[Jeff Brimble]

Why cant they just use pure surgical spirit - its faster,even if it  kills you .

[Dave Turley]

good luck matt, hope all goes well

[NWH]

Where do you have a hernia Matt,what you said about the taking it easy afterwards was spot on aswell i know a bloke that had it done and went back to work 4-5 days later and tore it open again.He had a fruit and veg shop and in under a week was lifting crates about,hope all goes well for you.

[dai]

I shaved myself before going in, had three different nurses come and check I had done it right. I felt quite proud.
Good luck mate, you will probably ache for a week or two, be nice to get rid of that big lump though. Dai

[matt]

cheers guys

i had a phone call on friday morning, can you come in early, yes sure, then they asked when was the last time i ate

well they said i couldnt eat after 8.00 for 12.30 afternoon sessions, so i ate at 10 to 8, thus they could do the op before 1.00, but asked me to get down early anyways, as i would be first, turned out that my hernia was the biggest op of the day, so they wanted more recovery time for me, they were right, the whole of the day surgery was empty by the time i left at 7.00, i was the last around, i had my own room though, all in all i was very impressed with the hospital ( though i did choose it, i turned down the 2 who were more local to me )

it all went well, it was keyhole they made 3 small cuts around the belly buttom, even though the hernia was right at the bottom of my groin, came around and was in such pain, it really was the worse pain i have suffered, had a bit of mophine that helped,

i had the dressings changed today, it turns out that keyhole has the least cuts / cutting, BUT its the hardest on your body, my insides are in a right pain, still taking the max painkilers and its just taking the edge off it , they have to push all your insides around to work in the small space

i tell you what, ive never felt pain like this, i clean the windows for a retired RAF bloke, he was sent over to orlando to do a "work placement " with NASA in the 70's, he did the space program at Canaveral, he also test flew flighters for the UK RAF and the USA airforce, he said and i qoute " i had my hernia done a few years back, i know pain and it was painfull " i didnt expect it this bad though

cheers guys
matt

[dai]

There is one thing with keyhole, you will heal a lot faster, I had mine done years ago and it was one hell of a slash, they put some kind of mesh inside that your tissue can grow through, it makes it a lot stronger than it was originally. Take it easy mate, it will all be worth it in the end.

[ftp]

Well done Matt, how long do you reckon you'll be off work? Can't see you humping those full containers about before the weekend.  

[rhys11]

Get well soon dude

[davids3511]

thats how i had mine done,and for some unknown reason my balls went black and then peeled

And the prize for too much information goes to ........ Stan The Man .

[Rob.Hall]

Just read this.

Hope you will be feeling better soon.

Can you hear the windows beckoning in your sleep!

[Sir Squeaky]

Yes, I missed this thread too.

All the best Matt.

[Ian W]

Glad it all went well. Hope nothing goes black for you! 

[peter holley]

 
ouch....!
get well soon m8

[s.hughes]

4 weeks off would be nice

[windowwashers]

4 weeks off would be nice

4 weeks off is not good.


Hope you a speedy recovery Matt.

[s.hughes]

4 weeks off would be nice

4 weeks off is not good.


Hope you a speedy recovery Matt.

yes it is

[windowwashers]

4 weeks off would be nice

4 weeks off is not good.


Hope you a speedy recovery Matt.

yes it is

whats stopping you having 4 week off then 

i have just had 6 weeks off and the paper work is total madness, miles to much to do this week, back to long hours again, oh how I missed it

[AuRavelling79]

Welcome back and best wishes.

[s.hughes]

4 weeks off would be nice

4 weeks off is not good.


Hope you a speedy recovery Matt.

yes it is

whats stopping you having 4 week off then

4 weeks off would be nice

4 weeks off is not good.


Hope you a speedy recovery Matt.

yes it is

whats stopping you having 4 week off then

Nothing of course, its not a nice thing that Matt has to go through and he needs the 4 weeks to recover in which is my point. If I was to just take 4 weeks off just because I feel like it then I would always feel quilty that I'm not working when I could be. But if you've had an opp and need to recover then there is nothing that you can do but rest for that amount of time.

[matt]

thanks guys for the posts 

well 1 week on ( this time last week i was being prep'ed for the op )

im not sure 4 weeks will be enough, im still in a rather large amount of pain

ive just been to have the dressings changed and the nurse said " ive known people who have been off for 10 weeks PLUS "  on the plus side, 2 of the cuts have healed the last is still open and bleeding, she said she was concerned about it as 1 week is too long