[Ronco]

Hi, I had a right side inguinal hernia. I’m male, and 70 years old. I had my hernia for 8 months before I concluded that I had to get it repaired. Small visible bulge, but often very uncomfortable feeling in my groin, and burning pains at the base of my penis, and my scrotum. I worked my way through a flat style truss, and a regular truss with pads. I eventually made my own much smaller pad, and used the elastic waist band from an athletic supporter backed up by a pair of ladies Jockey tummy trimmer pants to keep it in place. It worked to stop the bulge coming out, and that seemed to be the key to significantly reducing the burning pains for me. It was also the most comfortable to wear. I could run 2 miles, without any pain, and walk for hours. Hard to keep any truss in place if you are very active though, and I felt I didn’t want to live with any truss long term. I had an open mesh repair with local anesthetic as day surgery. I was driving two days later. Could probably have driven the following day. The issue is can you make an emergency stop.

[Ronco]

Yes, I had something similar before I had my inguinal hernia repaired. A full bowel often gave a burning pain sometimes at the penis base, but more often, at the scrotum and below to the perineum. Pain always reduced after the bowel movement