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Wondering if this is normal?
Greetings all,
Tomorrow will be 2 weeks post op. I have a question for those of you whom have had inguinal hernial repair. I had the key hole with the doctor controlling a robot. I feel pretty good, I had a two tears on my left groin one was pretty large. The surgeon meshed both sides while he was inside me, which is what I wanted.
So today I was doing some cleaning moving boxes up some stairs. Nothing actually happened, no pain. But I’ve sorta gotten in the habit of feeling for my intestines to pop out since I wait over a year probably for surgery. So when I do anything mildly strenuous I’ve gotten in the habit of doing a gut check, lol! Again no pain or discomfort, but when I touched down there I noticed it’s harder on the side I had the hernia on. Visually my groin is a little bigger on the left side too. I’m hoping this is normal and I’m just feeling scar tissue, it does not feel like it did when I had to push my guts back in their home before surgery.
I actually have my post op appointment tomorrow. So I’ll definitely be discussing this with the surgeon. I’m just naturally a paranoid worrier, and I’m hoping some will tell me this is normal. Is it possible to damage the mesh if I over do it too soon? My surgeon was pretty liberal with what I can do. Basically he said if it’s uncomfortable don’t do it. I haven’t done anything uncomfortable so technically I followed my surgeons orders. But he definitely seems more liberal than most of the information I find online.
Thanks
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Thanks the surgeon said exactly what you did! I’m relieved and feeling great.
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Seroma or hematoma (fluid or blood collection) is not unexpected in the empty space where the hernia used to be. It goes away within weeks typically.
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