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Participants stormyhound13Kenneth Bailey27hiddenjackal17Laura Cox5Kyle Sanchez96Betty Howard38Melissa Phillips4Anthony Ramirez2
Laura Cox5 Laura Cox5 Active Member
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joined May 2015
#21 ·
Nah, there aren't actually any real issues going on here, it's just that weird sensation you get when it feels like there's some kind of foreign object stuck inside you.
Melissa Phillips4 Melissa Phillips4 Member
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joined Apr 2015
#22 ·
Kyle Sanchez96 said:I don't get why anyone would bother traveling all the way to Germany and paying out of pocket for an operation that is completely routine and straightforward. I had my surgery eight years ago at Mayo Clinic, and the recovery was incredibly fast—never felt a single bit of pain.

With so many top-tier hospitals right here in Chicago, someone actually chooses to pay private rates in Germany for a totally standard procedure.🤷
stormyhound13 stormyhound13 NewcomerOP
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joined Jun 2019
#23 ·
It feels like in the US, you can't find a surgeon who won't insist on using mesh...
And honestly, that mesh can end up causing some pretty nasty issues, like constant inflammation or intense pain, mostly because your body doesn't really recognize it as part of you and treats it like some kind of foreign invader...

There are actually cases where people have to track down specialists—though they’re hard to find—just to get the mesh removed because it’s causing so much trouble. Plus, there's the risk of infection, which can change the whole structure and basically ruin the way everything is supposed to function...

Of course, whether you had mesh used or not, there's always that chance the hernia comes back and causes more headaches, though I don't think that happens quite as often as people fear...
stormyhound13 stormyhound13 NewcomerOP
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joined Jun 2019
#24 ·
hiddenjackal17 said:My husband actually had his inguinal hernia repaired recently... it wasn't with your doctor, but we live over in Germany now, so everything happens here. It’s considered an outpatient procedure, so you basically head home just a few hours after they're done. Someone does need to physically come pick up the patient, since they're fully capable of walking—though they might be a little lightheaded, which is why they shouldn't drive themselves alone... For the pain, they give you Brufen, and then there are those Heparin shots that you actually have to administer to yourself, and you just follow up with your regular family doctor later on.

This is actually the first time I've heard about patients having to give themselves Heparin injections, so I was wondering if there's a specific reason for that... isn't Brufen enough on its own?

Could someone who knows a bit more about this tell me if giving out those shots is just how things are done in Germany, or is that common practice in America too?
stormyhound13 stormyhound13 NewcomerOP
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joined Jun 2019
#25 ·
I was wondering if anyone here has actually gone to see Dr. Andreas Koch before... and if you were happy with how everything turned out, I'd love to hear about what your experience was like...
stormyhound13 stormyhound13 NewcomerOP
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joined Jun 2019
#26 ·
I don't really deal with intense pain right in my groin area, though I do get this occasional little stinging sensation or some tingling every now and then... but the real issue is that it’s migrated down into my scrotum, and as time goes on, it feels like it's getting more pronounced, almost like the bowel is pushing further and further into the sac.

Lately, I've been feeling this increasing sense of pressure in my abdomen, specifically just above the pelvic area, right in that lower abdominal region. I actually went to see my primary care doctor about it, and they ran some urine tests because they were worried it might be a urinary tract infection, but everything came back perfectly normal, and they basically told me I'm way too young to be worrying about prostate issues.

It’s most likely that old inguinal hernia I’ve been carrying around for years, and honestly, I think that’s exactly what’s causing all these symptoms lately.

Has anyone else here dealt with anything similar, you know, like that constant pressure or those sudden little spasms in the lower abdomen?
Anthony Ramirez2 Anthony Ramirez2 Newcomer
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joined Apr 2021
#27 ·
This guy managed to heal himself after six months of following this routine...

Healing Inguinal Hernia with Exercise full Workout


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