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All Springer/NP/PCP Air Gun Discussion General => Back Room => Topic started by: Madd Hatter on April 19, 2021, 08:26:53 PM
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Went to the VA today for a ultrasound. It confirmed what I told them that I have a herina. This is the 3rd one I've had in my life. Born with one,had one in my early 40's and now at 68. Not sure when they will do the cutting. It's been hurting off and on for about the last 9 months but nothing was poking through until I had to pickup my KTM 625 dual sport when it fell over while sitting on it's center stand. It's between 310 and 320 lbs with out fuel.
Forget to add, this will be the 10th surgery I've had in my life.
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Yeikes I hope they get you butchered up soon, I know the VA can be quick or slow for some things.
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I have been lucky, every once in awhile I feel one trying to get out, but I try to keep my lifting in check until it feels right again.
Side note, I used to have a 1997 Suzuki DR 650 thumper. I did the Iron Butt rally on it. 1000 in less than 24 hours. If I remember correctly my time was 20 hours and 9 minutes 1020 miles.
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Ouch... :o Knew a bunch of guys at a hydraulic cylinder plant that had gotten hernias; only think that one of them needed to be operated on twice...
Didn't sound like any sort of fun at all; so I stuck with using the cranes....
Best wishes for a successful operation; hope the VA does well by you.
Jesse
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Good luck to you.
Oh I checked on my ride times, it was 20:09 / 1068 miles
John Newark, DE 08/28/98 Suzuki DR650 1,068
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The Doc said I had a hernia a couple of years ago. I asked him if he was sure so, I had a hernia corrected that I didn't know I had.
I can count eight surgeries. It seems like more but I reckon that's enough for now.
Robert, you need to take care of yourself, you might have a gunstock coming some day.
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I have been lucky, every once in awhile I feel one trying to get out, but I try to keep my lifting in check until it feels right again.
Side note, I used to have a 1997 Suzuki DR 650 thumper. I did the Iron Butt rally on it. 1000 in less than 24 hours. If I remember correctly my time was 20 hours and 9 minutes 1020 miles.
I use to do around a 1k miles a week for 4 years but was on a cbr1100xx. My 625 is just a local ride. I live 5.7 miles up a unmaintained dirt road so my cbr would not be a good bike now. I do miss that bike 😣 It just sits in my son's garage. I do hope the VA doesn't take months to get me in.
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I have the beginnings of one too. I need to go see the quack but I just got back on regular duty after a year on office work after shoulder surgery. I ain’t ready to go back in the penalty box just yet.
On that other subject, I converted an 86 XR 500 to a dual sport bike and road the AlCan highway on it. It ranks as the dumbest thing I ever did on a motorcycle. Can you say hemorrhoids?
Are we only counting surgeries by doctors or does stuff you do yourself count?
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I'm only counting the ones where you get knocked out. I had 3 by the time I was 10 so I got a head start. Lol
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Hope you get better soon!
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Robert I had hernia surgery last fall. Nothing was poking out but I could feel something pushing if I coughed. The doc said yeah you have a very small hernia and also one in your belly button. When they did the surgery he found a third one. The surgery was a piece of cake and I really never did have any pain, probably because I did take the pain pills for a few days just in case. And then I took it real easy for a couple of months. The doc wouldn't even allow me to pull my bow back or fire a slug gun so I did miss deer season. :(
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I've had 2 hernia surgeries already. My last one was only suppose to take 45 mins to fix but ended up taking an hour and a half. Suppose to go see the surgen on the 19th for a get aquanted (?). Not sure how long after that for them to start cutting. In the mean time I just push it back in everytime I feel it's popped out.
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I assume that the operation will be laparoscopic (3 small incisions instead of cutting you open to get inside). If so, have them check both sides and put the mesh in both sides if needed. That should obviate any additional hernia surgeries, at least for inguinal hernias. Recovery from laparoscopic surgery is a piece of cake and you won't be out of action for long.
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Wow, I wish the best of luck to you Robert.
On the bright side, I seem to recall that I kinda like surgery if'n I absolutely HAVE to have it. Because I like the part when they give you those meds just before, to "relax" you, and then the next thing you know you're already waking up in the recovery room and it's over. :D
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I assume that the operation will be laparoscopic (3 small incisions instead of cutting you open to get inside). If so, have them check both sides and put the mesh in both sides if needed. That should obviate any additional hernia surgeries, at least for inguinal hernias. Recovery from laparoscopic surgery is a piece of cake and you won't be out of action for long.
I'm pretty sure it's not going to be the laparoscopic surgery. Not real sure if the mesh is the right way to go. Been way too many problems with it causing people to have to it corrected. Last time I had a hernia surgery I was down for 2 months begged my boss to let me come back after only 3 weeks. I was so bored I couldn't stand it so he let me come back and do data entry. Man did my finger tips get sore. lol
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More than 90% of hernia repairs in the US use mesh. Most of the problems associated with mesh were related to products made with inappropriate materials that are no longer on the market. Anecdotal and sample size of only 1 but I have had no problems with mine, nor have I heard of anyone having problems.
If at all possible, I would recommend laparoscopic surgery, mostly because of greatly reduced recovery time. I would certainly ask whether it is available.
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That is exactly what I heard also.
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I have a scar from stem to stern for a Hernia repair.
Goes from my right pelvic bone to my scrotum.
So too "adult" to share.
GOOD LUCK to you!
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Well I made an appointment to see the quack about mine. :P
Friday at 1:00.
I have a critical medical condition.
It is called “good insurance”.
I’m certain the canker mechanic will need to perform a bunch of expensive tests.
To make sure I don’t have any other profitable condition. ;D
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I have a scar from stem to stern for a Hernia repair.
Goes from my right pelvic bone to my scrotum.
So too "adult" to share.
GOOD LUCK to you!
Already TMI...
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Well I made an appointment to see the quack about mine. :P
Friday at 1:00.
I have a critical medical condition.
It is called “good insurance”.
I’m certain the canker mechanic will need to perform a bunch of expensive tests.
To make sure I don’t have any other profitable condition. ;D
You mean like a ultrasound? What happened to just turn your head and cough?🤔
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I have a scar from stem to stern for a Hernia repair.
Goes from my right pelvic bone to my scrotum.
So too "adult" to share.
GOOD LUCK to you!
Already TMI...
So Pics are out?
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Well, Monday morning at 0730 I go under the knife. If you don't see me on here for a couple of weeks it'll mean I didn't make it off the surgical table.
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Best wishes and a prayer all goes well.
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Thanks Chris but it really doesn't matter to me one way or the other.
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Godspeed Rob!!!
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Thanks
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Good luck Rob. I had mine done about five weeks ago. Just take it easy and do what they tell you.
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This is my 3rd one in my life. It'll be my 10 the surgery.
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This is my 3rd one in my life. It'll be my 10 the surgery.
Well I’m preaching to the choir. :-[
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Well, I'm out of surgery and hurting like H. I guess it was a biggin. Still shaking from the Anastasia. I guess they're giving me percasets (so) so I'll be.... Not to sure I even want to take them.
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Good to hear it was a success hope you recover fast and if I were in your shoes I would only opt to take just enough to manage the pain but not be numb.
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Well,it wouldn't take much to put me in the numb zone. If I drink more than one light beer I'm staggering. AKA, cheap drunk.🤣
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Hang in there my friend! It’ll soon pass.
I went through the hernia thing about 7 years ago. Took a shower one day and was drying off and all of a sudden I noticed there was a big bulge over the right side of my crotch! I felt it and pushed on it and the bulge went back in. Shocked the heck out of me!
I told my wife about it who has a sister who was a registered nurse and she immediately knew it was a hernia. I had no idea how it happened and really no pain from it just the big bulge which I kept pushing back in but it would always pop back out.
Finally through the pleading of my wife we went to the emergency room of our rural hospital and they said I needed a operation as soon as possible. They scheduled an operation for the following week.
When they wheeled me in the operating room the following week, the doctor asked if I wanted to be put out or just have local anesthetic. I went for the local anesthetic. The doctor I found out later wasn’t the greatest and it was very painful as he was putting the mesh in. I wish I would have been put out!
Thankfully as I’m a Marine Corps Viet Nam veteran and have a disability from my service, the V.A. covered the cost of the operation. After I returned home and the anesthetic wore off, I had some fairly intense pain for a couple of days but I refused any pain killers. But man it took about 5 years to get used to that mesh in my body! I still can feel it sometimes.
Still a mystery how the hernia occurred but I now limit myself to lifting no more than about 25 lbs. My Iowa farm raised
wife does all the heavy lifting now. ;D
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I was off the opioids by the third day after surgery and I’m a wimp about pain. Ibuprofen for another week and then just Aleve since then. You’ll be fine in a few days. IMO the first seventy two hours are the worst. Good luck!
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Well, I'm taking the percaset mainly because my 2 nurse ratchets were getting on me. Nurse#1 aka my wife is a retired nurse and is afraid if the pain got to bad that we could not get it under control. Nurse#2 is my youngest daughter and is making sure I follow nurse#1's orders. I'm not home but staying at my daughter's and son in-laws house because where I live is an hour and a half away from the hospital and if there's any complications I can be there in just 15 min from here. I'll probably only take the pain med a couple of days and then just take Advil and acedimediphane
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I guess I was pretty tore up in side. Doc told my wife there was major damage he had to fix. The dang bandage is as big as my hand opened as big as it will spread. Haven't seen the surgical wound yet, that comes to night so I can take a shower.
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I'm sure the nurses will ride hard on you without mercy especially if you don't listen my wife is also an RN and mean as a snake when I don't listen. Just be aware that the total healing can take as long as one year if the repair was extensive. I had a bad umbilical hernia and I could not do any heavy lifting for almost 14 months before there was no feeling of something pulling inside my gut
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I sure hope not. I've got way too much work to do around here.😡
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I sure hope not. I've got way too much work to do around here.😡
Don't push it because if you do and tear something you will face the wrath of Nurse Ratchet x2 ;D ;D
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Well, nurse ratchet#1 is pretty much responsible for me being so tore up. Night before the surgery we're out moving 27 bails of wet straw down to the burn pits. We cut down 8 trees the day before that because she's paranoid about fire. The trees were dead.
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Well, nurse ratchet#1 is pretty much responsible for me being so tore up. Night before the surgery we're out moving 27 bails of wet straw down to the burn pits. We cut down 8 trees the day before that because she's paranoid about fire. The trees were dead.
How large? Cutting back or cutting out? What an enormous amount of work right? Even when we use the tractor you still have to cut it down with the chainsaw, and the roots, and we hand load our trailer (the floor made from 2x12"s so if you dropped heavy stumps in it wouldnt be long before it busts through). All this to say, man 8! That is a lot.
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The trees aren't as large as they are back east. Juniper trees are a very slow growing tree. We didn't remove the stumps just cut very close to ground level. It was still a lot of work but not like it would back east.
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🥳🥳🥳🥳 I got the okay from my Doctor today that I can go back to my normal unhealthy diet!!!! I told him I only took 4 and a half pain pills total and my last one was on Wednesday evening when I took a half a pill. I've gotten so sick of oatmeal 😡 and I like oatmeal.😎
Heck, the first 2 days it was only clear liguids. Jello and broths don't satisfy a hunger. I was suppose to be eating soft food for the 2 weeks after surgery but because I wasn't taking the Oxycodone or anything else I got to cut a week out of that.
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🥳🥳🥳🥳 I got the okay from my Doctor today that I can go back to my normal unhealthy diet!!!! I told him I only took 4 and a half pain pills total and my last one was on Wednesday evening when I took a half a pill. I've gotten so sick of oatmeal 😡 and I like oatmeal.😎
Heck, the first 2 days it was only clear liguids. Jello and broths don't satisfy a hunger. I was suppose to be eating soft food for the 2 weeks after surgery but because I wasn't taking the Oxycodone or anything else I got to cut a week out of that.
Just remember that you are not 25 anymore and superman needs to go slow with the heavy lifting for a few months
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My Doctor said pretty much the same thing. I know I can't lift more than 15 pounds for 6 weeks after surgery. It's frustrating because my wife who has had 3 back surgerys is having to do all of the lifting and she's really hurting from it.
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Trust me I understand up until I was exactly 60 I wrestled with 800lb cast iron domestic boilers as part of my HVAC work then I herniated 2 discs in my lower back I know I am no longer superman also 15 years older. As we age all the stupid comes back to haunt us ::) ;D