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future of inguinal repair and PT
@groundfaller, I’ve had no experience with tumeric but I do take fish oil supplements, which have an anti-inflammatory effect and are good for you anyway. It doesn’t have the immediate impact of something like a pharmaceutical NSAID, but it does seem to help over time. It’s another thing to consider, usually well tolerated too. Also, from personal experience, after a particularly annoying pain ‘flare up’ or whatever you’d like to call it, using ice on the location of discomfort can help considerably, as can a hot water bottle on nearby muscles – these may just be distracting with other strong sensations, who knows, but it can offer some relief.
My personal advice is to find a way to participate in your active pursuits anyway, even if in a new way, at a reduced pace, or a different intensity level. If that’s who you are and what brings you joy, it will help your mental health and self esteem, which is equally as important as physical health. Find the pain threshold or movement triggers and avoid them as best you can. It sounds like you’re working on this with the physical therapist, which I think is an excellent decision.
It is fairly clear to me that hernias and whatever other related issues pertain to the anatomy are obviously far more complex than people (and perhaps some doctors) may realize.