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At 45 I required it.

I was very fit.

Easy surgery... day or two of pain... week of discomfort or so IIRC.

But 10 years later I would still get a jab every once in a while.

After 10 that went away.

https://www.herniasurgeries.com/hernia-doctor-cleveland-ohio/ well just went in early this morning and had my left side inquinal hernia dealt with, back home and told to walk alot for the next several days and will be back to work next week. Over all quit impressed with the simplicity of it and the surgeon himself. Now I understand why people come to this center from all over.

Once in 1999 and twice more in 2016. Nothing to it, they just put a zipper in to change the mesh like a diaper.

It will never, not hurt, but it is still better than before...

I'm 7 weeks since surgery. I'm about to 85% of what I was before injury. I'm a lot better than before surgery but aggravated that I can't go hard like before without pain interrupting.

Worked with a guy who ripped his abdominal wall moving some of our lockers. Note to self, always get the proper equipment and/or personnel. Don’t be a hero or be forced into something unsafe by the boss.

He had several surgeries and began to look like he had an alien trying to get out of his abdomen after his staff infection.

Hell of a fisherman. He retired to an acreage near Arrow Lake BC. He should have died when his artery in his neck blew out. Some how the paramedics kept him alive and met the medvac helicopter.

He died a few years ago. His abdomen looked crazy wierd.

That's easy I've got an 8x10 sheet of that mesh right above my belly button my whole chest muscle is going to split in two from the bottom up that's on top of the mesh hello my belly button from my first hernia

When you say you can't "go hard" Not sure what you're referring to. I would say you're healing up about the same as I did, maybe a little slower. I was up walking immediately, doing just about everything after about 5 days. MD's have made some huge inroads with hernia surgery.

I going in for it next Friday.

I am 55, had a hernia down low when I was 5 or 6. Don't remember much but have not been limited in any activities since then

My brother had the same at about that age.

I think hernias are easier to get over at that age... You get older, it can be challenging.

I don't feel mine much anymore if ever. I try to avoid heavy lifting when I can just because I know what can happen if you do blow it out.

Teeder I urge you to have stool softeners already bought before you go into it. Follow the Dr instructions to the letter during recovery. Walk at least twice a day for 10-20 minutes at a time if it's not uncomfortable.

I do basic calisthenics and cycle. I like sprinting on the bike. Doc said I could ride but to back off if I started hurting. I'm still getting pain if I push hard during a workout. It's not terrible and it has gone away pretty quick, but I can't get that sweat rolling work out yet that I could before I injured myself.

I had one fixed about 15 years ago. The other side popped out maybe 6 years ago. Doc said to just watch it until it starts getting big or feels funny. I'm sure that day is coming......

I had mine repaired two years ago to this day; St. Patrick's Day 2021. I also cycle, My MD told me no cycling or golf for 3 weeks, I resumed both after about 2 1/2 weeks. He told me unlimited walking immediately. I was walking and moving around really good even that first day. About 3 or 5 days of limited use of the pain meds, then just Tylenol. As I mentioned, my hernia was discovered in 1997, I waited, it wasn't bothering me until it did start bothering me.

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Well, I had my surgery today. They found 5 holes to fix. They ended up using mesh across the whole lower abdomen.

Pretty sore, but bearable. I've not used the oxy, sticking it out with Tylenol and Ibuprofen, so far.

The wife is waiting on me hand and foot, so it's not all bad. 😁

Glad you came out okay!

I'm going in on the 4th for mine. Just one side though.

Surgeon said he was making a traditional incision, not the laparoscopic.

Mine will be outpatient as well.

Got a bilateral in 1987.. was lifting weight within 30 days...nothing ever bothered me since.. and I still lift heavy weight fairly often... but I was a nurse and paramedic when I got out of the military, and know about body mechanics and how to lift weight without hurting yourself.

I also took care of plenty of GI's in the service that had the surgeries, to include scrubbing in on them.
So I knew A to Z of what to expect...

good luck with the recovery, iam 8 days out on my surgery, day 2 and 3 were the toughest pain wise, long as I was sitting no real pain but I was told to walk 2 to 4 hours a day post surgery,the pain while walking was no joke even with meds, I worked two 12 hour days the last two days, physical labor which was interesting but seems like the activity caused the swelling to almost completely disappear and today I feel great, like someone said in a prior post, use stool softeners, I started stool softeners before my surgery and iam glad I did.

Thanks. I started on the softener last night, just incase. Not looking forward to tomorrow.
I've gone through a tore Achilles and rotator cuff surgeries, hoping this isn't as bad as those.