[Keith]

Apologies for not getting back sooner. I have an appointment with Mr Professor Dr Alli Sheen (I just watched your convo with him) this Thursday so hopefully he maybe able to help me. I’ll post here if there is any information that may be helpful to others.

[Keith]

When I said the hernia reduces.. that was sloppy language. It can reduce in size when lying etc but I don’t believe it ever fully reduces as you can still feel a small lump. It’s far too painful to try and reduce it anyway. I feel like the mesh may be partly covering the femoral canal as my hernia lump has been slightly smaller since surgery. Can I contact you directly and maybe we could into more detail on a zoom consult? Thanks Keith

[Keith]

Hi Doc

Just to clarify, same lump was present before and after surgery – it reduces etc. My guess would be that the femoral reduced during preperitoneal inflation and so was not noticed.

I just think I was misdiagnosed. Pubic tubercle never located in pre-surgery exams. I guess with femoral hernias being rare in males the surgeon lazily assumed inguinal and then placed the mesh further up the abdomen behind the deep inguinal ring.

[Keith]

Hi GI

At the time of surgery my body fat % was probs around 15%, there was swelling around the groin and assumed mesh location. Guessing between 6 – 10mm of uniform swelling so my hernia (brazil nut size under skin etc) was very noticeable.

Femoral hernia was diagnosed 5 weeks after the surgery (same lump that was there on there straight after surgery) and I believe it being lateral and below pubic tubercle is pretty conclusive.

Pain? For the first recovery period? For the first 5 weeks before femoral diagnosis, it was not great. Lot of stingy aching at the mesh site and seemed slow to improve. In week 5, 3 days before being examined, pain was mostly gone. The pain since that exam.. wow.. that’s another topic all in itself.

Thanks for the link – I couldn’t agree more that femoral/inguinal need better differentiating.