Well, the good part of the in/out surgery is that you don't get woken up all night long by those same nurses.

Make sure you take it easy afterward. I had an abdominal surgery and I was not to lift anything over 10# for six weeks, and let me tell you...I heeded that after landing on the sofa with painkillers by trying to do a load of laundry a couple weeks after. UGH!!

Hope it all goes well, you're a healthy guy so you should have a speedy recovery. And you'll likely have the cutest nurses taking care of you...DW & DD, right??

Best wishes for an easy surgery and quick recovery, Faron! Being a guy, be sure that you heed the docâÂÂs orders and donâÂÂt try to do or lift too much too soon.

Oh, and a belated happy birthday from your fellow Virgo! I always enjoy your posts, and especially when I see the word "Uffda"! A major word in my maternal grandmotherâÂÂs vocabulary. HereâÂÂs to a great year, and not too many more reasons to say "Uffda!".

Good luck with your surgery. Follow Dr's orders and you'll be back to your regular routine before you know it.

I had an IH not too long ago.... i actually had a much easier recovery than the previous hernia repair surgery (in a different area) I had a few years prior. Basically, they knocked me unconscious (I think with Diprovan) and when you wake up, it's already done. The surgeon prescribed Percodan as a pain reliever, and I needed it for the next few days afterward. Couldn't lift anything heavy for months, and still have to be careful. You'll need someone to drive you home, as you'll be semi-unconscious afterward. Hope everything turns out good.

Good luck, Faron! I hope your loving family spoils you rotten! Let us know how you're doing afterwards, you hear?

Good luck Faron and do watch the lifting orders! I had a different surgery once that required nothing heavier than a gallon of milk for 8 weeks. Once you start to feel better you sometimes 'forget'. (Till you lift something and the twinge helps you remember real fast, lol.) Just remember your outside might appear healed but your insides take time to heal too and you don't want to mess with that. ;)

good luck big guy!

Good luck -- can you take along some tunes in the car -- and at home for your recovery time!

Jan

My husband had hernia surgery a few years ago, and his recovery was longer than he expected. Being a guy he figured he would be up doing his regular activities within a week, but it was actually much longer. Listen to the doctors and pay attention to your body, and good luck!

Faron,

My husband had this surgery back in May. It only took 45 minutes from the time they wheeled him away until he was in recovery, so pretty quick.

They inserted a "screen" inside his abdominal wall to help support his stomach muscles and prevent a recurrence. He was up and around pretty quickly, and I think feeling pretty much like himself after a week or 10 days. Just have to let those internal muscles heal and that's why the weeks of light lifting. You'll feel like your normal self, but your body isn't quite there yet.

It's funny how these hernias happen - my husband is a very active, strong guy - definitely someone you'd think would have weak stomach muscle walls, but it can happen to anyone!

Please, please heed the advice from others. Do what the doctor says. Literally do not lift/push/pull anything even close to your restrictions. You will be surprised how even a full gallon of milk can do harm. Let your body heal and you will recover much quicker.

As for the hospital stay... a hospital is the most nastiest place to be. Talk about an easy place to get sick! The least amount of time spent there the better. If you feel like you have missed out on the whole sexy nurse thing you can always pick up a holloween costume and have your dw be your nurse at home. lol :) Oh, ewww, was that TMI???

Take it easy until then and good luck, keep us posted.

Another thing, I don't know if you are a sweat pants kind of guy, but if you don't have any you need to get a couple of pairs. My husband never wore sweats before he had his surgery, but realized that recovery would be pretty uncomfortable in a pair of jeans. The funny thing is that ever since the surgery he puts on a pair of sweats when he gets home from work.

My dad had that surgery years ago. I hope everything goes well for you, Faron!

Take it easy, Faron. Hope it all goes well. Keep us posted...

Shannon01,
Hmmmm....can ya explain the "Sexy Nurse" thing again...?!
;-)

Gettin' a little nervous now, near bedtime! Have to be @ hospital @ 6:30am....Uffda! Not sure how long I'll be there Thursday tho...
I s'pose I'll be a little "loopy" later in the day?!?!?
(welllll...more than USUAL that is!!)

Thanks so much you guys for all the well-wishes!

Faron

PS...
The "caring" guys @ work told a very funny, but "naughty" joke today...kinda relative to my surgery. I'll have to figure out how to "censor" it enough to post it!!

Hope your surgery went well today, Faron. Know that we're all sending lots of positive thoughts and prayers that you'll be feeling better quickly. In the meantime, hope you're at least getting spoiled there at home ;^D
Lynn

You'll be fine, I bet, you big ol' Viking you...
(and I had the surgery bilaterally *twice* because the first time didn't work, back when I was *5*! You can do it, big guy :))
Post soon!

Well-
Finally gettin' on the computer!

Things went fine! But...

* Took TWICE as long for actual surgery as anticipated.
* "The hole was twice as big as thought, had scarring already, and could've put his FIST thru the hole" the Surgeon told DW!
* Sooooo...He had to do a lot more than anticipated to close everything up I guess!
* Feeling pretty good now...FINALLY.
* I've even got the "Celebrity drug", Oxycodone(SP?)! 1 or 2 pills (as needed) every 6 hrs.
* They gave me an anti-nausea shot...I kinda needed at first. WOW! That thing took FOREVER to get thru the tiredness of....UFFDA. Felt so damn hazy/tired from it for hours.
* Due to the "big-hole", and work Dr. had to do to close things, my "lift-limit" is TEN lbs. for 6-8 weeks!!!
Arrrrrrgghhhh...
* Takes a while to get up, and I'm kinda shufflin' around like an old lady!

Faron

Yay!! Sounds like you really needed this surgery... and the Oxy. I hope you are feeling much better tomorrow. Nice to hear from you tonight!

BTW, don't forget to tune in to 'Modern Family' this fall. You will love it!

Glad your ok! Try to look at the next 6 weeks as a chance to not only heal but to enjoy some of the quieter things in life, maybe reading some books that time never allowed.

Sincerely Goldy,
Thank you very much! You're such a nice person!

I forgot about M-Fam...are they goin' back to the Four-Seasons???!?!!
;-)

What kind of plot-lines are they in/upcoming?

Faron
PS....Why couldn't I get a Nurse like Sophia V.?!? Wow...;-)
Yeah...yeah...THAT'S IT! I could recover @ the 4S, and she could help.......whoooaaaa....must be the "Oxy" there!

Hey Faron - so glad to hear you're doing well. Keep resting comfortably!

Glad to hear the surgery went well, and that you're doing ok.
Now, big guy, no lifting pianos, ok?
My older son had a inguinal hernia surgery when he was 3 months old, and my husband had the same surgery few years ago. And my husband was definitely the bigger baby during the recovery!!!

Saaaaayyy now...why are DH's always the "babies" after/during illnesses huh?!!?

smalll voice here..."wellllll because it's true!"
;-)

Faron
...back to my shufflin' around now!

Um, could you please revise that to say you are shuffling around like an old MAN?

Glad to hear everything went well. As others have said, try to enjoy the enforced down time by doing some more quiet things that otherwise you never sit still long enough to appreciate!

This is a first!! I can lift 15 lbs! woohoo never thought I could lift more than you Viking guy.

Coop-
VERY funny! Yeah, I don't feel like much of a tough-guy now that's fer sure! I think ANYBODY on these forums could kick my butt now!

DD shockingly let me use her HP laptop this evening, so I'm typin' this in from my bed! She threatened me with bodlily harm if anything happened to it, so I can't let it fall off the bed...

Les...sorry...I'm shufflin'like an old STUD!

Faron

Glad it went well, Faron. Take it easy and enjoy that Oxy (just joking)!

Faron great to hear all went well.

Glad you are doing well, and for Pete's sake, do not, I repeat, do not let anything happen to that HP. Remember, I have a DD who is the about the same age as your DD, and I know of what I speak. Just sayin! LOL

Another vote for enjoying your time (forced) to be still. It is a good thing to come out of 5th gear now and then!

Kudos to your DW, cause the men, or at least my DH can be the most difficult of patients. (that's why we women have the giving birth task.lol)

Stay well!

Too funny W-I-P!

Yeah, I'm not sure what makes us Guys "cranky" when ill/suffering! Maybe it's just nice to be kinda "babied" by attractive Women?!?!?!

I s'pose you have a point on the "birthing" issue too...if Men had that job, well....the Earths' population may be in decline!

All I know is...I sure hate laughing now, and especially coughing!!! Uffda!

Faron

Faron, you are sounding as though recovery is going pretty well. That's great! Hope you are being spoiled as much (or as little) as you want.

Just don't fall asleep with the laptop on your lap or you'll be buying a new one (can you say iMac?).

Gee, I'm really late seeing this. Faron, I'm so glad that the surgery went well. Sounds like, from the surgeon's description of the hole, it's a darn good thing you had it done! Do take care of yourself and don't push yourself. You may be a big guy but be content letting other folks around you spoil you right now!

The Percodan I mentioned in my earlier post is actually a combination of oxycodone and aspirin. Or maybe i had Percocet - oxycodone and acetaminophen - don't remember. It is also available without other drugs mixed with it, in immediate-release or sustained-release versions. All of them work great, at least for a few weeks. Then their effectiveness slowly fades.

Between lots of surgeries, injuries, and my mangled spine, I've been prescribed seemingly every painkiller on the market. Some work great, some not at all, and some cause side effects worse than their benefits. Naprosyn, for one, *always* makes me nauseous.