mike_burgess@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>
> Terrible Tom wrote:
>
>>Our other counterman at work is laid up with a hernia (and an operation
>>to correct it) - so its looking really bad for me, the possibility of
>>getting that weekend off is next to slim now.
>>
>>We'll see what happens...
>
>
> From: Barry Oliver <barrysuperhawk@insightbb.com>
> Holy Smokes, tell him he's a wuss. I had hernia surgury 4 years ago and
> was back at work the NEXT day. Literally, I only took off the day of
> the surgury, and when I went to work the next day, I was on nothing
> stronger than OTC advil. I have witnesses.
>
> ACK! - either Barry is superman, or has no neurons.
> I just had a double, laproscopic inguinal hernia repair, with 2, 4"x6" mesh patches installed.
> I was so swollen, I could not put on underwear for a week, and 2 more weeks to go back to work. I think it varies depending on the particular operation.
> Mike (lurking in Los Angeles)
>
Well I don't know about all that, I mean my junk hurt, but I survived
the ordeal. The worst thing for me was getting upright after sleeping,
and, of course, the elimination of solid waste. I think I only have one
large patch rather than 2. On some days I can tell you right where it
is located...
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