[Star]

I had open bilateral tissue repair, they found two small hernias and an entrapped nerve on the right side which I think was causing the severe stabbing, punched in the gut pain. As I mentioned before, pre-op pain is gone. I am still having pain in the incisions at a little under three weeks, but pain is no longer constant like before surgery and I can sit and stand comfortably for much longer than I could prior to the surgery. I’m not 100% yet, but my surgeon believes I am healing well. I think some of the incision pain may be worse because I am overweight and my weight puts pressure on the incisions? Dr. Towfigh, in your experience how long does post-op pain tend to last with this type of repair? I had both done at the same time which I know can be more painful for recovery. I would be interested in hearing from patients about their post-op experiences too. I know there is a higher risk of chronic pain with this procedure, but pain is slowly improving and is manageable with low doses of OTC meds and rest so I feel like that is a good sign. Dr. Towfigh you are an amazing professional, I would be in a much worse place right now if I had not consulted with you. Worth every penny for anyone who is on the fence about contacting Dr. Towfigh. I am very happy I had the surgery done.

[Star]

I had surgery Monday and the pitchfork is gone! Hernia pain and nausea is gone. I am having some post-op pain at 5 days out but not severe. Looking forward to continuing to recover.

[Star]

Please PM me, I am in Oregon having hernia surgery on Monday. I too have been in pain for 8 months and undiagnosed and I am a woman.

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[Star]

I feel like there is a pitchfork stuck in my abdomen above my pelvic bone all the way across 🙁

[Star]

No, not questioning the diagnosis at all, just wondering if other women with hernias have pain in the middle above the pubic bone and pain that is often worse in the morning, as well as nausea that is worse in the morning. I am going to have hernia surgery but just want to make sure something else isn’t also contributing. Dr. Towfigh believes I may have a fascia tear. I would like to hear from patients who may have experienced similar symptoms. Dr. Brown, do you ever see this in your patients? I’m wondering if I might have a core muscle injury as well that was somehow missed on MRI, I was reading that those can sometimes be present along with hernias. Honestly at this point my pain is so bad I would just like to be opened up all the way across to find and fix whatever is wrong! I already had an exploratory laparoscopy but nothing was found except an adhesion that they attributed to my pain, but my pain didn’t resolve after surgery.