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4 Days Post-Op (Laparoscopic Hernia Repair)
Hello Chaunce 🙂
I’m doing well, I think. One of the things Brandie told me to keep in mind was that pain can come and go any time while healing due to inflammation (for 6-8 weeks post surgery). The past few days I’ve had the same warm/tight dull pain in the inguinal area that the hernia felt like. I’m trying to keep reminding myself that post-surgery pain can feel just like pre-surgery (non-fixed) pain, and not wig out haha. So yeah the pain has changed a bit in that it’s less tender in that area, and in general the pain is back to where the hernia pain was. I do get a little pain still when I try to sleep on my left side (halfway between hip crease and belly button) but it isn’t bad at all.
Overall though I am just using ice for any pain, and can do pretty much anything I need to on a daily basis (drive my manual transmission car, walk pretty good distance, lift small things). I’m not sure how long the lifting restriction is – that’s something I need to ask, but I am not picking up anything over 10 pounds (ish) currently. Or put another way, if I feel like I need to work or strain to lift something, I don’t do it.
I am looking forward to eventually getting back to yoga, hopefully. I start back to work on Monday (part time); I thought I’d be bored while I was away, but that wasn’t a problem haha. I guess I’ve been working nonstop (with a few vacations that were < a week) since 2000 so not working for three weeks (even though recovering) was incredibly nice.
Thanks so much for asking! I will keep checking in 😀