Not that seeing a surgeon always helps… I mean I saw one and he just looked at it and confirmed it was a hernia. Well, since there is a bulge in my groin, any layman will tell you what you have. He was not specific about what kind of hernia it was. It is a groin or inguinal hernia alright, even I know that. But is it direct or indirect? He said I should have it repaired if it is bothersome, and that I will have to do it eventually.

I said no to surgery back then.

A) I resent the idea of using a permanent mesh to cover the defect, and that’s the only way he would do it, because that’s how it’s done today. I had no other option. Other than to say no and live with it. I have lived and survived to tell you the story. I have had it for 8 years now and I have not had any major problem with it, least of all strangulation which is sometimes used as a form of scare tactic.

B) I don’t have respect nor confidence in a surgeon who doesn’t want or know how to set a proper diagnosis by palpation, or by ordering ultrasound, CT or MRI scans.