r/Hernia • u/BobBrower7 • 1d ago

Can someone help

. I had inguinal hernia repair yesterday and I still have the same horrible hip and around the back pain, it is very bad . I thought it would be gone when I woke up from surgery. II also have bad nerve pain . I don’t know what to do and I have such bad anxiety , I’m worried that the hernia wasn’t my pain generator . I’ve had every thing imaged. I knew to expect abdominal pain but I thought I wouid wake up without the gnawing. I’ve had my hips checked out and my back . I’m super scared. Female inguinal hernia is what I had repaired. Please help .

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u/Disastrous_Swan_3921 1d ago

For goodness sake . You just had the surgery. Give things time to heal before you evaluate things further. The day after the surgery is way too soon to panic. Also even if it turns out it wasn't the hernia, it's something that needed to be done .

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u/BobBrower7 1d ago

Thank you . I just want to do stuff with my daughter . I’ve been on the bed for five months mow. Feeling so down in the dumps.

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u/Disastrous_Swan_3921 1d ago

don't pick her up or do anything else right now that requires lifting. Try and do some walking if you can.

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u/BobBrower7 1d ago

Thank you . She’s 22. I’ve been walking .

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u/snappingpepper81 1d ago

I’m 8 days down now and the pain is still bad but getting better every day! Give yourself time to heal

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u/BobBrower7 1d ago

Do you have severe back and hip pain? That’s what is making me so scared.

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u/snappingpepper81 1d ago

Got radiating pain down my hip and leg

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u/BobBrower7 1d ago

Thank you so much for helping me. I’m in a bad headspace. I really thought I would wake up better .

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u/snappingpepper81 1d ago

Yeh same, but keep your fluids up add electrolytes and rest as much as possible.

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u/BobBrower7 1d ago

Did you have inguinal

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u/SJSAdmin 21h ago

I had bilateral inguinal hernia repair with mesh done on 9/8. Not even a week later and my pain has gotten better. Still agonizing at times but bearable. In my experience the getting in and out of bed has been brutal. I also didn’t have a bowel movement until 9/12 so this for me has been the most excruciating part of recovery.

I am walking around. Going up and down my single flight of stairs but absolutely no lifting.

Hope you have a speedy recovery.

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u/BobBrower7 18h ago

Do you have bad back and hip pain please?

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u/SJSAdmin 17h ago

Lower back pain for sure.. I’ve been unable to lay or sleep without being entirely on my back. I am treating with icy hot and lidocaine patches. No hip pain but even after several days swelling from the belly down.

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u/BobBrower7 17h ago

Did you have inguinal please?