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Thank you Dr. Procter! I appreciate your response and this affirms me to continue to pursue this and to not just settle.

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Thank you Dr. Towfigh! I just didn’t ’know how I would get further doctor’s orders for a CT scan after my ultrasound report came back normal. I would probably be in contact then.

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Thank you for your response Dr. Procter. Since that post, I saw my General Surgeon, and based off the same normal US report (not the images) and a manual exam, he didn’t think there was any hernia, but said it was possible that a small one could be “”brewing””, and then he’’d see/feel the lump he’’s looking for. He did say I have a diastasis (I’ve never been pregnant) and the bulge that I felt could just be scar tissue from the last surgery. He felt I should be able to slowly resume Pilates and my GP felt I should be able to still jog.

I’ve been resting and doing no exercise for 10 weeks now hoping that would bring healing. Yesterday I tried a light 15 treadmill jog, (no abdominal exercises) for the 1st time in the 10 weeks and I stopped as soon as I felt some nausea in that same upper ab location. I still get some burning pain in the same area if I try like 3 pushups, so I’m not risking trying any Pilates.

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I forgot to add that during the abdominal ultrasound, the tech did have me bear down when she was trying to check the painful area. But just wondering if it makes a difference, she seemed to be positioning the US head just under my ribcage, which was superior to the location of the swelling and painful region, not actually on it. I pointed to a lower spot, and she’d say that if it’s intestines, you can’t see that with US. My General Practitioner also had me bear down while lying down, and he said he could feel “something” when he initially said it’s a hernia. After the normal US results, he said if it is hernia, then it could be a very small one then.