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NEW! HerniaTalk site coming soon…
It would be nice to have keyword search capability. A search on keyword(s) would return all comments from any thread that contained the word.
I often find an interesting comment but have to read all the threads to find it again because the title gives no clue to a comment someone made.
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Mesh Hernia repair failure or not?
Dr Towfigh
Thank you for the time you have taken to answer my questions.
I have some more if you have the time. I am trying to get a CT Scan to find out what exactly happened to me during this surgery.
Aside from the pain that develops with prolonged standing and sitting I am now have a dull testicular pain on the same side as the surgery. This never existed before the surgery and seems to be increasing with time. I have read all 23 pages of this forum and the best I can come up with is that the mesh is irritating my sperm cord and that this is normally solved with a neurorectomy. Is this correct?
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Irritable Bowel Syndrom (IBS) and hernias
This is very illuminating for me to read after 3 years. I have had intermittent entrapment in the upper abdomen for 5 years now. However, since the umbilical hernia was repaired I haven’t had a cramp in that area once. I thought it was IBS all these years. Now, it no longer seems to be. I still have cramping in the lower abdomen but that may be due to the failed inguinal hernia repair. All this is speculation but it makes sense in my case.
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Mesh Hernia repair failure or not?
I just wanted to add some more information on these symptoms. There has been some reduction in pain in some areas but the pain in the area to the left of the pubic bone, in a gap between the leg and the bone gets pretty sore when walking. The same area gets progressively sore when I sit, the more upright the greater the pain. This pain radiates into the left testicle. There is actually greater pain sitting than standing now. The flesh on that side of the penis is puffier than the right side. It feels a bit swollen but not painful to the touch. To be honest I think my hernia was in better shape before the repair. My surgeon had told me prior to the surgery that he had never had a mesh failure because he did open mesh surgery.
It’s my understanding that the secondary repair is less likely to be successful than the first. Is that correct? And the recovery is longer and more painful?
I am thinking of going to a hernia specialist for the second repair, if needed. I would very much like to go to your Beverly Hills clinic but I have no place in Los Angeles to recuperate. No friends. However, I do have people in the SF Bay Area I could stay with. Are there good hernia repair specialists in the Bay Area you would recommend strongly? Someone that could do a repair with a small chance of failure.
Thank you
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Undetermined Lower Pelvic
Regarding bicycle accident:
I’ve thought about this a lot. I’m not a bike rider. However, like most kids I rode my bike to school every day. I had a bike that was too big for me. At the age of about 14-15 I fell forward from the bike onto the the cross bar that male bikes have. The pain was unbelievable. I thought it would never go away, but eventually it did. About 5 years later my friend and I decided to ride our bikes from Hollywood to Ventura and back. Mine was a 10 speed with a narrow seat. I was in pain the whole time. And what frustrated me was that my friend rode his with no ill pain at all. I figured something was wrong with me ‘down there’ but if I just kept off the bikes I was fine. My family had no medical insurance anyway.
So could an injury have remained for so many years? I don’t know.
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Undetermined Lower Pelvic
I’ve had the left inguinal hernia and the umbilical cord hernia repaired, which still leaves the right inguinal hernia to do. It’s only been 7 days but the signs are very encouraging. Neither inguinal hernias were palpable so I’m assuming that the protrusion went into the inguinal canal?
1) I used to have to pee any time I sat down after a walk or when I woke up at night or in the morning. That need is gone.
2) I could not rest my arms across my abdomen for any length of time without feeling nerve pain that radiated from central abdomen to the lower groin area. Thats gone.
3) I used to feel a pain in the left perineum area that started when walking and wouldn’t go away until sleep. That’s gone.
4) After a short walk I could palpate a lump through the anus on the left side that could be pushed in but would pop out. This always occurred in unison with the ‘sitting on a golf ball’ sense described by prostatitis victims. That’s gone.
5) I had abdominal nerve pain that would always appear before pooping and was relieved by pooping. That’s largely gone.
6) The burning sensation at the end of urination seems to have diminished due to greater infrequency of urination. Doctor had theorized that this was due to irradiating the prostate area.
Due to the swelling from the surgery I still can’t sit for very long and really haven’t taken long walks. There still appears to be some aggravation when walking but much less than before.
It’s too early to come to major conclusions. Dealing with constipation during recovery was a major problem.
I’ve made reservations with Dr Jerome Weiss a month from now to do lower pelvic evaluation which would be likely followed by massage therapy of myofacial trigger points in the lower pelvis. I’ve never been too excited about this route because it seems that you’re treating the symptoms, not the causes. These trigger points seem to inflame by causes near them and you massage them until the ‘injury’ heals by itself. But, what the heck, if they reduce the pain then that’s what you’re after anyway. I plan the keep the appointments unless the issue resolves itself with the hernia healing.
The 2nd inguinal hernia is smaller I think but I’m going to have it repaired anyway. I think it’s a contributor to the ‘sitting on a walnut’ sense that still appears occasionally after a walk.
The recovery from the umbilical hernia has proceeded much faster than the inguinal hernia. Although more painful after surgery it healed fast and there is little discomfort now. The inguinal surgery is still painful down deep. That one might take a long time., although it’s not painful enough to require meds.
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Undetermined Lower Pelvic
Dr Towfigh
My issue still seems to me very much like hernia. I’ve been flat on my back for some time now and the pain still appears without activity. It always appears just before a bowel movement and diminishes after one. This is very consistent. It’s a pain in the groin area. This was a non palpable hernia. Could the fat/intestine have dropped down far enough to cause pain in the lower groin, near the anal region. Also when I stand up there is a firmness that appears inside the anus on the front side, the side facing the scrotum. When i place a finger in that area it feels like a soft protrusion near the entrance that can be pushed in. This is only felt when standing. It disappears when laying down. Could this be the hernia? It’s close to the area of pain.
Thank you for the responses so far.
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Undetermined Lower Pelvic
Thank you for your advice doctor. I am hoping that this can be treated with PT. I intend to see a Dr Jerome Weiss in the Bar Area for an examination and treatment. Virtually all Yelp reviews are positive about him although most say they got better and not permanently cured
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Undetermined Lower Pelvic
Thank you Dr Towfigh.
I didn’t want to hear that I had Pudendal neuralgia because there rarely appears to be a cure for it. Unlike hernia surgery it looks as though my best bet is a lifetime of physical therapy on myofascial trigger points which can flare up at any time. The nerve blocks and surgeries seem to be hit and miss in terms of actual resolution.
I can understand how some of the activities may have led to this condition but I’m not sure why coughing, passing gas, inhaling deeply, or defecating would cause pain so far down the pelvic area. I’ve actually had this condition in a milder form for about 20 years. About 4 years ago I had another illness that kept me bedridden for several months. After I started to get about the pain was completely gone. That lasted about 3 years. Then as the activities started to get more rigorous the pain came back and intensified. The other strange thing is that if I continued to tough it out with the activities I would reach a state where the pain was gone. But when it came back it was worse than the previous pain. It’s all a mystery. If any of this makes sense to you or give you any clues as to what is going on please comment because nobody else seems to have a clue.
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Undetermined Lower Pelvic
Nobody has so far suggested that. I thought that since this issue first started with body raises with the left leg and has reoccurred and increased with activity it would not be a nerve issue. I have read some about pudendal neuralgia and some feel that it is a byproduct of something else that’s entrapping the nerve. Is that correct?
Are you suggesting my pain is likely not caused by the inguinal hernias found?