Kitchen Garden Forum

quick question really...
has anyone got/had a hernia?
dh has just been told he's got one
wondered if anyone had been through surgery?
thanks
a tad anxious jo

I can't say i have, but you will have to wait on Rolly hand and foot for six weeks after he's had the Op.
I think your in and out within a couple of days now though.
And of course there's none of the other for ages.
Did he get it carrying your clothes shopping bags.

All joking apart Jopsy, it's the recovery thats the long part. Try not to worry to much it won't be as bad as it sounds.

Kind regards Old Herbaceous.

Theres no fool like an old fool.

Hi Jopsy,
In this area Hernias are dealt with by the day patient scheme. You report in the morning and have your op and home again later on during the day.
I had one about five years ago and I was at the hospital for 08.00hrs and was home by 16.00hrs.
The other thing that Herby mentions I know absolutely nothing about.
JB.

thanks boys
unfortunately they say it'll take 6 months to get an appointment-at the soonest!
i think it's possibly due to previous keyhole surgery he had making the area weaker
due to popular belief i really don't shop that often OH!
i'll try my best to look after him
as for the other OH i don't know what you're talking about either

My husband has had a double hernia - twice (having to have the surgery redone about ten years after the first one started breaking up.) However, the second op was much less invasive as they use a new technique now with mesh and if it's a small hernia it can be done in a day clinic. It's really important though to accept that this will affect your stomach muscles and that heavy lifting and digging etc is going to be off the agenda for several months if you don't want to risk the repair being jeopardised. If it's a type of hernia which needs more invasive surgery there's a chance that the nerves will take a long time to heal and you could get some uncomfortable twitches for a long time. So, if at all possible,it's a good idea to try to schedule the recovery period during the winter months when you're less active in the garden.

thanks primrose
he's got a consultation at the end of october,
so it will probably be months and months after that!

I've been waiting a while to have an umbilical heria repair (near the belly button) this will be done via a laparascope with mesh as a day case. I used to work as a theatre nurse, it would very much depend on the size and type (position) of your husbands hernia how it would be repaired.

mandy

hi mandy
its a bellybutton one!
it disappears when he lies down-most odd
tbh makes me feel a bit squeamish!

snap!

Mandy