Hi everyone. It has been awhile since my last post. I am at home recovering from hernia surgery. I had 4 repaired. One parastomal hernia under my stoma, and 3 incisional hernias. I still have 2, one in each groin, but because I was under for 5 1/2 hrs, my surgeon saved those for another time. He repaired the one under my stoma and also made my stoma smaller (which is good). It has been over 2 weeks since my surgery. I was in the hospital for 5 days. I had a lot of adhesions and scar tissue that needed to be cleared away. Surgery was laparoscopic with robot assist, the only way to go. But don't let anyone tell you it is not major. I am just now taking it one day at a time and feeling a little less pain as each day goes by. Well, that's my story. The other thing that has helped was my surgeon applied a binder after my surgery, and I am wearing it during the day and at night.
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