Q. ABOUT HERNIA REPAIR / PANNICULECTOMY / VAGINAL MONS LIFT SUGERY UPCOMING.

~HELLO EVERYONE...THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY POST & ANSWER IF YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE,SUGGESTIONS,OR WORDS OF WISDOM... I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT MY SITUATION, I AM 11 MONTHS POST-OP / STARTED @ 323 AND NOW AM @ 211; I AM 6'1" AND ABOUT 20-25 LBS. FROM GOAL WEIGHT. I WAS TOLD I HAD A ORANGE SIZED HERNIA RIGHT ABOVE MY BELLY BUTTON AT MY 1 YR. POST-OP APT.~THEY SAID IT IS AN INCISIONAL/VENTRAL HERNIA CAUSED BY MY OPEN RNY SURGERY. I AM SCHEDUALED FOR SURGERY 7/19/07 FOR HERNIA REPAIR & PANNICULECTOMY/VAGINAL MONS LIFT... (AT THIS TIME I HAVE NO ABDOMINAL PAIN ASSOCIATED W/ THE HERNIA ITSELF,NO PROBLEMS W/ BOWEL MOVEMENTS,ETC...) .SO HERE ARE A FEW OF MY QUESTIONS:I AM NOT LOOKING FOR MEDICAL ADVICE OF COURSE...JUST SOME OTHER MEMBERS PERSONAL EXPERIENCES W/ THIS SITUATION IF THEY ARE WILLING TO SHARE; SINCE MY PRE- OP APT. IS NOT UNTIL 7/9/07 I HAVE SOME TIME TO DO RESEARCH HERE BEFORE I SEE MY SURGEON AND UNLOAD 10 MILLION QUESTIONS UPON HIM...LOL 1. ANYONE W/ HERNIA EVER EXPERIENCED EXTREME BACK PAIN (USUALLY AROUND THE TIME OF MENSTRUATION)? IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING IS PRESSING ON MY BACK...CURIOUS 2. HOW IS THE PAIN LEVEL W/ HERNIA & PANNI COMBO SURGERY? 3. WITH THE HERNIA REPAIR, IS THE INCISION THE SAME LENGTH AND DIRECTION AS THE OPEN RNY SCAR...OR DO I GET SEXY NEW SCARS? 4. DRAINS???? DOES THE HERNIA REPAIR HAVE DRAINS? HOW ABOUT PANNI? 5. & WHAT THE HECK IS A VAGINAL MONS LIFT???? I DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS, BUT DAMMIT I KNOW I NEED ONE...LOL ; ) ~PAIN W/ THIS SURGERY???? THANKS ALL & IF ANYONE WHO HAS HAD THIS COMBO OF SURGERIES IS WILLING TO EMAIL ME PERSONALLY AND TALK A LITTLE MORE IN DETAIL PLEASE LET ME KNOW~TIFFANY

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