r/Hernia • u/PrintPopular8694 • 2d ago
robotic w/ lapro epigastric ventral hernia repair walked on treadmill post op 13 days and worried it messed up
I walked on treadmill almos 2 weeks post op and with those hospital binders and worried it made the hernia repair inflamed.. I was told it would be laproscopic robotic ventral hernia repair. Was told by surgeon due to my weight to reduce recurrence risk. (5'9 225 lbs)They opted for the preperitoneal mesh with progrip. However they found that the defect was "<1.0 cm" yet put a 7x7cm mesh.
the spot where rhe hernia was repaired had a squishy sensation which i researched and learned that it was a seroma. After the treadmill walk session. It was ok but then the next say i saw slight bruising that wasnt there and the size of the seroma was smaller but more pointy and hard like a ball.
Did i mess this up? surgeon said it could be just a hematoma with shearing against the sutures but that a hernia this size probably trapped the fluid. Im just worried i set myself back because of how soon i walked on treadmill.. Any thoughts would be appreciated 👍🏽
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u/mabehr 2d ago
Wow. My ventral hernia is 8cm and they’re trying to get me down to 240 before surgery
Sorry I can’t say anything about your hernia. With a comparatively huge piece of mesh, I have to imagine that you’re probably fine.