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Hi folks,

I don't know where my original thread went but here goes another try.

I'm going in for surgery soon to fix the damn thing. Just wanted to know if other people here had it and if so, please share your stories as i've never been cut open before. Just a little nervous. :eek:
 
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incognito said:
Hi folks,

I don't know where my original thread went but here goes another try.

I'm going in for surgery soon to fix the damn thing. Just wanted to know if other people here had it and if so, please share your stories as i've never been cut open before. Just a little nervous.
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I had a right inguinal hernia just above the crease of my right leg... I was overweight at the time which further aggravated the problem. I had it repaired 13 years ago. It was an out-patient thing- you know, go to the hospital at 6:00 am, get prepped, surgery, then recovery until the general anesthetic wears off, and then they sent me home. (Mrs. CG came to get me obviously- they won't let you leave solo...). The area was sore for a couple days, but no biggie, I timed it so that it fell on Mrs. CG's monthly visitor so I wouldn't miss and conjugal favours! ;-). :D

Since the surgery, I haven't had any problems, but I also lost all the access weight.
 
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Went to Shouldice (hospital specializing in hernias). Stayed a coupla days...my case was a little more difficult. However, no complications afterwards..yeah it hurt for a little while...anytime they cut you open...it generally does!! LOL!!! Back to normal within a few weeks!! Been good for the last 17 years!!! Dont worry...you'll be fine!!!
 
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My experience was pretty much like Bigtymer's. I also went to Shouldice last summer and highly recommend it.

I was probably a worse case scenario in that I felt discomfort for about a week after and lots of swelling for a month or so. But it was no big deal. Just an uncomfortable feeling. My wife had a hernia procedure there about 10 years ago and was pretty well back to normal within a week.

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Went to Shouldice (hospital specializing in hernias). Stayed a coupla days...my case was a little more difficult. However, no complications afterwards..yeah it hurt for a little while...anytime they cut you open...it generally does!! LOL!!! Back to normal within a few weeks!! Been good for the last 17 years!!! Dont worry...you'll be fine!!!
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bigtymer said:
Went to Shouldice (hospital specializing in hernias). Stayed a coupla days...my case was a little more difficult. However, no complications afterwards..yeah it hurt for a little while...anytime they cut you open...it generally does!! LOL!!! Back to normal within a few weeks!! Been good for the last 17 years!!! Dont worry...you'll be fine!!!
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Sounds like you went for the double. That a long boring time, I hope the was something good on the tele.

The answer is go to the Shouldice Clinic, do not take accept any substitutes. They are the best in the world.
they've been around for 60 + years. People come from all over the world. They even have heli-pad for the border hoppers from the US.

There are usually 6 surgeons who each average of 700+ operations a year; I asked. You are usually in and out in 24 hours. They have the lowest rate of redos anywhere. Arrange for a drive home, that helps.

They are covered by OHIP. You will have lots of company with the same situation. They cycle about 50 -75 patients a day and you will be comforted by the 6 -8 guys who are in your cohort as you move through the procedure, Yes mostly guys because hernias tend to be a guy thing. The you will introduced to the Shouldice shuffle, which is just what it sounds like tht they make you do in the halls and out in the green parklands out the back after your initial recovery. I hope there's something good on the tele while your there.

Afterwards, with the surgical implant they use, looking like a large spring from a cheap pen or hair clip, you will possibly set off a few metal detectors at airports, if their set to fine, until the spring scares over. HONEST, it's a hoot so have story straight. The truth works but be prepared for snicker or two. It stops after bout 3 years.

Again, go to the Shouldice, that's best advise you'll get.
 
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Go to Shouldice.

Hint: Say the following to the surgeon: "The rain in Spain falls mainly from a plane." and he'll surgically enhance your pecker.
 
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go to Shouldice hospital, had both sides done at the same time a couple of years ago, was sore for a while...but they are good at what they do...plus you will enjoy some time off...and be all set for the next adventure
 
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Its an easy surgery

Had one side done for an inguinal a few years ago. They cut a small strip and inserted a plastic mesh inside you, over the hernia. Day surgery, and I was walking around the house that very night night - very anti climactic as I thought I would be "laid up" for a few days but I was mobile immediately. You feel weak but that's it, and the pain was minimal. You have to take it very very easy the first week, stay in bed as much as you can for the full seven days to allow the mesh to "set", for your body to grow through it. Then they give you a very detailed schedule of when you can do what type of activity. But even though you need to stay on your back for a week to let your body heal, you CAN, physically, move around with minimal discomfort. Its three months before you can do anything truly physical again.

The scar takes forever to go away though. Big bump that is hard to the touch, it can take over 6 months to flatten and for the red to go away. I freaked out after 10 days when the thing seemed to get bigger, but that's just part of the healing process. Bottom line, not a difficult surgery to go through.
 
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CapitalGuy said:
Had one side done for an inguinal a few years ago. They cut a small strip and inserted a plastic mesh inside you, over the hernia. Day surgery, and I was walking around the house that very night night - very anti climactic as I thought I would be "laid up" for a few days but I was mobile immediately. You feel weak but that's it, and the pain was minimal. You have to take it very very easy the first week, stay in bed as much as you can for the full seven days to allow the mesh to "set", for your body to grow through it. Then they give you a very detailed schedule of when you can do what type of activity. But even though you need to stay on your back for a week to let your body heal, you CAN, physically, move around with minimal discomfort. Its three months before you can do anything truly physical again.

The scar takes forever to go away though. Big bump that is hard to the touch, it can take over 6 months to flatten and for the red to go away. I freaked out after 10 days when the thing seemed to get bigger, but that's just part of the healing process. Bottom line, not a difficult surgery to go through.
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Sorry Cap, the mesh is so yesterday and its prone to give way, not too often but that's what causes many people to need redoes. After the Shouldice procedure, I was working round the house in 3 days ( they want you to be active, especially walking) and was back to really physical work after 3 weeks with no bump, although my hernia was not debilitating at the time it was threatening to be so and possibly life threatening, considering my work.
 
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Sorry Cap, the mesh is so yesterday and its prone to give way, not too often but that's what causes many people to need redoes. After the Shouldice procedure, I was working round the house in 3 days ( they want you to be active, especially walking) and was back to really physical work after 3 weeks with no bump, although my hernia was not debilitating at the time it was threatening to be so and possibly life threatening, considering my work.
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So what is the new procedure today if the mesh is old. I've checked the net and haven't found anything new really? So were you back to work after a couple of days?
 
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So what is the new procedure today if the mesh is old. I've checked the net and haven't found anything new really? So were you back to work after a couple of days?
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The Shouldice uses an alloy implant that appears to be like a spring that you find in those click pens, a little larger in size and it is twisted into place along the axis of the hernia (think of a spiral note book) until the muscle tear is completely closed. Now mine was a very simple one and another type may be used for more complicated hernia but I;m sure it's just a variation of the same. No sign of a mesh type anywhere. They place one or two clips over the outside surface of the operation, that look like women's hair clip so as to minimize the tension on the sutures and possibly on the inside as well at the hernia site. This clip is removed before you leave and that's it. My scar is only about 3 inches long and faded after a year to my skin tone. Only a select few get to see it now. As I said previously you may, for the first while, set off metal detectors at the airports, if they're set too fine but that's hoot to deal with. As the device scars over, that goes away. As far as I know the Shouldice is the only place to do it this way for 50+; patented I guess. Another member of my family had the mesh type and had to go back for a re-do.

I was puttering around the house doing light chores after a couple of days, as they want you active, and was capable of desk duties soon after. t that time my work was quite physical and that meant a full load after about 3 weeks. A lot of that depends on the extent of your surgery.

Hope that helps. Try http://www.shouldice.com/
 
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I vote for the Shouldice experience as well. The stainless steel suture proceedure has better long term reliability than the mesh wall.

Hospital experience is nicer than a general hospital. No hearing the screams of the dying or agonized...no having to share a waiting area with people who have some enormous absest on their leg ... Place is almost like a chalet. Food is pretty good. Freequent follow up from staff who are not distracted with a hundred other matters.

If you stay on the Tylenol at clockwork 4 hour intervals the first 2 days, the discomfort will almost unnoticable. When you stop taking it there may be a very tolerable dull ache for a few more days, and laughing might hurt, but overall easily managiable.

I overdid the walking in the first few days after surgery and the slight limp caused me to have a hip and back pain the following week. Probably my fault.

Only distressfull part was the internal bruising migrating through the groin and turning my prick & scrotum purple for a few days - real scary looking for a few days!

As with any deep scar or injury, you will feel a slight tinge or dull ache in the operated are during sudden and dramatic changes in temperature or atmpspheric pressure for a few years after the surgery.
 
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Oh, they don't want you knocked out. They even told me to tell them if it was hurting during the procedure, which it wasn't, but you know something is going on down there.
 
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