hernia help

hi i was wondering if some one could give me some information or i shoukd say help i went to see a surgeon about a tummy tuck and i also found out i have several hernias that need to be remove i knew i had two and my stomach hurts alot in the last couple of weeks, has any one found something that helps with the pain ? and did you find your eating habits changed ? for some reason i feel hungry it seems all the time also any one who has had a tummy tuck and hernia removal what was the recovery time ? i am getting an anchor cut since i was open for the rny and does any one know or heard of sharron rooney grady as a plastics surgeon? thanks for your help in advance, Margo

Margo; On 12-28-2005 I had a hernia repair and TT, done at Wyandotte Henry Ford Hospital. My Dr, who did the TT and Hernia Repair also did my Bariatric surgery. He had told me the TT was much more painful than the Bariatric surgery. Well it wasn't very painful, at all to my surprise. I think my Dr was also surprised. The recovery was 6 to 8 weeks at a 10 lb limit, and wearing the binder day and night. I still wear it now, for some reason it feels better on. My hernia was large and along the insision line, It got uncomfortable when I got gassy. It seems like I eat more now since it's gone. I hope this is of some help. [email protected]

I didn't try a binder for my hernia I just put up with it. But I think a binder would have helped a lot. When it got really bad I would lay on my right side for some reason this was the only was to get rid of the pain. I thought that I was able to eat less after the hernia repair. I didn't have the anchor cut, I had a cut from hip to hip with an internal corset stitch to tighten the muscles. I was off work (I'm an office manager so I can sit) for two weeks and part time for two weeks. Good luck, Fran