dan

take care of yourself, hoping for a great recovery

You can just directly dm me on herniatalk

Although Dr. Kang’s surgery hernia surgery has had a positive reception in this forum, it’s important to remember that a mesh removal is a whole different ballpark than a hernia surgery.
I understand you are in a desperate situation but i would caution that you take anyone’s words as a gospel.

I do sympathize with your situation though which…[Read more]

Forgot to mention, my occult hernia is a factor in why i am going to Kang instead. Shouldice doesn’t operate on small hernias. My occult hernia is causing pain and i need it addressed

I hate this website sometimes. I wrote a very long reply but it disappeared so i am rewriting it again

I’ve made a post about my situation before but i am korean. I visit korea often and have family members there. Many of the expenses that the average person needs to spend on (like hotel fees) aren’t applicable to me because i have a place in…[Read more]

I actually live right across shouldice hospital and despite this i will go and get treatment from Dr Kang.

The issue with shouldice is that they’ve committed to the “if it ain’t broken don’t fix it” attitude. Shouldice still refuses to use sonography as a tool for diagnosis. They still do the traditional physical examination method only. When…[Read more]

great read, looking forward to part 2
good luck on full recovery

Hope you update us about your surgery
Good luck man

Is that the standard practice these days? Cause i haven’t heard of that

Yeah the quarantine requirement is 14 days unless you apply for a quarantine exemption. If you want to go get dr kang’s surgery, it’s likely you would have to wait until the lockdown is over.

From what i know, Dr Kang uses pds suture which are slow absorbable (130-180 days to fully absorb)

I am a korean american looking to get dr kang’s surgery once the pandemic ends. I will probably update once i get one. However, there is a story written by a korean woman on her blog about her experience with the surgery. She became pregnant 1 year…[Read more]

I heard that smaller hernias are much more likely to get incarcerated. Except i haven’t seen a study confirming this. It seems to be like something that has become widely considered as truth simply due to it being repeated often. Not sure if you can confirm or not