life after hurnia repair surger

[Shelly1981]

I am only posting this question here because that is where all the other hurnia questions are.

I am 6 weeks post surgery and when the prepared me for hurnia repair surgery they did not prepare me for what I have been feeling they did not tell me anything other than it would be painfull. I was told after that they attached the mesh to my ribs and that I would feel pain for about 4 months. Look they went through old scar tissue from my galbladder surgery and I am having pain in the ribs, belly button and well in every one of the 10 holes they made in my abs to fix 2 of them. Is this normal and will the pain last 4 months or more.

[Shelly1981]

I had an incisional hurnia along my abs twards the top and umbilical hurnia. They were both from having surgery and then getting pregnant. I am not lifting all that much, I have a 22 month old baby that I have to pick up from time to time, putting her in her crib, hanging tabe, car seat. And of course when she needs love. But I am trying to be really careful but I am a really active person and my husband is deployed so I am on my own. I am not in extream pain but if I laugh wrong, bend wrong, caugh, sneeze or strech it catches by my ribs and sometimes at the lower parts of the incisions.  

[sillyvixen]

depends on the surgery you had - i had an open incisional repair over 4 months ago and getting pain and discomfort - it has subsided a lot and is only intermitant now - there is still stuff i cant do but then i could not do much before surgery due to pain ... i am certainly recovering- but it is a slow process. pain is also a sign that you are doing too much, if you listen to your body and look at what you are trying to do - are you running before you can walk. i am still restricted to what i can lift and have to be careful with simple tasks such as food shopping and house work and am still on light duties in my job.

i hope you have a good recovery and are feeling much better soon.

take it easy.

[CalGal]

Shelly, was this an umbilical hernia repair? If so, you should be uncomfortable for a number of months, but you shouldn't be in extreme pain. Has your doc given you some idea of what you can take to tamp down the discomfort? And are you watching what you lift, etc?