[Matt]

Dear Dr. Towfigh, thanks a lot for your reply and insight. To be honest I did not think about recurrence due to several reasons like, I do not have the symptoms I had when I have my first hernia like continuous pain, time to time sharp pain, pain when coughing and sneezing and lifting heavy things. Also when I had my first hernia, my situation got worse with time and now it is getting a bit better, but very slowly. I think it is best to go back to my GP, as you advised to ask for imaging to see if my previous repair is good and/or if I have a new hernia. He did the physical examination, which is pushing a point near my scrotum and ask for coughing, and said I do not have any hernia this time. However I do not trust this technique that much, as when I had my first hernia, he could not diagnose the hernia on the left side and that was found after ultrasound, before my surgery. I still would like to think this could be a temporary problem related to the scar tissue around that area rather than a recurrence. You mentioned it will be very unlikely to have a mesh-related chronic problem at this stage. Looks like best will be asking for an imaging analysis to be sure.