Question about hernia pain

November 2, 2003

What does a strangulated hernia feel like? I am getting worried. I was doing

fine on my recovery from my hysterectomy. Last week I went to the doc's (gyn)

office and came home feeling " sore " . I called the next day and they told me it

was from climbing the steps to their office. First time I had taken steps since

surgery on Sept 16. I have two flights of steps to climb at work and return to

work on Nov. 10 so I figured I had better get myself back in shape and have made

it a point to climb to my neighbor's upstairs apartment every day since, once a

day. Each day I feel a little worse. It feels like muscle soreness. but now I am

not sure.

I do have a hernia from my WLS and my WLS doc told me to come back later for

that to be repaired. I don't have " pain " I have soreness. And if I take a pain

pill (Loricet) it doesn't help a bit. I feel like I am two weeks post op not 6

weeks post op. Yesterday I pressed on the hernia spot and noticed that it hurts

when I press on it. Again not pain ... but soreness. Now I don't know if this

could be the hernia acting up or just muscles. It just seems odd to me that

after five days of taking the steps I am getting more sore each day instead of

getting used to them. It doesn't hurt when I climb the steps per se. It hurts

when I walk, when I try to bear down if I have difficulty moving my bowels,

getting out of bed. Again SORENESS as opposed to pain. I always assumed if it

was the hernia it would be pain. Just need some heads up on this from those who

have been through hernia pain. Will talk to GYN office tomorrow.

from NJ

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