Re: Hernia/to ellen from tx

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ellen: maybe you should look into getting a binder or support

garment of some kind to support the area your hernia is in until you

can get your surgery. do they call them trusses? sounds like an old

fashioned thing, but i think they are still out there.

but if yours is truly painful, it may warrant surgery now. maybe the

bad pain is indicative of a strangulation forming,or something????

i'm no medical expert, but i'd want to play it safe. please, get it

checked out soon?

mary y st.louis

> I need some insight into hernias. The doctors here think that I

> might have one and I've read about people having them where they

> bulge so much they look pregnant. Mine isn't bulging; however it

> hurts so bad I can not stand straight. How did you put off having

it

> repaired until you lost weight. I don't think I can wait even

though

> I would like to wait until December since I will be off for 2.5

> weeks. But I like to walk standing straight and without pain. So,

> those of you who put this off what did you do so it didn't hurt so

> bad.

>

> Thanks for the help,

> Ellen from TX

> post-op May 9, 2001