Re: new update on Jr, my hernia

[Guest guest]

Oh , I'm so sorry about Jr. I hope things go well

for you - please let us know.

This brings up a question. I feel so naive... but I'm

not sure what a hernia is. People talk about a bump

pressing outward from the skin and I don't get it. Is

it a boil? Does it hurt? Does it bleed?

I remember reading that it's kind of a good thing to

get because then the panni will probably be covered if

the hernia is repaired at the same time but does a

hernia pop out anywhere else like the batwings or

sagging breasts? That would be cool to get those

fixed too!

Thanks,

dee

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> Some of you may remember that I posted about my

> hernia from

> hell, " Jr. " Two weeks ago I had a CT scan and the

> results are not

> that great. My hernia is huge (described by one doc

> as jumbo,

> industrial sized) with small bowel and small bowel

> mesentary (sp?)

> involvement. I'd had the results sent to my GYN (the

> ordering

> physician) and my PCP. Both called me immediately

> after seeing the

> results and told me to get to a surgeon ASAP. I'd

> already taken the

> precaution of making an appointment for evaluation,

> thinking that I'd

> rather see him on a non-emergency basis to make sure

> he got the

> diagram of the DS and understood how it worked.

> (Didn't want

> him " fixing " anything he shouldn't!)

>

> We think that maybe the hernia worsened after I fell

> last month. I

> landed flat on my back but apparently the impact

> caused a worsening

> rupture. There also appears to be some slight damage

> to the spleen,

> there's some fluid around that area.

>

> So, I'm scheduled for a ventral hernia repair next

> Wednesday, October

> 3rd. Dr. Kim (and many others) have pointed out that

> most hernia

> repairs wait until most of the weight loss is over,

> so that maybe the

> panniculectomy can be done at the same time. As

> several of my

> coworkers have stated (all of them WLS post-ops, 1

> post DS, 8 post

> RNY's) this is a waste of a good hernia. It's just

> too soon in my

> weight loss to do any reconstructive surgeries. But

> they don't have

> to live with the severe, continual pain that I have.

>

> I'd appreciate any prayers you can send my way.

>

> Thanks,

> Page

> s/p lap-assisted BPD/DS 05-30-01

> Dr. Kim, Ocean Springs, MS

> down 68 lbs

>

>

>

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>

[Guest guest]

I feel so naive... but I'm

> not sure what a hernia is. People talk about a bump

> pressing outward from the skin and I don't get it. Is

> it a boil? Does it hurt? Does it bleed?

Dee,

A hernia is intestine pushing through the muscle. It can fill with

food, fluid or blood and become strangulated. It can be very painful

and often dangerous. Mine is the size of Texas but is open enough to

avoid strangulation. I have large hard lumps all along my ribs and

upper stomach. This is where my pain comes from. Some people get

small ones. Mine is from surgery. It does not bleed outside the skin

like a cut. Check out www.herniainfo.com for more information.

Hugs,

Angels hover ever near,

[Guest guest]

thank you so much for the info... ewwwwwwww!

dee

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>

> Dee,

> A hernia is intestine pushing through the muscle. It

> can fill with

> food, fluid or blood and become strangulated. It can

> be very painful

> and often dangerous. Mine is the size of Texas but

> is open enough to

> avoid strangulation. I have large hard lumps all

> along my ribs and

> upper stomach. This is where my pain comes from.

> Some people get

> small ones. Mine is from surgery. It does not bleed

> outside the skin

> like a cut. Check out www.herniainfo.com for more

> information.

> Hugs,

> Angels hover ever near,

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

how do you know if you think you got a hernia, does it get hard and painful?

[Guest guest]

tell me about this herina thing because if is a budge i think i got one? what

do i do linda

[Guest guest]

So as i understand you feel it more when you eat and drink? linda

[Guest guest]

It can get very hard without pain or with pain. But it usually does

get hard.

> how do you know if you think you got a hernia, does it get hard and

painful?

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Not necessarily. It's most painful if I try to bend or stoop.

Sneezing, coughing, etc really hurt. I try not to stand up too fast

(just like when you're a fresh post-op.)

You know how the doctor will listen to your stomach and abdomen with

a stethoscope? He's trying to hear bowel sounds, making sure

everything is moving properly. Well, I can hear them just find

without a stethoscope!! Sometimes one of my cats will be sitting next

to me and hear the noises and just look at my stomach, like he's

wondering what in the world made that noise. It's like your stomach

growling, only much louder, and it's after I eat.

> So as i understand you feel it more when you eat and drink? linda

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I can hear them just find

without a stethoscope!! It's like your stomach

growling, only much louder, and it's after I eat.

Oh ,

You described my tummy to a tee. People comment they can hear it loud and clear

across the room. My grandson (10 months) just looks at it and laughs.

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