surgery for hernia with abdominal pain Posted: 01-09-08 11:49am
I noticed a pain in my upper abdominal
area towards the central abdominal line.
At first the pain was sharp and then i
noticed a lump coming through, i guessed a
hernia.
At the time i had private health care via
bupa, i arranged a speedy appointment and
was told, after some tests, i had a very
small hernia. The advice given was not to
operate, the doctor explained the whole
made during surgery would be bigger than
the hernia itself and it would make no
sense going ahead with the operation.
During the diagnosis i explained i was in
pain, a lot of pain for such a small bump.
Apparently the hernia a small piece of fat
was popping though the muscle, this in
turn this caused the pain. But an
operation was not recommended, i'm not
really sure why.
One and a half years later the bump is 4
times as large, its also grown a smaller
brother down to the right lower abdominal,
about 3 inches up right from my navel and
on the same side as the original.
Currently can't eat a meal with out
feeling some discomfort, its not acid
reflux. The pain discomfort is the hernia
popping out from eating a large meal. Even
a small meal is currently causes
discomfort and pain.
Clearly i'm going to get something done
about the pain, and get the hernia
treated/operated on. My main concern now
is why was an operation not done right at
the start. This would have cleared up any
pain, detected any other weakness which
could have been repaired at the same time.
Is it at all possible the operation did
not go ahead because of the cost on the
insurance.
I know this is not America but its still
private health care and being so it comes
out of my insurance, somewhere in the back
of my mind, i'm thinking the bupa doctor
not going ahead with the op was strange. I
was in pain, an operation would have fixed
that, what could have been the doctors
motivation. Let the hernia get bigger and
become more painful as it has done and
then operate. does this sound fishy to
anyone?
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Posted: 01-20-08 10:30am
Hi
I don't know why doctors opt to wait
either. I know here in the USA
doctors/surgeons not to mention the
patients are now being faced with the
complications of hernia meshes that are
implanted during the repair whether this
is the case for you I can not say.
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