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Saturday, June 27, 2026

Wear and Tear

I spent the other day mowing, some weed-whacking, and nothing much else. None of it was strenuous, but I was getting some sharp occasional pains around my belt-line. I've had a small hernia for a few years, and it never bothered me, until then. Since it was Thursday, and my doctor is off on Friday, I called for an appointment. They fit me in, and  gave me one at 10:30 am with a nurse practitioner, so off I went. 

I'll be scheduled for a CT scan, and a visit to a surgeon. While the hernia isn't bothering me today, if it should become worse, I'm on the path to what is now just a day surgery. I'm pushing 70 years old, and the longer I wait, the chances of complications increase. It will put me semi-out of condition for about 6 weeks, but after that, I should be running on 8 cylinders again. 

I'm guessing my years of hard labor work, such as lifting heavy concrete forms, bags of cement products, concrete finishing, and other things that lead to hernias has finally caught up with me. It's wear, and tear, and time to get it fixed. 

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  1. JeanJune 27, 2026 at 10:53 AM

    Yep. Get it done sooner rather than when/if it gets worse.

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  2. DanJune 27, 2026 at 8:26 PM

    A hernia doesn't get better without intervention....it just gets worse. The sooner it's fixed the better.

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    1. JessJune 28, 2026 at 8:17 AM


      After reading some information, the worst can be dangerous. The sooner is better.

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  3. John WilderJune 28, 2026 at 2:26 PM

    More time to write as you heal after surgery!

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    1. JessJune 29, 2026 at 3:19 PM

      That's true. That, and it doesn't require lifting.

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  4. Old NFOJune 30, 2026 at 2:45 PM

    Yep, get it fixed now!

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    1. JessJuly 1, 2026 at 2:16 PM

      CT scan tomorrow. I don't know when surgery will happen.

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    2. Old NFOJuly 2, 2026 at 9:34 PM

      Good! And after surgery, a pillow IS your friend if you need to cough!

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  5. FredLewersJuly 14, 2026 at 7:39 PM

    I'm on my second hernia. I had the first one repaired 32 years ago. 6 weeks recovery from a workmans comp repair, and as soon as it could be attributed to something else, I got fired. The dealership had a rep for sketchy dealings. The current hernia is just fatty tissue and it's slowly being absorbed and shrinking. If it's not actual guts pushing out, maybe work on strengthening your abdominal muscles and don't take the surgery risk? But if it is guts you must get it repaired or you run the risk of necrosis. That'll kill you fast I've been told. Good luck and God bless you.

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