Re:Question to Kathy .../Donna

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Hi Donna,

First off are you Dutch? My youngest daughter married a Dutchman

named Meenk, and lives as close to Holland as you can get and still

be in the US, Lynden, WA.

Now for more than anyone one this list wanted to know about my

hernia!!

I've had this umbilical hernia for 10 yrs or so, and I've worn a

girdle to hold it in as it got bigger, and also to support my apron

which is quite large. I never had too much pain until the last

several years, when I would get an achy feeling in the area of the

hernia once in a long while, and then, less often, a sharp tearing

feeling and so it has grown bit by bit in that way.

I've chosen to wear a long legged panty girdle because the binders

and trusses that I've had prescribed just ride up my hips and end up

on my chest under my arms,lol. (I am a VERY pear shaped gal.) The

girdle stays in the right place.

So I had been going along like this with some intermittant discomfort

and brief bouts of sharp pain and none of my PCPs thought that it was

harmful. Then this July all of a sudden it got painful and red and

achy a lot of the time; also I went from being regular, like

clockwork every morning, no straining at all, to constantly

constipated every morning with bowel cramping and discomfort a lot

after meals. I have started to think I'm going to have to wear a

girdle all night because of the pain.

My PCP, Dr. Green, was concerned, this time, when I saw him on Oct.

1st, and ordered me a specially made binder/truss that the company

will modify for me so it should stay on, but it hasn't arrived from

Kansas City yet. Dr. Green was concerned that I make it through till

I got seen by Dr. on Now. 27th and on through to a possible

surgery date in Jan/Feb.

But now ALL is changed!! I have already seen Dr. Welker and will

have my Switch, hernia repair, and be home, if all goes well, before

I even would have seen Dr. P.

I feel soooo blessed!

Kathy sen

BMI 58, 352.5 lbs

Surgery scheduled Nov 19th

Dr. Welker

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> Kathy,

>

> I also have an umbilical hernia and was wondering if you could

share what

> type of pain you experience with yours.

>

> Thanks!

> Donna