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How to overcome fear/anxiety and make yourself accept that you need surgery?
hello friendly members,
I am curious to learn about how you overcome fear/anxiety about the hernia surgery, especially open incision ones like Shouldice? I was recently confirmed to have inguinal hernia (reducible golf size) I am strongly favoring the non-mesh repair and my BMI is 19.6, good enough for a Shouldice type procedure, but I am struggling with potential large incisions (3-5 inches), surgical complications and/or post-operative pain and swelling etc. I feel that I am quite nervous and worry that I could faint on the operation table.
Has this been discussed among members before? Does anyone have gone through similar struggle but eventually went for surgery successfully? I would love to hear about how you build your strength/courage and what you did to get yourself mentally ready?
Thanks for your comments.
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