No Mesh Hernia Surgery

Just had double open inguinal hernia surgery a week ago. Having had some other surgeries I had a better idea what to expect for pain and recovery. Only took Tramadol for a few days, I am a believer in reducing overall stress and I have proven to myself I can limit my painkillers as needed. Taking alternate Tylenol and ibuprofen as needed now. Used Duclolax and Metamucil to offset the constipation which you really don't want.

Plan to start walking tomorrow and do as much as I feel comfortable in doing. I don't see any need to rush the recovery and with the open surgery I have two nice 4" or so incisions. Doc says not to worry about dislodging anything like the mesh.

I slept with a pillow under my knees which helped reduce the pull in the groin area. And speaking of that, and my surgeon said to expect it. I had bruising and swelling of the boys and their clubhouse if you know what I mean. Rather tender too and some mild testicular pain. Wearing supportive underwear helps. Let's just say having big balls is highly and completely overrated.

I had put this off for a long time, glad to be getting it behind me. I can see cataract surgery coming up soon, hope that is it for a while.

Oh, doc said I was an excellent patient to operate on, obese people with a lot of belly fat are difficult plus being in shape helps with recovery. I daresay we runners also understand pain and can listen to out bodies better and not go into a panic with some odd discomfort.

Good luck to anyone going through this. I would be glad to answer any questions you might have as well.

Another masters runner here. I had a mesh surgery and it is a routine procedure. two days of bed rest (mainly because I did not take any painkillers), 20min walks week 1, built up to 1hr of walking week 2, light jogging in 5 weeks, easy running in 6 weeks, increased volume by week 8 and back to workouts by week 12. I was overly cautious for the first 4 weeks, did not lift anything, did not hold my breath in during exercise, avoided all core work until week 10. You will be fine.

It took longer for me to get back to where I was because I chose to take it easy.

Has anybody had one above the bellybutton? I have a small bump by about my second Ab.

I haven't had it checked yet but it definitely fits the bill of a hernia. Very small and causes no discomfort just curious if anyone else has had one like that and has left it alone or fixed it. I don't have any symptoms and I would've noticed it until I just lost a bunch of weight... and now I'm skinny enough that I can actually feel and see it barely. Just a bump.

I had no-mesh. Was jogging within 2 weeks (VERY SLOWLY). Back to form within 6 months.

Contact Dr. Benton Emblom in Birmingham, AL. He is with the Andrews Group.

The only thing that bothered be was the need of taking second, plastic surgery as my first haven't gone as planned.https://au.linkedin.com/in/dr-michael-zacharia-85929349 patched me really nice, and that i couldn't say about my first surgeon, who performed the main surgery.

323PR wrote:

I was recently diagnosed with a "Sports Hernia" and a slight labral tear. I'm 50 so the Dr. said to not worry about the labral tear (I have no pain there).

I was prescribed Physical Therapy. The Dr. said I should see some progress in 6 weeks. If not, then he will inject PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) blood into the area to trigger healing. The last resort is surgery.

I'm 50. Will PRP work on me? I'm a 30 -50 MPW 4-5 marathon a year guy. Running is a big part of my life so I'm somewhat nervous I may have to hang up the shoes.

You all have to realize that a SPORTS hernia and an INGUINAL hernia are completely different things. In the sports hernia lots of guys talk about getting mesh for their sports hernia. For some it works, but others questions if it's just the forced rest.

I posted in the sports hernia thread as "I beat it with no surgery" or something like that. I had a sports hernia. No physical therapy helped for a whole year. I went to a trainer who strengthened my glutes and core, and I've had no problem since. I still do maintenance workouts with the trainer, but less frequently. I bet any middle aged guy with a desk job is prone to weak glutes and core, and therefore sports hernia, but NOT inguinal hernia. Make sure you know which one you have, and know that the treatments are very different.