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Very interesting. I will discuss all with my surgeon. Thanks !

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Thanks, Dr. Brown. I will ask those questions during my next follow-up. Can’t believe still having these issues 5 months post-op.

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Thank you again, Dr. Brown.
Dan-Sorry to hear. At around 2 months I saw improvement (though still far from perfect) and I hope the same for you.

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Thanks, Dr. Brown! The discomfort definitely is deep, not superficial. What is strange is that when I am sitting down or laying down it is pain-free. It is only when I am active and walking around for an hour or so that it flares up. Ice or heating pad usually makes it go away. I’d say when it flares up it is a 3-4 out of a 10 scale.

Have you seen that at the 4 month mark, with the patient resolving to close to no pain at some
point?

is it ok to work through this discomfort in the gym doing cardio and light weights?

CT scan showed nothing abnormal.

Any insights are appreciated.

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Thank you!

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Going to PT on Monday. Can’t hurt!

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I’ve read that also. I got my primary care doctor to give me a prescription for PT, and will be going for a few sessions.

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Do you feel the stretching/exercising benefited you and helped you to improve?
I asked my surgeon for a script for PT. He refused. He says it’s a waste of time and I should slowly ease my way back into the gym and do crunches! No way I am doing crunches anytime soon. I probably just have to self-pay for the PT, which I am going to do.
Mind sharing any type of exercises or stretching you learned? I’ve seen hip extensions are good.

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Same here. Why can’t they commit to a solid suggestion?

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Thanks so much. Seeing the surgeon on Monday. Will request the imaging. My right side never gave me problems, only the left. Now both are sore. I was feeling pretty good last weekend so finally got to doing some yard work, it’s required balancing a little on a ladder and bending to rake up leaves, etc. and all this week has been sore. On a scale of 1 to 10, I’d say 4. I am really lost and just don’t know what is normal and what is abnormal at this point. Thanks for helping to administer this forum. It’s a great resource

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Thanks to all! Will definitely take a look! Did back-to-back yard work this weekend and was feeling good. After 3 months, it is crazy that it should be some type of milestone. Today, soreness is back (but not as sore as it usually is after being active like that–so I guess I should take it as progress). This forum has really helped. Rather than feeling despair over that, I am dialing back my expectations and am trying to be patient and taking it week-by-week and looking for any incremental progress. If it takes a year, so be it. As long as I can get back to how I felt before this awful procedure was done.

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Cool. Thanks for the reply.

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I wish. Was back to work (desk job mainly) 5 days after surgery. Seems crazy in hindsight.

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It’s strange. Only thing he’s basically authorized is walking. He knows I didn’t have a recurrence since I had a CT scan after the terrible nerve pain arose, so not sure why he’s hesitant. Hope I didn’t screw things up by NOT stretching and exercising!

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You’re right. It’s strange. Only thing he’s basically authorized is walking. He knows I didn’t have a recurrence since I had a CT scan after the terrible nerve pain arose, so not sure why he’s hesitant. Hope I didn’t screw things up by NOT stretching and exercising!

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You are right. It’s strange. Only thing he’s basically authorized is walking. He knows I didn’t have a recurrence since I had a CT scan after the terrible nerve pain arose, so not sure why he’s hesitant. Hope I didn’t screw things up by NOT stretching and exercising!

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Agreed. The only thing the surgeon says I should be doing in terms of exercise is walking? I am going to really push for the gym when I see him in 2 weeks.

Any resources on stretching exercises post-hernia repairs?

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Thanks for the reassurance. Totally agree. All that the Dr. says is to be walking.
Are there any stretching exercises in particular that are good for recovery from inguinal repairs, or any resource that you know of?

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Thanks again. The reason I ask is that whenever I see the surgeon and ask about exercise, he says “give it another month until I see you”. I especially think stretching would be beneficial because I do feel “tight”.

You mentioned not really being able to do any damage post-surgery. I’ve always been concerned about that because only a few minutes after I awoke from surgery, the post-op staff had a fixation with me urinating before they’d release me. They were pumping me full of fluids and constantly made me get up to try. Probably 20 times that happened. It was crazy. Since I had so many fluids, when I got home that evening, I must have gotten up 3 or 4 times that night to urinate. Needless to say, getting in and out of bed was not pleasant. Of course I was given no directions how to even get in and out of bed. I’ve always attributed my recovery difficulties to the post-op and that evening. My doctor just shrugs and says “the post-op staff knows what they’re doing.” Do you think I could have done any damage moving around like that fresh out of a surgery?

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Thanks again. I agree. The reason I ask is that whenever I see the surgeon and ask about exercise, he says “give it another month until I see you”. I especially think stretching would be beneficial because I do feel “tight”.

You mentioned not really being able to do any damage post-surgery. I’ve always been concerned about that because only a few minutes after I awoke from surgery, the post-op staff had a fixation with me urinating before they’d release me. They were pumping me full of fluids and constantly made me get up to try. Probably 20 times that happened. It was crazy. Since I had so many fluids, when I got home that evening, I must have gotten up 3 or 4 times that night to urinate. Needless to say, getting in and out of bed was not pleasant. Of course I was given no directions how to even get in and out of bed. I’ve always attributed my recovery difficulties to the post-op and that evening. My doctor just shrugs and says “the post-op staff knows what they’re doing.” Do you think I could have done any damage moving around like that fresh out of a surgery?