[Bliss44]

So, four weeks later, I feel like I never had surgery. No pain, hernia’s gone (I think i can feel it underneath the mesh, but no more protrusion). I’m walking for exercise – 12-15km 5 days per week. I have thrown batting practice to my teenage son, and while there’s no ill effects, I do notice the abs to the right of the belly button tighten up disproportionately. I plan to resume hiking and swimming next week. I see my surgeon at the end of next month, at which point I expect to have the all clear.

Here are the details for reference. It was an open surgery with a general. It took about an hour (memory is hazy). That night I went and watched my son’s baseball game. I was moving slowly and was swollen, but felt fine. I probably could not have gone if it was the next day. I was comically swollen for about a week. The pain lasted about 5 days, and was manageable with over the counter meds (taking about half of the recommended dose). I tried to manage the pain with cannabis edibles, but that just made me stoned and sore.

On whole, had I known the recovery was so rapid, I would’ve got this fixed years ago.

[Bliss44]

Follow up: had scheduled surgery Wednesday. Mesh. Recovery is early days, but so far, so good.