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vicki69513
vicki69513

This is my first go around w a small and a larger hernia.

Apt to visit surgeon next mon.

Any info will help bc I'm not real familiar with it.

Thanks going into this having no clue

What to expect before and after. Ready for recovering and feeling bettersmile

Info appreciated🤓

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  • johnnyboy53
    johnnyboy53 vicki69513

    Posted

    im not brave enough to go but i wish you all the best vicki let us know how it goes x
    • vicki69513
      vicki69513 johnnyboy53

      Posted

      I've got to do something it's getting worse and I'm sick often. Will let you know and wish it hadn't appeared.
  • stacy33375
    stacy33375 vicki69513

    Posted

    Do you have a hiatal hernia? If so, my doctor tells me not to have surgery unless absolutely necessary because it could make it worse. Plus I've read many discussions on here where they've had a few surgeries and it keeps coming back and that is due to the wall is weakened to begin with.
  • shirley133
    shirley133 vicki69513

    Posted

    Hi Vicki if you dont need to have the repair, dont and there is a lot of controversy around about mesh used in hernia repair.  Do your research.  Do a google search under mesh problems and find out everything you can there are groups on facebook who are very well informed it is mainly around mesh used in pelvic floor repairs, but there is some medical opinion around that all hernia mesh has potential and longer term problems.  I have had a mesh repair but it does cause me some problems.  Please research I wish I had before my surgery.
    • vicki69513
      vicki69513 shirley133

      Posted

      Ty Shirley appreciate will do more research . It's an inguinal hernia
  • ruth57068
    ruth57068 vicki69513

    Posted

    I had a very large hiatal hernia repaired on Dec. 22nd of last year.   Although I am better, I still have "issues."   My appetite isn't what it was before the surgery, which is very annoying for me.   I can eat most soups, ice cream, puddings, yogurt, and sometimes mac and cheese.    But if I eat "chunky" items, I get pain and usually end up throwing up.    When I do throw up, it's always something that looks like slime.    If it continues, I guess that I will have to make a return visit to my surgeon.
    • vicki69513
      vicki69513 ruth57068

      Posted

      That's not good hopefully a return to surgeon can help you. My appetite has really gone down and get nausea if I over eat. Hoping surgery helps .
  • stacy33375
    stacy33375 vicki69513

    Posted

    I have a hiatal hernia and as I've said before do not have surgery unless absolutely necessary because it could make it worse. I do want to say that the doctor has given me Ativan and Bentyl which will relax your gutt and that tends to help me more than anything. Stress and worrying absolutely makes it worse.
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