Guest guest Posted April 30, 2000 Report Share Posted April 30, 2000 , Dr. R confirmed my suspicions during surgery that I had a hernia around my belly button but did not fix it during surgery. Maybe because I had already had it fixed once, but he told me to wait until I lost all or most of my weight and have it fixed laparascopicallly and with mesh. The other time it was not fixed laparascopically and did not have mesh but because of my weight and the fact I still had asthma at the time I must have popped it back out coughing. in Minnesota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2002 Report Share Posted July 15, 2002 thanks for the info. that help knowing what i may face. Joanne --- vt_rita vt_rita@...> wrote: > I had 2 hernia surgeries due to incisional hernias. > I was in > overnight with both. Usually hernia surgeries are in > and out the same > day. There was pain but not as bad as the rny. The > intestine is > pushed back through the muscle and the muscle is > stitched. The 2nd > surgery my surgeon put a mesh over my entire > incision line because > she said I had a *swiss cheesy* thing going along > the incision. Of > course coming from 463lbs incisional hernias are > quite common. I have > not had any problem since. I was back to cardio > workouts in a week > and it was about 6 weeks for the weight training.. > > Rita in Vermont > rny 3/31/94 463 lbs > hernia #1 7/95 > Baby 8/96 via c section > constricted bowel surgery 5/97 > hernia repair #2 10/98 > tummy tuck 7/01 190 lbs > No more surgeries I hope...... __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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