Advice needed!

In Washington state, try Dr Andrew Wright at the University of Washington. Tell him you were referred from HerniaTalk.com. He’s a very smart surgeon.

Occult hernias in women present atypically: pain several fingerbreadths above the groin crease, pulling or tugging, radiates down leg, into vagina, into labia, upper inner thigh, around the back, up to the umbilicus. Associated with bloating. Worse with abdominal pressure increases such as straining for bowel movements. I often hear the pain lingers after the bowel movement. Pain with sex.

The urinary frequency may be related to pelvic floor spasm due to inguinal hernia. Pelvic floor physical therapy causes more pain.