[Lucky46]

Well,even though I was careful it feels like recurrence..I took a job to make ends meet in the interim while things at my regular job are slow,they send us home until work picks up.And at the new job is where I hurt myself but didn’t go back due to other reasons. I didn’t feel this recurrence pain till weeks ago.

Now I can’t go back to my regular job and can’t take anything else being hurt.i have no health insurance and am flat broke living on very very little.I can get insurance cause iam unemployed and darn near homeless….BUT, even if Dr. Towfigh’s office accepted it I have no way to get there and such.

I hope your situation is better than mine.
And no, after this I truly believe you can not go back to pre hernia activities even being careful as it is just a matter of time before an issue arises.
I have a friend who left this city a few months ago who had mesh issues as well and not one Dr. here would touch him.Same as me too when I last had insurance..I could not find a doctor who would even repair my umbilical hernia. I feel my life is over.

Best of luck.

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[Lucky46]

All kinds of weird nerves/pains in and around the left incision area. Yeah I’ve been taking it easy since I lifted the garbage can. It all feels like the original symptoms and then some with the hip/back “ghost” pressure. I know my limitations after 8 years of repair which makes it hard to take if it is reccuring hernia(s).

That’s what makes it so depressing…..I was careful.
But,these things even happen being careful.

What iam curious about is why 33 days later to start the original type of symptoms? And earlier in the day yesterday I was fine I just had scar tissue “scratch” and my normal over stain symptoms…then I sit bent over stretched over and then …BAM!! full symptoms….oh well,we shall see.

A trip to Dr. Towfigh might be in my future.

[Lucky46]

Yeah, it looks as if I am going to have to go at some point. I woke up today with a slight burning that now is a sharp pain every 20-30 seconds on the front middle of my left leg. Sometimes it lasts a minute or so.

[Lucky46]

MikeL thank you for your insightful reply. What you have posted has been in the back of my mind as well. I was sitting on a stool yesterday working on a friend’s car bent over for quite some time and then that is when I noticed that I need to get up and move around as my left incision was acting up.I stood up and the back pain hit me.The only thing I can think of is and I hope iam right is since I over exerted the hernia and it is still recovering it was more susceptible to acting up from the prolonged sitting position.

I was sitting on a stool changing out ball joints and front CV Axels. So not to high or low…just enough to agrivate it. And I do have some pain in the hip area from my heavy gym squat days….. probably arthritis (?)

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[Lucky46]

Also more gassy now as trying to pass gas gets “trapped” feeling.Left incision doesn’t really have pain…just feels “noticable” and doesn’t shoot pain straight through.Incision area and back act up at the same time.The strangest part is how the left hip area feels…no pain, but once again”noticable” just like the feeling there is light pressure applied.

Only thing I can feel is the plug on my right incision.But this is how my original symptoms we’re as well.The Dr. could barely feel anything in the inguinal canal and ultrasound/xray showed it.Which I guess at this point it is a watch and wait to see if symptoms reside….it has been 33 days since said aggravated activity and my body can take up to a couple months to chill out.

But I have a bad feeling about this.

IF……It is recurrence what is the procedure to remedy this?

Like anytime is a good time for this right? But at the moment this is really bad as I am to start school next fall and the waiting list to get in has been long.
Well,here is to wish full thinking and hope it is not recurrence.

[Lucky46]

Well,bad news I believe. A month ago I started a job at a no kill cat shelter and on my first day at the end me and a co worker lifted a big garbage can up into a dumpster.The kind with wheels on it.Heavy but not too bad. I ended up not going back due to other issues.

The next day I was sore all over which was to be expected.And when the general soreness went away I could tell I over strained my hernia. It felt like most overstrains: testicles a little sore, ab aches,lower abs tight. And it goes away usually in a month or two.

One month later I notice now on my left inguinal area last night it shot straight back through the incision area and a bad sharp pain in the back. And when I lay down it doesn’t hurt but it feels like light pressure on both incision sites/hip area/bone…like a hand applying light pressure. No lumps,bumps,or hurts if I push even hard all over. Testicle pain is a dull ache here and there and I can feel scratching from mesh here and there…no pain. Does hurt back and left incision area to bend though.

My umbilical hernia is fine.

Really hoping it’s just strained bad and goes away.
I am not working,no money,no health insurance.i could get state insurance:ACCCHS.

But feel hopeless as I do not know where to turn if it is another hernia.

Please advise….thanks.

[Lucky46]

Dr. Procter, Thanks for the information.I think at this point I will move forward with exercise with caution. When I had the examination I qualified for a low income medical care called MISP in CA. where I was living at the time.
I saw a Dr. and was told I had approximately a year wait time until the operation as there were many people ahead of me. In the interim I researched and did not like what I was reading about the outcome as many people had symptoms that were bad.When I saw the Dr. who was to perform the repair he asked if I was planning to return to the gym.I said yes and his reply was that mesh was needed then.

My “problem” is I am very strong so it is easy for me to move up in weight in the gym.I was preparing for a competition and pushed it a tad too much.The worst part was the phycological effect on me.Being at the time the gym was my life I felt everything I worked for was gone.No more strongman/bodybuilding competitions.

Mixed with other personal issues at the same time I just disappeared from that lifestyle.

But it is not one you can give up as at least for me it runs in my blood.
I would like to thank you and Dr. Towfigh for providing this forum and insight.

And I wish all members on here who are not as fortunate as I am the best with their hernias.
I will continue to monitor this board as this is the best I have found.
Once again thank you.