My Inguinal Hernia Repair experience
Disclaimer: this is referring to my own recovery and not a generalisation to all hernia recoveries. I just thought I would share my positive experience.
Hi all, I (28/M) just had laparoscopic inguinal hernia.
During the days leading up to my surgery, I made the mistake of reading loads of forums and Reddit posts, which honestly just made me more nervous 😆
I had the procedure done through the NHS and everything went really smoothly. They took my vitals, I spoke with the anaesthetist, got put under, and it genuinely felt like I woke up minutes later in recovery.
When I first woke up, I had quite a bit of pain at the surgery site, so they immediately gave me OxyContin through a drip and it completely took the pain away.
I’m currently three days into recovery and have been prescribed codeine phosphate currently (only one 4 30 mg tabs a day), so the pain has been very manageable, probably around a 2/10. Currently able to move around a fair bit but wouldn’t dare pick something up yet haha
I know everyone’s recovery is different, but I just wanted to share a positive experience in case someone who’s pre-op is doom-scrolling Reddit like I was 😃