Anyone ever had a hernia?

[teamquestnorth]

Just got back from the hospital where I was told I have an inguinal hernia.

They just gave me some morphine and pushed all the hard matter (intestines?) back through the hole/tear and told me I needed to schedule surgery ASAP.

For those of you who have had one, how long am I looking at before I can hit the gym or go back to work? Dr told me no heavy lifting and I regularly pick up cases that are 40-50 lbs at work.

Also, if you did have the surgery, did it ever reopen sometime down the road?

Maybe @Splinty can chime in

 

[Deleted member 1]

Hernia is sack of fat, tissue, and sometimes intestine. The latter is obviously most dangerous. You are unlikely to have had that since they sent you home with it just reduced and sent you on your way.

Me? I would not go back to lifting heavy cases before getting this addressed.

I would teamlift everything over 30 pounds. But I can't give any medical advice. And the people examining you really need to make the limitation judgment.

Yes you should be evaluated ASAP since you were apparently symptomatic enough to seek treatment.

The surgery is relatively common. You often get a mesh placed to reinforce the defect in the abdominal wall that is allowing the hernia to protrude. In a young person, with a good surgeon, who listens to all of the rehab advice, this may very well be a one-time surgery.

The recovery afterwards is pretty decent length and you'll be very limited in your lifting abilities.

 

[teamquestnorth]

Hernia is sack of fat, tissue, and sometimes intestine. The latter is obviously most dangerous. You are unlikely to have had that since they sent you home with it just reduced and sent you on your way.

Me? I would not go back to lifting heavy cases before getting this addressed.

I would teamlift everything over 30 pounds. But I can't give any medical advice. And the people examining you really need to make the limitation judgment.

Yes you should be evaluated ASAP since you were apparently symptomatic enough to seek treatment.

The surgery is relatively common. You often get a mesh placed to reinforce the defect in the abdominal wall that is allowing the hernia to protrude. In a young person, with a good surgeon, who listens to all of the rehab advice, this may very well be a one-time surgery.

The recovery afterwards is pretty decent length and you'll be very limited in your lifting abilities.

Yeah I've had the symptoms for over a week now. Sharp pains when I cough, and a tennis ball sized lump that was kind of painful down towards my pelvic area.

Kept putting it off thinking it would just go away but then did some Google searches when I was at work and all signs said hernia and sure enough that's what it was.

Pretty bummed about being laid up and not working or being able to go to the gym but I just want to make sure its properly healed and I don't reinjure it or even cause a new one.

I really wish I knew exactly what it was that caused it. What kind of lift I did or whatever.

Now my body's going to go from looking like Sages to looking like Barberanas and that's depressing.

 

[Deleted member 1]

I really wish I knew exactly what it was that caused it. What kind of lift I did or whatever.

Genetic defect in abdomen. Every guy has small opening, some.more than others. Depending on type of inguinal hernia the defect is likely just that natural opening being a little more and then a lot of heavy lifting.

Core strength AND stretching will be part of long-term recovery.

 

[Teen Gohan]

Yeah I've had the symptoms for over a week now. Sharp pains when I cough, and a tennis ball sized lump that was kind of painful down towards my pelvic area.

Kept putting it off thinking it would just go away but then did some Google searches when I was at work and all signs said hernia and sure enough that's what it was.

Pretty bummed about being laid up and not working or being able to go to the gym but I just want to make sure its properly healed and I don't reinjure it or even cause a new one.

I really wish I knew exactly what it was that caused it. What kind of lift I did or whatever.

Now my body's going to go from looking like Sages to looking like Barberanas and that's depressing.

I had a very small one same location because I was an idiot and and went to the gym too soon after( testicle) surgery. I wasn't supposed to lift over 40 lbs for 2 months, and I was trying to squat after a month. I think the recovery time is around 2 weeks, maybe a little more.

 

[teamquestnorth]

I had a very small one same location because I was an idiot and and went to the gym too soon after( testicle) surgery. I wasn't supposed to lift over 40 lbs for 2 months, and I was trying to squat after a month. I think the recovery time is around 2 weeks, maybe a little more.

2 weeks isnt too bad. I'll be happy if I'm back at it in under a month.

Did you have surgery for the hernia too?

 

[Teen Gohan]

I haven't had it yet, but probably will eventually. It's still small and doesn't usually cause much pain, but I'm tired of worrying about it getting bigger. Right now I can only feel it if I flex my abs lol.

 

[1372]

My missus noticed a lump while she was toying with my goods the other night...Feels like an enflamed vein...Gotta have a doctor look at it on Monday...God I wish it was @Splinty

I'd jerk off on them beautiful glasses.

 

[Punch]

Get better soon homie.

 

[Lord Vutulaki]

Hernia is sack of fat, tissue, and sometimes intestine. The latter is obviously most dangerous. You are unlikely to have had that since they sent you home with it just reduced and sent you on your way.

Me? I would not go back to lifting heavy cases before getting this addressed.

I would teamlift everything over 30 pounds. But I can't give any medical advice. And the people examining you really need to make the limitation judgment.

Yes you should be evaluated ASAP since you were apparently symptomatic enough to seek treatment.

The surgery is relatively common. You often get a mesh placed to reinforce the defect in the abdominal wall that is allowing the hernia to protrude. In a young person, with a good surgeon, who listens to all of the rehab advice, this may very well be a one-time surgery.

The recovery afterwards is pretty decent length and you'll be very limited in your lifting abilities.

What do GP's have against weights? Mal Practice issue? After my 5m fall onto my face/knee in 2013 the GP said id never squat again, told my S&C coach andhe laughed and said fuck that start skwating and I have set a PR since. Dont get me wrong my GP was a smart mofo but seemed to think compound lifts are dangerous

 

[Deleted member 1]

What do GP's have against weights? Mal Practice issue? After my 5m fall onto my face/knee in 2013 the GP said id never squat again, told my S&C coach andhe laughed and said fuck that start skwating and I have set a PR since. Dont get me wrong my GP was a smart mofo but seemed to think compound lifts are dangerous

Who said they are bad?

I deadlifted until I became a t-rex.

I'm a huge proponent. Just not with a known hernia.

Get it fixed and then periodization back to strengthening to not exacerbate the issue.

 

[Lord Vutulaki]

Who said they are bad?

Every GP Ive spoken with about lifting, the exception being you. Interesting to note that my wife's friends husband is an orthopedic surgeon and deadlifts like a mad man but yeah every GP Ive spoken with.

 

[Deleted member 1]

Every GP Ive spoken with about lifting, the exception being you. Interesting to note that my wife's friends husband is an orthopedic surgeon and deadlifts like a mad man but yeah every GP Ive spoken with.

Luckily I'm board cerified and not a GP?



(stupid pedantic remark regarding US healthcare and the rest of the world)

 

[Lord Vutulaki]

Luckily I'm board cerified and not a GP?



(stupid pedantic remark regarding US healthcare and the rest of the world)

Ill never need it but please explain

 

[Deleted member 1]

Ill never need it but plus explain

The rest of the world divides docs into GPs and specialists.
GPs usually get paid on capitation and have a roughly geographic neighborhood of patients for which they care. The goal being to slowly distribute docs around as sort of triage. The is the end path for said generalist.

In the US, that word "General Practitioner" went away when medicine got larger and more and more physicians specialized. The move from 16 antibiotics to 39084328943290482390 antibiotics meant the need for increasing training. You used to just go to med school, do a year internship and hang your shingle. You can still do that....THAT is a GP in the USA.

But the boards (collection of docs and eventually bureaucrats that set standards of excellence for each specialty) decided that the proper generalist needed more than that one year of training to get their stamp of approval. Thus Family Medicine was born as a distinct board certified specialty.

In the US a GP will have higher malpractice, make less money, be denied access to hospitals. Can still hang a shingle, but considered a riskier path.
Finishing a residency and sitting for your board certification, along with the longitudinal requirements to maintain that certification, are supposed to be a quality metric that you are indeed a good up to date doc that can be trusted beyond the bare minimum of licensure. With it I work in a clinic, delivery babies, work in hospitals that have ICUs, etc.

I'm board certified like most of the docs you would see in primary care, but I do take advantage of this increased access (scope of practice) that most don't go after.

Splitting hairs for the layman, but massive differences inside the medical world.

 

[Lord Vutulaki]

@Splinty why would a GP have a higher level of malpractice? just the sheer volume of patients?

Malpractice = negligence there too right? theres not an issue with latent conditions right?

 

[1372]

@Splinty why would a GP have a higher level of malpractice? just the sheer volume of patients?

Malpractice = negligence there too right? theres not an issue with latent conditions right?

Nowwwwww....I remember why I blocked you before...Not even mad.

Bye forever though.

 

[Deleted member 1]

@Splinty why would a GP have a higher level of malpractice? just the sheer volume of patients?

Malpractice = negligence there too right? theres not an issue with latent conditions right?

Nope, the lack of standard training and jumping out to practice with only one year of residency experience instead of completing three years and sitting for a certification.
In general its also some self selection too. I'm sure some of those GP's are people that got booted from a residency before they could finish, etc.
Probably lots that the actuaries have to consider.

Malpractice = insurance to cover things you are found liable for.
Varies by state.

Nowwwwww....I remember why I blocked you before...Not even mad.

Bye forever though.

wtf

 

[Lord Vutulaki]

Nowwwwww....I remember why I blocked you before...Not even mad.

Bye forever though.

Out of all the retards I accidentally validated by accident its you.

This guy is a 70 year old englishmen who looks like an 18 year old tabby cat who is dying of stage 4 cancer while getting raped with a hot rusty blunt knife

 

[Lord Vutulaki]

Nope, the lack of standard training and jumping out to practice with only one year of residency experience instead of completing three years and sitting for a certification.
In general its also some self selection too. I'm sure some of those GP's are people that got booted from a residency before they could finish, etc.
Probably lots that the actuaries have to consider.

Malpractice = insurance to cover things you are found liable for.ver complication
Varies by state.



wtf

lol right on

 

[Hauler]

I've had one for about a year. Eventually I will get it taken care of. I got it when I was lifting a tractor into the back of my truck. Dumbass.

It's pretty big, on the left side of my pelvic area. But it doesn't hurt at all. It pops out when I'm standing, goes back in when I sit or lay down. I know I should get it taken care of but who's got time for that shit? Besides, I still take epic shits (taking one right now) and fuck like a rock star.....and those two things are pretty much all I care about. Haha.

 

[1372]

wtf

Not you Doc

Vutulaki..He just pains me.

 

[Robbie Hart]

I had one when I was a kid and that is all I can offer to this thread......while I was trying to heal up, all the children (cousins, one brother at the time) all decided it would be funny to come up with ideas to try to motivate a 5 year old to jump up from a laying position by any means necessary. They all paid years later.....

 

[Disciplined Galt]

Jumping through everything here, but I am sure Splinty has good advice to give. I got a hernia when I was 4 years old or the like. No problems until I turned 18, had been carrying pianos for a while and then it was my mom's birthday and I smacked about a few older gentlemen. Day after I woke up and figured I was hungover, after having my Viking Pizza I laid down but my left nut wouldn't stop hurting. Mom drove me to the hospital after my objections, then this fucking doc just grabbed my left nut and tried to squeeze it back in sort of. I told them to give me morphine, which they did. Now I've got this mesh shit between my intestines and my left nut (my take) doesn't affect me at all. I don't lift with my nuts.

 

[Disciplined Galt]

Nope, the lack of standard training and jumping out to practice with only one year of residency experience instead of completing three years and sitting for a certification.
In general its also some self selection too. I'm sure some of those GP's are people that got booted from a residency before they could finish, etc.
Probably lots that the actuaries have to consider.

Malpractice = insurance to cover things you are found liable for.
Varies by state.



wtf

LOL one of my now former students father is a neurosurgeon who holds lectures all over the place. His wife is a general practicioner, scratch that, she's a housewife who does yoga instead of making her son avoid people like me.

Vutu, I see no reason why you should be a acting like a liten kuksugare with MieshasTaint. Just fucking man up and realize people are different. Also I'll stand between you both and take all the hits required until you calm down.