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had hernia surgery

I had a left indirect inguarnal (sp?) hernia. Basically, I had a hole in the floor of my abdomen wall, and my intestines were falling through the hole and heading towards my scrotum. Had I not had surgery, my intestines would have ended up in my sack along side my nuts. not cool. granted I feel better because thats taken care of now, but my god, the pain from the surgery is o so bad. thank GOD for vikadin. I still cant walk though. and this is day 2 after the surgery.
 
my brother had something similar when he was 1-2 yrs old.

whatever cavity was holding my brother's intestines were broken, and his digestive tract was falling down to his testicles.

it made his testicles bigger and bigger (quite funny now that i type it out)

doc told us that him crying so much as a child also contributed to this condition. crying = flexing your abs = more strain on your ab. cavity

he had the surgery, he's all better now, 15 yrs later. 🙂
 
frankly, i probably had it for a few years. Im 24 now. When I was 19, I wanted to gain weight, so for about a year I was doing alot of powerlifting and drinking weight gainer. I was lifting as much as I could, and my frame of mind was one if that I was pretty insecure about my size, so I was breaking myself to lift weights and gain weight. I dont remember any event in particular, but I probably tore something in my abs then. I didnt notice anything until late 2004. For a few years, I thought my left side felt funny, but it crept up slowly so it didnt really grab my attention as anything wrong. Anyways, I eventually noticed a small buldge in my groin. I didnt have insurance at the time, and had already pressed my parents for $ so I didnt do anything about it. It eventually started to irritate me and get bigger, and by time the bulge was about the size of a golf ball, I got really concerned. By this time, I notice the bulge was moving, and getting closer and closer to my favorite member. It got so bad that I didnt want to go out in public, because any time I would be standing, I would have to put my hand down my pants to push the intestinses back into my abs.

I eventually realized I had a hernia, and setup and appointment for the surgery. Had the surgery yesterday.

Doc said the only thing keeping my intestines in my body was my skin.
 
Originally posted by: Yossarian
how do you know if you have a hernia?

Stick a finger in through your scrotum through the inguinal ring. Cough and feel for a protrusion. If you feel something, congratulations, youve got a hernia.
 
my hole was big enough that they couldnt just stick it back together, they had to insert a semi flexible plastic mesh to cover the hole completely.
 
Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
I had a left indirect inguarnal (sp?) hernia. Basically, I had a hole in the floor of my abdomen wall, and my intestines were falling through the hole and heading towards my scrotum. Had I not had surgery, my intestines would have ended up in my sack along side my nuts. not cool. granted I feel better because thats taken care of now, but my god, the pain from the surgery is o so bad. thank GOD for vikadin. I still cant walk though. and this is day 2 after the surgery.
inguinal is the word 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Blastomyces
Originally posted by: Yossarian
how do you know if you have a hernia?

Stick a finger in through your scrotum through the inguinal ring. Cough and feel for a protrusion. If you feel something, congratulations, youve got a hernia.
you screen name brings back bad fungi memories :-\
 
man, my anestistist was frickin gorgeous. I hadnt seen anything but old ladies until her. SHe walked in, and I was in love. She seemed a little flirty too. I probably should have asked her out, but it was kind of a weird scenario. I should have acted when she said, "OK, I'm giving you something now that will make you relax. Just pretend that I bought you a few drinks so I could get you to talk to me more." then as she was walking away, she lightly touched my arm, around my elbow, and drug her finger all the way up my arm to my hand. Then she asked my how old I was, I said 24. THe last thing i remember before passing out is her saying she was 32. ........
 
Originally posted by: Baked
Who needs bandaids, take that thing off and take a pic like a man.

dont tempt me. 🙂 besides, im lucky enough to have my laptop by me. I dont have all the cabling for my digicam, and I pulled my server offline and brought it home so its not online for hosting.
 
ah man..another thing to add to my list of things to check every few days when i get older

feel my balls - testicular cancer
feel my scrotum - hernias
digital exam - swollen or tender prostate
 
Originally posted by: cerebusPu
ah man..another thing to add to my list of things to check every few days when i get older

feel my balls - testicular cancer
feel my scrotum - hernias
digital exam - swollen or tender prostate

my hernia showed up in my groin/lower abs and never made it to my scrotum, even though it was knocking on my scrotums door before I had it fixed.
 
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