Question:
any one have a hernia pain? and what does it feel like?

I have been in soo much pain all night and I was wondering if anyone has had a hernia before and what kind of pain do you get?.................I know for a fact I do have a hernia DR wants me to wait at least for my year anniversary so I can see if I can get the tummy tuck but I hurt.........rhonda    — LUVY L. (posted on November 29, 2002)

November 29, 2002
Rhonda, sweetheart, we have pain for a reason, to tell us that something is wrong. IF you are having such significant pain, you need to call your doc, not tomorrow, but now. Be safe, he will probably send you to the emergency room to have the hernia " reduced" if they can (that is where they basically try to massage it back into place). That means puting it back where it belongs to stop the pain. IF it can not be reduced in the emergency room, then you may need urgent surgery. You do not want to do damage to your intestines, you do not need that. So PLEASE!! CALL YOUR DOCTOR!!!
   — Vicki L.

November 29, 2002
I have a hernia... I'm not sure how to explain it... it seems as though there is always a sort of dullpain, but oationally it pulls, and sometimes M get adoubled over sort of pain...I m only 4 months out so i am not sure how it is supposed to feel and what is normal..
   — MF

November 29, 2002
ON NOVEMBER THE 2ND IT WAS A YEAR SINCE MY OPEN R.N.Y., I REACHED MY GOAL IN AUGUST, I LOST 240 POUNDS.. I WENT IN MID OCTOBER TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE MY PANIS REMOVED AND THE SURGEON SAW THE LARGE LUMP NEAR MY R.N.Y. SCAR. HE ASKED HOW LONG THAT WAS THERE AND I SAID A FEW MONTHS.. HE TOLD ME IT WAS A BAD STOMACH HERNIA AND NEEDED FIXED AT SOON AS POSSIBLE.. HAD IT DONE HALLOWEEN DAY IN A 4 HOUR SURGERY. (WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 2) HE DID IT LAP, AND HE PUT IN A SCREEN TO HOLD EVERYTHING IN.. YOU ASKED ABOUT HOW IT FELT.. IT HURT A LITTLE, BUT WHEN I COUGHED IT HURT A LOT. I HAD TO HOLD MY STOMACH TO COUGH OR MY STOMACH BALLOONED OUT FILLING UP WITH AIR.. AND I WAS GETTING WEAKER AND WEAKER. TOWARDS THE LAST DAYS I EVEN HAD A HARD TIME BREATHING.. SO THIS ISN'T ANYTHING TO FOOL WITH.. I ASKED MY SURGEON IF HE COULD REMOVE THE PANIS AT THE SAME TIME AND HE TOLD ME HAVING THE PANIS REMOVED WAS UNIMPORTANT, BUT THE HERNIA WAS.. SO IN FEB I'LL GO BACK FOR THE PANIS REMOVAL.. BUT AN UNTREATED HERNIA CAN KILL, SO I'D RATHER BE SAFE THAN SORRY.. GET IT DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.. GOOD LUCK
   — bruce M.

November 29, 2002
I had a hernia that I had to wait also for surgery. My original bypass was a disaster. Had 6 surgeries within first 3 weeks postop leaving my intestine non-attached to my new pouch. I developed a large hernia right away. I was comatose for 3 wks and once I woke up I was too sick inside me for anymore surgeries. I could not eat or drink for a year. Had to hook up to IV nutrition every nite for 12 hrs for entire year. Hernia kept getting larger and pain was incredible. Felt like a strong pulling and like it was ripping my insides. It buldged out so much and was about the size of a small orange. Had to wear a binder pulled very tight entire year as well and that helped some. But surgeon would not operate until I was one yr postop because everything inside was still too tender and like tissue paper which could rip so easily. So I had to bear it for a year. Make sure not to do any lifting over 5 lbs if possible or it will just keep getting worse fast. By the end of my year I was on 36 caps of OxyIr daily and 2-100mcg patches of Fentenyl. Now I also had large wound pain that whole yr as well but the hernia was bad. Good luck to you.
   — Karla K.