Sliding Inguinal Hernia - help?
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Hi all, 10 weeks ago I had open surgery for a inguinal hernia with mesh (right side), which turned out to be the sliding type (less than 2% are I'm told). So a 40 min op became a 2.5 hr op and while my scar is 4 inches long the actual area stitched etc beneath is twice the size. 10 weeks on and I still can't pick up my young children, lift the shopping etc without feeling sharp pressure in the area, so I'm doing nothing to avoid injuring myself. It feels like I have a mobile phone buried inside me, across my right side and down to the bottom of my groin, not painful just uncomfortable, although the shooting pain comes if I do try and lift something. I had a check-up and the doctor said its holding fine but I shouldn't do anything other than walk for the remainder of the year (it's May) and I'm an active guy (golf, swimming, etc). Has anyone else had this type of hernia? Frankly I'm feeling pretty fed up and wondering if there is any light at the end of the tunnel?
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No_Mesh_Hernia simon27120
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ctrix1 simon27120
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I had a bladder slider inguinal hernia. It started out as a plain inguinal hernia that I had for 11 years without any real problems. Then one morning I woke up and things had changed. First off, I had a rash of sorts (like water blisters) down there on the hernia side. (Right side) Then It felt like I had an extra testicle. My right side groin area swelled up and I had trouble urinating. I went in to the hospital for urgent care. The water blisters turned out to be Shingles, and they said the hernia has got to go. The whole episode fell by the wayside for a year, until my annual physical. When I told my primary care doctor about it a surgery was scheduled. When the chief surgeon met with me about it, she said "you just described a bladder slider, I'm not doing anything until urology looks at it" Urology did an ultrasound and concurred. Anyway, it took four and a half hours to fix it. Partly because they took the opportunity as a training for other doctors and med students to watch. I had to spend the night at the hospital because I had a reaction to the anesthesia, and a urinary retention issue (catheter). I was out thirty six hours after I went in. They also told me "By the way, we wrote a new formula for you (anesthesia ) you won't get sick next time ". They put a mesh in me and things healed up pretty well for the next couple of months. Three months after the procedure, my leg was in extreme pain for a week. It turned out to be from a nerve being compressed by the scar. For me, another rare condition called meralgia paresthetica. I had RFA treatments to my leg every five months, and now about five and a half years later, everything is pretty much back to normal. I'm told it takes about six months for the hernia to fully heal, so you're not out of the woods just yet. I hope things go better for you. Goods luck
Rick
ctrix1 simon27120
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Sliders are tricky, and can throw off seasoned surgeons because when they open you up, things aren't where they're supposed to be, and then they have to put those things back into their correct position.