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PJMcK

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5. I've had two inguinal hernias repaired

Reply to Koch Ebola (Original post)

Mon Oct 18, 2021, 09:10 AM

Oct 2021

Once, I was playing catch with my son and as I reached for a ground ball, I felt my right groin muscles separate. It wasn't pleasant. The other time, I was sailing and while pulling down the jib, I had the same sensation on the left side. Both events were painful but the repairs were easy procedures and the recoveries took about 4-6 weeks. Glad I won't have to go through that again!

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My thoughts on getting a Hernia. [View all] Koch Ebola Oct 2021 OP

A hernia kept my brother out of Vietnam. So it may have saved his life Walleye Oct 2021 #1

I would have rented one first before buying it. We old guys lose our muscle tone and it happens. marble falls Oct 2021 #2

The men in my family often got hernias. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #3

What kind of recovery time after surgeries? ret5hd Oct 2021 #4

It depends on the size of the hernia. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #6

Swollen? Like, uhhhmm...bigger? Do they charge extra if that happens? ret5hd Oct 2021 #8

Lol! Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #9

I've had two inguinal hernias repaired PJMcK Oct 2021 #5

Two things they don't tell you before surgery, and one thing they do. louis-t Oct 2021 #7