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Surgery VS Watchful Waiting
Dr. Earle is correct that this is not the usual post-op course after a routine hernia repair. Your symptoms, however, are difficult to correlate with unilateral surgery which is why I think that this may be some sort of generalized problem. Gabapentin is supposed to work by inhibiting nerve conduction at the level of the spine, but I doubt we really understand completely what it does. Side effects are mostly tiredness and resolve with time in most people. Light jogging is probably OK, but I would get on a bike first. It’s much lower impact. Time does, indeed, frequently fix these issues.