Like others who have had a major abdominal surgery that leaves us with a long vertical scar from beast bone to belly button..we did not know that this hernia disaster’ could happen AFTER. And that time means it becomes harder to repair, safely, or at all by surgery in time. That surgery can also have MANY complications, be painful, and have poor results after a long recovery. With few pain meds being given anymore due to current unfounded National Paranoia of 'addiction! you will be in for a really tough decision! Worst, over time the belly swells out bigger and bigger and makes you appear 9 mo. pregnant. Sometimes it shows as a smooth arc like a ‘beer belly’ for men, sometimes it is the intestines shifting underneath as a lumpy bumpy protrusion..
And often before you have repair surgery you can have major growing discomfort as it enlarges, and PULLS on your lower back muscles!
Right now I am desperate to design or find a custom wearable support to stop the agony of stress on my back, seriously making my health, attitude, and mobility much worse.
Here are the basics you may NEVER have been told, and what I’m dealing with, probably others too.
- if we had weak stomach muscles (no 6 pack abs) and/or are overweight too- there is a 30-40% chance the tough fascia band that covers over the intestines, UNDER our muscles, will fail, with large gaps opening like swiss cheese, that allows the ‘guts’ to emerge thru in larger and larger amounts. The only ‘good’ part is there is less chance of strangulation and painful necrosis starting from trapped waste in the intestine. As bad as that sounds a pinched intestine is a real emergency.
- The hernia can start after an infection, post surgery, this is a double whammy if your belly muscles were weak. Nothing stops the fascia from failing and opening like wet tissue.
- Over time more and more of the intestines push forward to be under the thin muscle and your skin and fat layer!
- Losing as much weight as you can to get your BMI down is needed for a safe repair surgery. Exercise, like walking to keep other muscles strong, and your respiratory system working is needed.