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How long did you wait?
There is a great paper published in 2006 in the New England Journal of Medicine, with a followup 5 yrs later. They had Veterans commit to surgery vs watchful waiting. They all had groin hernias with no more than minimal pain and discomfort.
They all did fine waiting. No major complications. A quarter of them were frustrated from waiting as they didn’t like the bulge and having to adjust it, and deal with the twinges.
Some wait a lifetime and never get their her I fixed. Some have it fixed within days. There is no right answer for simple hernias. But they all get bigger with time.