Hernia or Psoas?

[Retained ForeignBodies causing pain or Chronic pain from Hernia?]

Hernia or Psoas?

Thank you, Dr. Towfigh – I appreciate your thoughts.

My pain now (2 years after onset) is improved in that I feel it less often and less severely than I did a year ago. It now falls in the grey area between ‘definitely wanting surgery’ and ‘thinking I can live with this’ – do you see any drawbacks or dangers in waiting until it gets worse ?

Also, do you often (or ever) encounter confusion between inguinal and femoral hernias on radiology reports and is it important to be rescanned prior to surgery? The exact centre of my pain is hard to pinpoint but it does extend from lateral of pubic bone to just below hip bone.