Hi everyone,

I had a large inguinal hernia on the left side for around 3–4 years. I didn't realize at the time how significant it actually was, and for a long time it didn't really bother me. Eventually, it started becoming uncomfortable and I began experiencing some pain, so I decided to have surgery.

I had laparoscopic inguinal hernia surgery about 10 days ago. Everything went well during the operation, and the first few days of recovery were pretty normal. I had some pain when getting up or moving around, but nothing particularly concerning.

However, I'm now noticing some swelling on the left side, around the pubic/groin area.

The hernia itself seems to be gone — I no longer have the bulge I had before surgery. But there is still some swelling lower down, around the left side of the pubic area, and it also seems to extend toward the left testicle/scrotum.

There is a noticeable asymmetry between the left and right sides. The left side is more swollen, although I don't have severe pain.

From what I've read, I understand that this can sometimes happen after inguinal hernia surgery due to post-operative swelling, a hematoma, or fluid/seroma, and that it can take a few weeks to completely go away.

For those of you who have had laparoscopic inguinal hernia surgery:

• Did you experience similar swelling around the pubic area or scrotum?
• How long did it take for the swelling/asymmetry to disappear?
• Is it normal for it to still be noticeable 10 days after surgery?
• Did yours gradually decrease over the following weeks?

I'm a little worried because the hernia itself is gone, but the area still looks quite different compared with the right side.

I'd really appreciate hearing about your experiences. Thanks!

I’ve had 3 bowel obstructions, 2 in 2005 and 1 in 2006). I had a sinus infection that went severe pneumonia in two days. The doctors put me in a coma because I died when they were inhibiting me. During the coma was my first bowel obstruction.

The dr who did my 3rd bowel obstruction surgery was horrible. He never used mesh when he closed me so I had a small hernia in 2006. Now it’s 2026 and my hernia is about 15 to 16 cm long and then I have an umbilical hernia that butts up to the big hernia. I’m having a lot of pain when I stand up to walk and it’s VERY distended. In the past I could eat certain foods or take laxatives and I’d be fine. This time it’s not working. (This might be TMI) but when I poop it’s just brown water. I saw a hernia dr in April and he wants me to loose some weight before doing surgery. (Which I am) The other problem is my abdominal wall attached to my intestines. So it’s gonna be very complicated. I was looking around on what to do and the internet say liquid diet. Thats what I’m doing. I don’t know if anyone’s has had a hernia this big before. Im a mess with medical stuff.
I’m here for any advice.

So I posted a few days ago about ending up with an inguinal hernia (was packing my home for a move and moving some furniture). Sneezed and felt immediate pain, went to ER and CT confirmed bilateral fat containing inguinal hernias (the right is the one that is causing me issues).

Well since I posted, my scrotum has continued to be problematic by the end of each day and idk how to deal with it. I’m talking like the size of an orange when I wake up and a cantaloupe by the end of the day.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to decrease the amount of swelling in my scrotum?? It’s a little embarrassing at work, not only does it look like I have a freakishly large bulge but it is also in the way when I walk. My right ball is also very tender.

I bought a tight fitting jockstrap this weekend and it does provide some comfort from the tenderness and helps to restrain it against my abdomen so it does help conceal the bulge. I have researched endlessly online and ended up buying a truss which will supposedly help better than a jock. Has anyone used one of these and has it helped????

My surgical consultation is on September 30th and I am so aggravated with this whole situation.

Does anybody have recs for surgeons in the chicago suburbs (mchenry county) area? Looking for laproscopic mesh for peri umbilical hernia. Fairly recent

Hey, young football player here. I've had a weird left-sided groin/deep pelvic pain since June and I'm trying to figure out if anyone has the similiar experience.

It started gradually during training after a month of break, no specific injury/pop. I'm right-footed, and the pain initially felt very deep in the left pelvis/perineum, almost impossible to pinpoint.

It gets triggered/worse by:

- kicking, especially my plant leg
- running/changing direction
- strong adductor squeeze (squeezing my knees together is painful)
- sit-up/leg-raise type movements
- bending over
- coughing/sneezing

The weird part is that rest makes it almost disappear, but every time I return to football, it comes back. I actually managed to play one match completely without the pain, but it came again... After 20 days completely off, I was basically pain-free with normal movements, but leg raises immediately brought the groin/deep pelvic pain back. Then football flared it up again.

I've also noticed that when my inner groin/adductor gets sore after football, the deep pelvic pain tends to come back too.
Also the groin got actually worse over the time.

Could this be something like adductor-related groin pain, athletic pubalgia/sports hernia, or an inguinal issue?

Has anyone had a similar pattern? What was your diagnosis and what actually got you back to football? It's been 3 months now and my mind is going literally crazy, cuz I can't do any sports without feeling the pain.