Guest guest Posted August 24, 1999 Report Share Posted August 24, 1999 Dana Brown wrote: > > > > Would you mind talking about your hernia more in detail? Privately if you > like. I am guessing I have one but not sure.. Have suspected it for > awhile. But I go back in on the 7th of Sept. and will have my suspicions > confirmed. Why is it is urgent to have it repaired now? > > Thank you > dana > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I know your post was for someone else but I too had an incisional hernia. It only hurt once in a while. It was just above the navel. A hernia is the intestine pushing through the muscle where it was opened for the surgery or where the muscle wall is weak. When you cough it usually pushes out. I notice mine when I lie down and cough or push gently by holding my breath. It is important to get a hernia checked because the bowel can become constricted in the muscle and " die " which is dangerous. The surgery is simple, they open up the skin, tuck the intestine back in stitch close the muscle and put a mesh over the muscle to keep it reinforced. Most people go home the same day and are back to work (depending on the work) within a week. I have a hernia now on the right side of my navel from a different surgery. I am having it repaired on 9/24 and hope to get the pannus removed at the same time.(Come on Insurance, respond!!!!) This is it in a nutshell. Rita Open RNY 3/31/94 http://www.alayyan.com/OSSG-NYC-METRO/Rita2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 1999 Report Share Posted August 26, 1999 > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >I too had an incisional hernia. . . . Most people go home the same day and are back >to work (depending on the work) within a week. Really? Just a week? I have a desk job (and, obviously, an incisional hernia just above the waist). When I talked to my surgeon about having it fixed and how long I would be off from work, he told me 3 weeks. I was thinking maybe 2 weeks at the most (I don't have a whole lot of leave available). I was off 4 weeks for my RNY. So, I was thinking 3 weeks seems a little long, expecially for a desk job. Thanks for any additional information that can be provided on this topic. in Charlottesville, VA RNY 3/31/99 319 5/10/99 292 6/7/99 273 8/16/99 251 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 1999 Report Share Posted August 27, 1999 Binney wrote: > > From: taggie@... ( Binney) > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >I too had an incisional hernia. . . . Most people go home the same day and > are back > >to work (depending on the work) within a week. > > Really? Just a week? I have a desk job (and, obviously, an incisional hernia > just above the waist). When I talked to my surgeon about having it fixed and > how long I would be off from work, he told me 3 weeks. I was thinking maybe > 2 weeks at the most (I don't have a whole lot of leave available). I was off > 4 weeks for my RNY. So, I was thinking 3 weeks seems a little long, > expecially for a desk job. > > Thanks for any additional information that can be provided on this topic. > > in Charlottesville, VA > RNY 3/31/99 319 > 5/10/99 292 > 6/7/99 273 > 8/16/99 251 > > --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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