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Is this a Hernia? In desperate need of help!
Hello Dr. Towfigh,
Thank you for following-up, I wanted to give my wife some time to heal up before responding again. Dr. Tejirian ended up identifying two lipomas and removing them. Since Dr. Tejirian identified two she actually ended up putting her under for about 2 hours! Apparently the two lipomas actually shared a similar location as a hernia, so she actually called in one of your under studies to get a second-opinion while my wife was still in surgery. After receiving the pathology report it turns out she had two lipomas one which was 8cm and another that was 4 cm. Dr. Tejirian also mentioned that the lipomas were both very mobile and they would move from near the middle lower back to underneath her rib; which would help to explain her occasional side pain. But, all in all, I am happy to announce that although the recovery took some time my wife is nearly 100%! She is able to work a full shift at work again and her abdominal tightness has subsided too, which I suspect was due to a form of stress or anxiety from the constant trauma her body was under. Had you not referred us to Dr. Tejirian we may still be looking for a doctor to listen to us and my wife would still be nearly bed ridden. Thank you both for all your help, you helped give my wife her life back!
Best regards,
No longer ConcernedHusband