windyridge4mom
Captain FV Cast Away
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- Oct 6, 2015
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Hi all-
Had my DS on 11/2/15 and am down almost 50#. In addition to losing weight for health reasons another big one is because I have a large ventral hernia just below my belly button. Think basketball size. I am completely miserable with this thing and my surgeon keeps telling me it will be easier to repair the more weight I can lose. Well duh - but it's severely limiting my activity now because of the pain! It's also looking way more obvious with the more weight I lose. I look about 7 months pregnant!
Because of the size, he has no choice but to do an open procedure. At the same time they are going to go in and remove a couple of grapefruit sized (non cancerous) Fallopian cysts. Lucky me. He tells me he will have to use mesh to repair the abdominal tear and I'll be in the hospital at least a week with several days in ICU.
I have had 7 other surgeries - all laproscopic. Has anyone else had this type of repair and is willing to share their experience? I was up and about 2 days after the DS and back to work in 2 weeks. Surgeon states that this type of hernia is pretty common in obese patients....really?
Thanks all.
Had my DS on 11/2/15 and am down almost 50#. In addition to losing weight for health reasons another big one is because I have a large ventral hernia just below my belly button. Think basketball size. I am completely miserable with this thing and my surgeon keeps telling me it will be easier to repair the more weight I can lose. Well duh - but it's severely limiting my activity now because of the pain! It's also looking way more obvious with the more weight I lose. I look about 7 months pregnant!
Because of the size, he has no choice but to do an open procedure. At the same time they are going to go in and remove a couple of grapefruit sized (non cancerous) Fallopian cysts. Lucky me. He tells me he will have to use mesh to repair the abdominal tear and I'll be in the hospital at least a week with several days in ICU.
I have had 7 other surgeries - all laproscopic. Has anyone else had this type of repair and is willing to share their experience? I was up and about 2 days after the DS and back to work in 2 weeks. Surgeon states that this type of hernia is pretty common in obese patients....really?
Thanks all.