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in my experience , some belts worked for me , others did not. look at underworks website

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also i would use a hernia belt. underworks makes good ones or the guy that made the video i posted. good luck

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU5LnGVzRs8&t=6s

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i wouldn’t do anything for at least 4 weeks. what type of mesh did they use? why did you have to stay overnight? anyway, hope your recovery goes well.

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seems to me from all the posts i have seen that, no matter how good the surgeon is etc. , there is always the chance that your system will reject the mesh and then you may have chronic pain etc. but i guess that is the chance you take with mesh.. i got phasix dissolvable mesh , so far i haven’t had any issues . 8 weeks after surgery.

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I assume you never talked to the Shouldice Hosp about it?

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i think i mentioned in my other reply that Dr. Nguyen also does standard open surgery using whatever method he feels will be best. this is his website, it has not been updated . https://www.sportshernia.com/

sportshernia.com

Sports Hernia Diagnosis and Repair | Sports Hernia Specialist

Dr. Richard Nguyen specializes in the advanced treatment of inguinal hernias, sports hernias, and mesh complications. Los Gatos, California.

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as far as i know he uses phasix dissolvable mesh . for last 5 years.

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Dr Nguyen did my inguinal hernia surgery. 3 weeks ago. . i believe he is in the same office as Dr. Zare. I haven’t had any issues to this point. He offers open no mesh or mesh with phasix dissolvable mesh. i got the mesh laproscopic/robotic. good luck

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i see you got your surgery. i just had a rt inguinal hernia done with phasix mesh. i had didn’t have much pain so far. almost 2 weeks now. not sure what they used for sutures. the Dr said he has been using phasix for about 5 years with minimal issues

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i had lap/robotic for rt inguinal hernia with mesh behind abdominal wall . Phasix mesh. supposed to dissolve in a year or so. there are many types of mesh out there. get a few opinions from hernia

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have you tried any of the facebook hernia forums. specifoally the one called Inguinal Hernia support Uk GB

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actually today would be week 4 and i don’t have any of that. it probably was around week 3. everyone is different and i may have a different threshold of pain. but i definitely don’t have any discomfort or pain . and i really didn’t have much after the 1st week other than the swollen parts.

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the swelling in the groin went down after 3 weeks

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it may depend on age etc but i am 65 and things seemed to be back to normal around the 3 rd week.

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very mild pain, just swelling for a few weeks, which they say is normal. did you get mesh?

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