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PeterC, sorry to hear your situation. I myself had surgery by Dr. William Brown 3 years ago last August. I did 8 months of research online before deciding on him. Looking through various sites, including this one for insights and recommendations. Overall I read positive reviews and outcomes from him. I choose him because of that info and because I heard nightmare stories about mesh repairs. But I can tell you after 3 years that I am in more pain and discomfort after the surgery than before.
He was very personal and nice during my visit. With the great recommendations from many sites including this one, I felt like I was in the best of hands with him.
Now pretty much the only time I dont feel pain is when I sleep.
Also when I get involved in certain physical activity (running) the pain seems to subside some. Not sure if it is adrenaline or blood possible breaking up scar tissue, hopefully. Some people say non mesh repair is best some say mesh is best. In the end I guess its a coin flip on how your body will respond to the surgery. If i had a chance to do it all over again. I would just deal with the pain from the supposedly “hernias” I had the rest of my life. Then be cut up by a surgeon and be 5x worse than I was before. Physical I let myself go by eating unhealthy foods and alcohol.
The only goal in my life is to try and lose the 70 pounds I gained after the surgery. I’m hoping that by doing do it would break up scar tissue and fatty tissue that has caused maybe nerve entrapment.
All i can say to all those who are struggling and dealing with post surgery pain is to just cherish those few minutes or hrs a day that for whatever reason the pain is gone. Because when I do feel that relieve roughly on average about an hr or two day, it feels like an alternate reality that im living in. During that time I become full of bliss and just examine myself and surroundings. And by not feeling nothing I feel “normal”. -
Apply as much ice to the area for the first 48hrs as you can. That will help out tremendously with the inflammation, which in turn should help with some of the pain. For natural stuff look into arnica montana, curamin, curamed, boswellia or bromelain.
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Here is a link to a thread from months ago. There are some prices of a few surgeons. Dr Brown is one of them.
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There is hotel right by the surgery center he works out of. It is a Best Western. They should give a discount rate if you tell them you are staying for surgery.
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Thanks for sharing your story and all the information.
I have a question. How were you originally diagnosed with a hernia(s)? By physical examination? Did you have a visible bulge? Or did you have to get imaging test done such as a CT scan, MRI etc? -
MRI PROTOCOL with letterhead.pdf (476.9 KB, 1 view)
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Overall the pulling sensation comes on throughout the day. No reason I can tell of why. Sometimes just sitting it occurs or I can be standing or walking. In the morning waking up everything seems fine. Alot of the research and reading I’ve done on hernias hasn’t mentioned that the pulling (shrinking feeling) of the testicles and penis as one of the symptoms. So I wasn’t sure what type of issue would cause this feeling. I do have other symptoms other than the pulling, but the pulling issue is the one that I couldn’t find much info on.
But of late yes, the last few weeks I have been searching out and contacting “hernia” specialists. Dr. Brown has been one of them. -
If I’m not mistaken I believe Dr. Paul Szotek in Indianapolis, Indiana practices in “non mesh” repairs. Alot closer to home than Tuscon.
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I found the MRI Protocol you are talking about. I found it on an older post. However when I click on the image it is really small and when I try and enlarge, it is very blurry. Is there way of getting a better resolution image of it? Thank You