavy stuff.

 

[Megalomaniac]

i just had a double groin hernia operation 5 weeks ago, the first week was pure hell, never felt that kinda pain in my life, people had to pull me up off the sofa or chair, im mean it felt like a mule had kicked me down their, doing much better now though, but i do still feel that pulling sensation ur talking about at times. i talked to other people that have had hernias couple yrs ago and can sometime still feel that mesh pull when they strain or try to move real heavy stuff.

I'm trying to be careful but I'm not a good "lay around" person. Thanks for the info, it is reassuring. I haven't had my evaluation yet, how long until I can get back to lifting?(i'm getting fat and loosing muscle with all this EF time)

 

[captainahole]

Didn't that just kick the shit out of me. I am going to have mine done in Oct. and am not looking forward to it. I have to get it done if I want to compete again in a year. I cant' even train abs because of it tearing and getting bigger and bigger almost weekly now. But shit guys thanks for the positive feedback.