r/Hernia

This might be random, but I was talking to a family friend who went to India for medical treatment, and the whole process sounded way more stressful than it should’ve been.

If you’ve gone through it (or seriously looked into it):

• What part was the most painful or confusing?
• Choosing the hospital/doctor, costs changing, agents, visas/travel — or something else?

Looking back, is there anything you wish you’d known before jumping into it?
Would really appreciate any advice or experiences

So I had my second opinion and my hernia is confirmed. Im going to get it done. Don't want it to become emergency. Let me ask you, would you trust a surgeon thats 65 years old.. ?

Hi!

I did an inguinal ultrassound exam some weeks ago, and in 10 years my hernia seems to have increased only 0.1cm, now being 1cm. To those who had it done or any doctors around, should I have surgery or not?

This is ridiculous. My ultrasound with contrast found no evidence for hernia, only to go to my surgeon after a physical exam of it stated I have one. The office said they reviewed the scans and still stated I have one. I have no pain regularly only the day after if I lift weights and on the toilet after working out. He scheduled surgery for the 22nd of October and I’m really nervous about it with all the bad stories I have read.. I don’t understand. All the help would be great.

Hello everybody. This post will be my trauma with hernia surgery and how this "simples" surgery completelt destroyed my life. If you want to do the surgery and you are conviced, don't continue reading.

I am a 30M and in 2023 I started having pain in my left pubis. I tried a lot of things but a small hernia was found. I went for surgery. I had 4 months of chronic pain but it eventually went away.

2 years later the same pain returned much worse. My testicle started to be on fire, my pubis was almost broken and my abdomen in the region started to hurt a lot.

I went to several doctors. Tried nerve blocks, crioablation, radiofrequency. Norhing solved the deal. I started to feel a lot of pain in the level that I had to use opioids non stop.

I went to a doctor that removed the mesh and operated again. It got worse. Much worse. I can't describe how much pain I felt after this. This was december last year.

I end up having aurgery again for triple neurectomy. Got worse again. A nightmare. I can only say that there is not one day that I do not regret this fucking surgery.

Now I take methadone every day, live miserably, have destroywd my athletic career as a thriathlete as I cannot even walk properly.

If you dont have symptoms and it is not urgente, dont do the surgery! Please! I had the 2 best surgeons in my country, i paid more than $100k in fees and now my life is destroyed.

Be aware!

Edit: all surgeries were lap. The first one with mesh. This post is to share a very common story that is not told often. 100k surgeries are performed yearly and cases such as mine, even being 1-3%, amount to 1-3k people only on the us. If I knew that I would not perform any surgery

Hey, I'm getting an inguinal hernia repair soon and my flight home is the day after (about 5h total with a layover, not alone so someone can carry the bags). Anyone flown that soon after? How was it, and would you recommend waiting a few more days? Will check with my surgeon too, just curious about real experiences. Thanks!

Edit: I forgot to mention it's going to be the Shouldice technique

So I had a left side inguinal hernia repaired on 9/22. First week was all that I expected to be, pain wasn’t terrible most days. Met with surgeon 9 days later for first post op, he checked incisions and repair area, had me couph. Explaine my swelling down there was normal and will take quite a bit more time to come down. He said I could resume activity, although I prefer to still really baby things. Today tho, I used my foot(not repair side) to push back my chair into recline position. Doing that really aggravated something because the pain after was terrible. Burning, numbness, aching, at high levels. I actually took a pain pill which I haven’t need that since day 4. I’m terrified based on that pain that I damaged something. I feel better now because the med, but can’t help but worry. It was terrible. And I have panic disorder, which does not help. Because pain set in, then panic, then my body clenches and tightens cuz that’s what happens to me in panic episodes or attacks. Well that exacerbates the pain. Under control now but anyone experiences would help

Just curious is all.....

With DaVinci robotic direct unilateral inguinal hernia. I have had major surgeries before. Rods inserted from dual compound fractures and infection from. Was treated very dismissive. To.long of a story. Being on pubis and robotic surgery, do they manipulate or uncover your junk for any reason. I am opting out from catheter for obvious reasons. Just wanting insight

Hey guys so i just had my open apendix removal surgery 6 days ago im doing very well and i know one of my friend also had it but he said he can swim and do all kinds of stuff in just 2 months time without problem

But when i ask my doctor i can do normal activities in 3 months but gym and strenuous activities in 8 months to be sure that i wont get hernia

Doctor said the reason is that because my muscle has to be stiched and it can go off even tho my outer scar is fully healed

Maybe someone who undergo this surgery can tell me what should i do? Any help or answer would mean a lot to me

because im a very active person and getting limited for 8 months is very depressing to me 💔

Guys, I'd like to know how long after surgery and healing did you feel safe and comfortable with your bodies? I completed one year since my right inguinal surgery and seven months since my left inguinal surgery, and my relationship with my body, my mind, and my libido are all in the gutter.

So I just had this procedure, I had a huge hernia above my belly button that stuck out further then my chest. But now after surgery I feel even more insecure, I think she made the area from my chest to belly button way to tight. And then now I have a big swollen tire around my waist. Also they took my belly button completely away. The scar is also crooked. She said she took away some fat at the bottom also. I’m wondering if the swelling will go down any more and if so how long will it be till I will have my final results? I will send a pic of what it looks like if someone responds! Lol I don’t want to post it not knowing if anyone will respond or not! 😂

Hi all, I am looking for some feedback here.

In May of this year, I had surgery to repair an inguinal hernia, it was laparoscopical and I had a mesh placed. A few days after the surgery I noticed a seroma formed, doctor confirmed that and said it would resolve on its own.

I walk daily and that doesn’t seem to have much of an impact. I can’t push it back into my body either like I could with the hernia.

It’s now October and it hasn’t changed at all. I recently took a CT scan in September and at its largest point it’s 6 cm in diameter. It’s honestly bigger than the hernia I had at this point… I’m not really gonna hoe about draining it because that can lead to a risk of infection and the fluid can come back is what my doctor has advised me.

Has this happened to anyone else? I’m really disheartened here thinking I’ll be like this forever…

Thanks all!

Hello Reddit, 33M here. I had an open mesh bilateral repair in 2010. I was just diagnosed with a recurrent small hernia on my right side. Ultrasound showed that it’s about 3cm in diameter. The bulge is soft and reducible and goes flat after sitting or laying down for a while. No pain or major pressure/pinching involved.

I have a consult with general surgery next week to determine what they want to do with it, whether it be surgery or monitoring. I work a physically demanding job and live a very active lifestyle so I’m wary on the “watchful waiting” approach. I would prefer to just get it repaired so I can get on with my life without having it on the back of my mind all the time.

Anybody have experience with a recurrent repair? Did your doctors opt for surgery or monitoring? Any feedback is appreciated.

Cela fait 1 mois que je me suis fait opérer d’une hernie inguinal gauche et j’ai toujours des gonflement dur au niveau du pubis (côté gauche) et aussi le testicule qui est très enflé. Desfois ça a tendency a diminuer d’après moi et desfois l’inverse.

Le chirurgien m’avais dit 2-3 mois avant Que ca de parte. Avez-vous eu la meme chose et Combien de temps cela a t-il pris pour disparaître ?

Merci à vous

Hi everyone. Sorry for the personal question. If an inguinal hernia developed during childhood and was still present during puberty, could it somehow affect the growth or development of the penis?
Are there any men here who had an inguinal hernia since childhood and had surgery only after puberty? Did you notice any effect on penis growth?

did something very very stupid and now worrying my brains out!

well to narrate here in short: just before bed time i wanted to scroll aimlessly and while laying on my back, put the mac on my folded thighs. usually i support it with my hands but somehow it slipped and fell on my tummy. edge of the laptop hit the part just below navel. i could feel mild impact and went to sleep. but since morning i could feel heaviness and tightness around that area. no pain. by evening could feel definite pain along with the swelling and tightness. pain is not significant but its there. i am hoping its temporary impact and will subside on its own. but part of me is very very worried about possible incisional hernia and been checking my tummy for bulges every other hour. does hernia come with symptoms? how long before the bulge shows up? i am terrified.