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Umbilical cord hernia?!
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Ulcasterdropout
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I had it (I'm serious). My birth was a catastrophe. Swallowed embryonic fluid, hernia, stopped breathing, got pneumonia....fucking mess
Hope it goes well and you heal quickly...Velvette said:
lol
its a hernia around the umbilicus for those who didnt know (belly button)...i;ve seen a handful of those with them
never got to ask them what their activity was like but they seemed to get through it fine....worse still i just remembered my belly button was an out-ty for many years...i probably had one when i was a kid
its a hernia around the umbilicus for those who didnt know (belly button)...i;ve seen a handful of those with them
never got to ask them what their activity was like but they seemed to get through it fine....worse still i just remembered my belly button was an out-ty for many years...i probably had one when i was a kid
Mine never popped so it's still a very deep innie, it just gets infected chronically.
The surgeon could feel it (the two different ER docs were like UHHH I dunno, here's a z-pack) and he explained to me about why it haddn't come to the surface but I was so happy that was all it was that everything he said didn't really sink in. (kicking myself now)
HAHHAHA
I was more of the - how soon can you fix it?
The surgeon could feel it (the two different ER docs were like UHHH I dunno, here's a z-pack) and he explained to me about why it haddn't come to the surface but I was so happy that was all it was that everything he said didn't really sink in. (kicking myself now)
HAHHAHA
I was more of the - how soon can you fix it?
TheProject
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velvett said:Hmmm, I think that should warrant ice cream.
Indeed.
Hope all goes well.
velvett said:
did a little (stress little) reading on it
u probably have a para-umbilical hernia which is more common in adults...and as i remember are usually irreducible. its due to a weakness in the fibres of muscle around the linea alba (line inbetween the abs) that weaken with age etc and is more common in the fairer sex
an elliptical transverse incision is made (curved sideways incision) with excision of the umbilicus. I was not aware the umbilicus was removed, but anyway, the rectus sheath (a sheath round the rectus abdominal muscle) is stitched together (overlapped) around the border of the defect. its referred to as Mayo's technique
then again bear in mind the book im using was published 2002....may have changed procedure since then
big_bad_buff
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had one....I forget how long surgery was, but I was in and out of the hospital the same day(wheeled out in a wheel chair I might ad) I couldn’t walk for about 2 days, and when I did, It was to go to the bathroom, and walked hunched over were my head was almost touching my knees because it hurt to bad to stand up anywhere near straight….I was told not to workout(lift anything heavy for 4-6 months depending on how I recover. I believe I was hitting the weight around 3 months afterwards, but was still very uncomfortable and was pretty scared to lift anything too heavy for about 5 months after surgery.
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danielson said:did a little (stress little) reading on it
u probably have a para-umbilical hernia which is more common in adults...and as i remember are usually irreducible. its due to a weakness in the fibres of muscle around the linea alba (line inbetween the abs) that weaken with age etc and is more common in the fairer sex
an elliptical transverse incision is made (curved sideways incision) with excision of the umbilicus. I was not aware the umbilicus was removed, but anyway, the rectus sheath (a sheath round the rectus abdominal muscle) is stitched together (overlapped) around the border of the defect. its referred to as Mayo's technique
then again bear in mind the book im using was published 2002....may have changed procedure since then
He did say something about a cresent shaped incision below the belly button.
I called the doctor because I couldn't remember what he said and it was really bugging me (he actually called me back just after 6pm - he just won huge points for me. Awwww
). Anyway, he mentioned asthma and something called " intrathoracic pressure" (he had to spel that one out to me nearly 3 times - oh dear) to be what he thought to be the casue was which would make sense as far as time line better the asthma and belly buttin weirdness.Ever heard of that?
Are you pre-med?
big_bad_buff
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mine happened I guess from lifting to heavy and it tore or popped. didnt even notice it until i lifted or moved a certain way..
this happened probably 8 years ago so it's fine now. it's a miner surgery, but it's still surgery and you will need stiches inside and out, and you do not want to rip/tear your stiches or the muscle tissue, that's why they want you to wait as long as possible before you start lifting.
the best thing to do is to just except that your going to be out for a while. eat clean and plan on reading and watching a lot of tv for a while(deppending on how bad yours is) the worst part about it is not being able to lift, but you're better off taking the time off and making sure you heal
this happened probably 8 years ago so it's fine now. it's a miner surgery, but it's still surgery and you will need stiches inside and out, and you do not want to rip/tear your stiches or the muscle tissue, that's why they want you to wait as long as possible before you start lifting.
the best thing to do is to just except that your going to be out for a while. eat clean and plan on reading and watching a lot of tv for a while(deppending on how bad yours is) the worst part about it is not being able to lift, but you're better off taking the time off and making sure you heal
velvett said:Oh wow.
How is it now?
Thanks for sharing - I appreciate that.
big_bad_buff
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On a side note, I remember opening my eyes in the recovery room and seeing the most beautiful women across from me in a hospital bed recovering from something, then seconds later the most excruciating pain in my life hit me, it was like someone was taking a butcher knife and ripping my stomach open while my stomach was on fire.
I remember I kept on telling a nurse my stomach fucking hurts, like 3 or 4 times and trying to get up, and that hot chick across from me started smiling(like she thought it was funny) then I passed out from the pain……no shit
I remember I kept on telling a nurse my stomach fucking hurts, like 3 or 4 times and trying to get up, and that hot chick across from me started smiling(like she thought it was funny) then I passed out from the pain……no shit
velvett said:He did say something about a cresent shaped incision below the belly button.
I called the doctor because I couldn't remember what he said and it was really bugging me (he actually called me back just after 6pm - he just won huge points for me. Awwww
Ever heard of that?
Are you pre-med?
intrathoracic pressure would be the pressure within the thorax (someone should give me a nobel prize, huh?)
intra-abdominal would make maybe more sense to me but i think the gist of what he is getting at (as far as i understand) is that the increased respiratory effort you would be making would result in increased intrathoracic pressure and probably a subsequent intra-abdominal pressure increase too. that combined with the stretching of the abdo muscles and a possible weakness in them might be the reasons why the linea alba has weakened and the hernia occurred
again this is just supposition on my part...anyway every hernia repair that i know of if not umbilical in nature has been uncomplicated
btw what is pre-med? is that pre-school for doctors or something
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jenscats5
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Good luck on the surgery!!
Are you going under anesthesia? If you are....here's a tip: make sure someone keeps for you or keeps it in a bag under the wheeled bed: A chapstick & some Lifesavers.....when I woke up from anesthesia I had severe cotton-mouth & very chapped lips.....
Are you going under anesthesia? If you are....here's a tip: make sure someone keeps for you or keeps it in a bag under the wheeled bed: A chapstick & some Lifesavers.....when I woke up from anesthesia I had severe cotton-mouth & very chapped lips.....
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jenscats5
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velvett said:OUUUUUU very good idea.
I'll be without food and water for at least 12 hours before I go in - MY GOD - I'm gonna be dying of thrist. I'm opting for a local, from what the doc said it would be possible.
Thanks
Try to sleep as much as possible......going w/o food & water for that long pre-op is the worst!! My tummy was growling up a storm.....
big_bad_buff said:
So, I had my surgery yesterday.
I was in surgery for just over 2 hours, recovery for 1 1/2 hours and in a room resting for another 2 1/2 hours. Apparently, I had a huge hole in my belly button that need to be "plugged" (eeeeuw) who knew, the doc spoke to the beau and he didn't catch everything he said so I'll have to wait till next week to talk to the doctor to see what he had to do.
I can't stand up either and when I have to get up and stand it's like someone's stabbing me with a searing hot knife - it's horrible. So by the third day was it easier to walk around?
They gave me a script of cipro and percocet which doesn't take away the pain but it does make me somewhat sleepy.
I can't wait for the pain to go away and take a real shower.
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The Shadow
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Ask the Dr id they used silk from Ethicon and used Proceed for the mesh.
nvrbuffenuff_girl
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My boyfriend had surgery for this over a month ago. The surgeon used a plastic plug and mesh to fix the hernia on September 29th. Still today he is in pain. He went back to the doctor for the second time post-op November 1st and according to the doctor he was healing just fine. Sitting up out of bed still hurts him, as well as walking fully erect. His stomach is hard and swollen still after over a month.
Could be his age though. As he had a different hernia surgery 18 years ago and did not have the same complications over a month later.
Could be his age though. As he had a different hernia surgery 18 years ago and did not have the same complications over a month later.
big_bad_buff
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i was about the same around 2 weeks or so afterwards
nvrbuffenuff_girl said:
velvett said:Plastic...does it stay there?
Apparently so, i asked a surgeon and they said it is fixed in there well. Though I remember being told there is some place in Canada where they use your own tissue to repair the defect so assumed the yanks would do this too, over here we do mesh repairs for most hernia's i've seen (inguinal or femoral), and these surgeons told me they are fairly strong
you know the operation when they hysterectomy you and they hitch up your vagina (since your uterus aint there any more)....they use a plastic mesh/tape, which looks similar. That seems to hold and is probably shaken around a lot, so i guess it is strong enough
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The Shadow
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thats why I was aasking.
Johnson and Johnson makes an absorbalr mesh that is supple and flexible...it will dissolve eventually but its flexible so the scar tissue that forsm about it has some play
Johnson and Johnson makes an absorbalr mesh that is supple and flexible...it will dissolve eventually but its flexible so the scar tissue that forsm about it has some play
ChefWide said:
Sedation.
When I started to come to my first two words (when I could actually talk) was PAIN and migraine. The demoral (sp?) injections were nice though - I must have looked or sounded pathetic because they tried to make me pain free pretty quick.
How long until her life was normal?
The doctor made it sound so easy and from what I'm getting what he found was different than what he had expected but I won't know til monday.
BAH.
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The Shadow
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velvett said:
lol
Why do you say that.....just remember...I was THE QA person in the US for the Proceed launch
nvrbuffenuff_girl
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velvett said:Plastic...does it stay there?
Yes it's stays in place. It's a plastic plug. If you touch the area where his scar is you can feel the plug. It's really weird.
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The Shadow
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lol
I am now going to be calling you Lumpy.......
DOnt feel bad - you can feel the titanium mesh uner my left eye socket and along hte scar in my eyebrow you can still feel where the bone was shattered
I am now going to be calling you Lumpy.......
DOnt feel bad - you can feel the titanium mesh uner my left eye socket and along hte scar in my eyebrow you can still feel where the bone was shattered
annabelletx
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hope you have a speedy recovery and painfree as possible. when you go back to see the doc, ask if he will write you a script for a pain pill that won't knock you on your ass once you start healing a little more just to make moving around little easier. good luck girl.
big_bad_buff
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dont worry about it. just do it and be done with it. pain=weakness
lol j/k. at the worst your out for 6 months and in pain for a few weeks..
lol j/k. at the worst your out for 6 months and in pain for a few weeks..
velvett said:
I wish you wouldn't bumped this. I am scared to death now after reading big bad buff's and your post. 6months? The pain he described after he came to is the same pain I had when I came to after getting a some wire catapalt shoved up my pee hole in my pecker to get a kidney stone out once. I came to after the general and started yelling "MY DICK IS FIRE PLEASE PUT IT OUT!!!"
curling said:
pee hole = lined with mucous membrane (saran-wrap thin). totally different op...they have to dilate ur pee hole with metal rods, its gonna traumatise the area, hence ur pain
this op is them making a small incision, getting into the abdomen, finding the hernia, putting it back, sewing the mesh over the hole and suturing it up
if it is an inguinal hernia, its a small op, and your discharge is pretty soon after.
its that or leave it, let it incarcerate or strangulate and have a much more serious operation
It is usually called umbilical hernia, and not umbilical cord hernia.
Usually surgery is avoided at younger age, unless too big, because it gets better as you get older.
Most hernias happen because of weakness in a part of the abdominal wall.
Paraumbilical hernia is actually called ventral hernia which is much different than umbilical hernia. It happens as a result of adult weakness in abdominal wall, and not congenital weakness in abdominal wall. More common in obese people with weak abdominal muscles and after surgery.
After surgery for most hernias, intense physical activity is avoided for 3-6 months to prevent recurrence of hernia.
Usually surgery is avoided at younger age, unless too big, because it gets better as you get older.
Most hernias happen because of weakness in a part of the abdominal wall.
Paraumbilical hernia is actually called ventral hernia which is much different than umbilical hernia. It happens as a result of adult weakness in abdominal wall, and not congenital weakness in abdominal wall. More common in obese people with weak abdominal muscles and after surgery.
After surgery for most hernias, intense physical activity is avoided for 3-6 months to prevent recurrence of hernia.
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