Hi everyone
I was diagnosed with inguinal hernia last week. I still don't have a lump. The doctor put is finger on the inguinal canal and found the hernia.
But I have a lot of pain, sometimes I can't even walk.
From your experience is normal to be on pain on the beginning?
I'm changing job next week and it's not a good idea to tell them, I have a problem and need some weeks off before I start.
From your experience do you think it's possible to postpone operation for 8months to 1 year?
Thank you for your advice.
I was diagnosed with inguinal hernia 2016, yes it's very painful, but when I use my hernia trusses the pain eases a bit. I'm reluctant to get the surgery done?
I can only tell you my case, I had a lump but pain very rarely but I noticed the lump in September 2017 and didn’t have the operation until June 2018 and maybe I was lucky but as long as I was careful I could do most things but no lifting anything substantial,and I was fine, but three and a half months later everything seems to be okay.
Hi, you won't always have a 'lump' - my hernia wasn't found till they operated. I had all the painful symptoms and was only getting worse, so they did exploratory surgery. I'd definitely get it repaired... but AVOID having any sort of mesh repair, they cause so many problems later on, I had my op 3 years ago and have been in chronic pain for the last 12 months... currently under hospital to get help.. but they're not even acknowledging that the mesh is the culprit they're trying to say it's muscle damage... I've requested my medical records to take further advice. So please don't have a mesh repair. Good luck.
The sooner you get it fixed, the better. It will only get bigger. The bigger it is, the more likely for a mesh. ( which I have with no problems). As far as the pain, I think it depends on exactly where it is. I had an inguinal hernia for 12 years without pain. The thing that prompted me to get it fixed, was when my bladder slipped through it because it got so big.