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Good to hear, thanks. I'm keen for this to be a decent repair, so will follow the rules. Lots of time to get back into the biking. A friend has just had his 5th repair attempt and is still struggling with it.
Maybe done a bit too much today, felt surprisingly ok so been up and about. Starting to ache now.You're right, even a pan of water seems too much, or pushing yourself up from a chair, putting on shoes, simple stuff is a struggle at the mo.
Maybe a new more road-focused bike is needed to help with my rehab...
Didn't realise having local was an option. They said I could have a spinal or general, so general for me. Was reasonably quick, saw the surgeon 2nd Oct and had the op yesterday, so 12 and a bit weeks. It was a private hospital too, so guess the NHS are using private to try and get the lists down.
Hernia NBD 🙂 Got 6 weeks or so to build it now. The first week was pretty bad, but starting to feel much better.
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I've been diagnosed with an indirect inguinal hernia (my second, opposite side from the first) in November. Been told live with it until it gets larger, until then there's no funding for repair. When sneezing, coughing and blowing my nose I can feel it popping in and out, and its always a bit swollen.
I have a hernia as well - I'm bracing myself for being told to "live with it" as there's no funding/I'm not severe enough, which is shit, frankly. Especially when my two year old kicks me in it as I pick him up.
I can feel it popping in and out,
I hated that. Sort of an elastic pop. Hopefully, there's a bit more standardisation across NHS trusts on this. Ours seem quite organised, it's like a conveyor belt of hernia ops in Banbury speaking to the staff there.
Watching with interest - have a doctors appointment on Wednesday.
Well I finished putting the rehab bike together today 🙂
In my 4th week after the op, up and about but it's going to take a while before I trust doing anything strenuous I reckon. Now have a new bike to motivate me to get out and explore the lanes in the Spring.
