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Looks like I have started getting one of these in my belly button. Going to dr Friday. Anyone had this and had the surgery to resolve it? Outcome?
I had an inguinal hernia and still recovering from surgery. I'm 5 weeks recovering and still not aloud to do anything, but walk. I tried lifting last week and it was the dumbest thing I could have done. I was in alot of pain and still have some. Just listen to your doctor. Worse part was, my bals didn't move for 5 days. I even tried eating pizza lol.Looks like I have started getting one of these in my belly button. Going to dr Friday. Anyone had this and had the surgery to resolve it? Outcome?
I've been living with mine for well over 20 years.
I had mine done along with 2 inguinal hernias, all at the same time. The inguinal hernias have been good. The umbilical I had lived with for about 20 years before getting it fixed. if you dont fix them ,most keep slowly getting bigger each year.I had umbilical hernia, had it fixed a few years ago, have about a 2" scar above my belly button. I would get pain and discomfort from time to time. Chances of strangulation are minimal but its definitely an eye sore. I had trouble getting out of bed for the first few days and couldn't stand up straight. Didn't stop me from shoveling snow on my deck, also hung a 55" flat screen TV within first week. Started running on an elliptical after the first week. Dr cleared me for all activities after second, said I couldn't do any damage to the repair at that point. There was some discomfort still and workouts were self limiting based on pain threshold but I was back in the gym the second my dr cleared me.
I've been living with mine for well over 20 years.
How is the scar with that? The diastasis runs a long way. Mine seems to be from the belly button all the way up to my ribs almost. Does an incision run the entire length?I had an umbilical and Diastasis recti repair done about 2 years ago. It was a shoudice technique with no mesh. Been holding up and looks pretty good.
Recovery was much faster than laparoscopic with mesh. If at some point it fails, I will probably do laparoscopic with mesh and just bite the bullet with the longer recovery.
How is the scar with that? The diastasis runs a long way. Mine seems to be from the belly button all the way up to my ribs almost. Does an incision run the entire length?
That sucks. The believe the mesh is supposed to kind of fuse into the tissue, shouldnt fail but at the same time, sometimes the body can reject the mesh. Not sure if you've seen the TV commercials about the lawsuits because of certain type of mesh they used to use that led to complications...mine was fixed after that. Moat I've deadlifted since is 500lbs and I strap a belt on tight. Think mine was initially caused from steroid bloat along with squatting or deadlifting heavy. Mine was also slowly getting bigger, really turned my wife off. Id fix it again if it came back.About 6 months after surgery, I blew my umbilical hernia out again doing dead lifts. The surgeon will tell you that its stronger than before because of the mesh, but that was bullshit in my case.
After mine failing, I lost faith in it getting fixed. Statistically I think hernia surgery repairs have a much higher failure rate than original fix. Now with my heart failure both me and my doctors feel its best to avoid all surgery that isn't essential. If it becomes a serious problem ill have to get it done. It's still relatively small and really mostly just cosmetic at this point.That sucks. The believe the mesh is supposed to kind of fuse into the tissue, shouldnt fail but at the same time, sometimes the body can reject the mesh. Not sure if you've seen the TV commercials about the lawsuits because of certain type of mesh they used to use that led to complications...mine was fixed after that. Moat I've deadlifted since is 500lbs and I strap a belt on tight. Think mine was initially caused from steroid bloat along with squatting or deadlifting heavy. Mine was also slowly getting bigger, really turned my wife off. Id fix it again if it came back.
Dont know what I did wrong, but mine tore out again. Mine tore about 6 months after surgery too.I've had this surgery done too. Mine was done with three small incisions that left essentially no scarring. They inserted a piece of mesh to strengthen the repair. Several years later of heavy lifting and I've not seen any issues. The recovery kind of sucked not being able to do much or lift weights, but once you get out 8 weeks or so it is smooth sailing in my experience.
Dont know what I did wrong, but mine tore out again. Mine tore about 6 months after surgery too.