Hernia surgery is a serious surgery even when it's minimally invasive as it can carry some risks of complications.
However most hernia surgeries are completed without any complications and is very safe.
The best way to sit and get in and out of a chair after hernia surgery is to back up to the chair until your legs touch the chair.
Then lean your upper body forward and place your hands on your thighs for stability and then bend your knees and squat down to sit easily.
The pain medicine that you get after hernia surgery is Hydrocodone, Norco and Vicodin.
These medications are Narcotic pain medications that are prescribed to help control pain after hernia surgery.
After hernia surgery you need to wait for at least 7 days before driving so you won't be feeling sedated and be distracted from the pain and effects of the medications.
Waiting a week after the hernia surgery before driving will prevent you from being distracted from the pain or the sedative and effects of the pain medications.
It's best to have someone drive you home after the hernia repair surgery.
You can ride in a car after hernia surgery although you may want to use a seat cushion to help prevent pain during the car ride.
Although you can drive and ride in a car and travel after hernia surgery without any issues.
It is OK to climb stairs after hernia surgery.
After hernia surgery it's okay to do physical activities such as exercise as long as it does not hurt and have sex, lift, climb stairs and walk.
And returning to normal activities after the hernia surgery as soon as you can is helpful in speeding up recovery from hernia surgery.
The Do and Don'ts after hernia surgery are.
Do take showers after the hernia surgery and avoid baths and also do care for your incisions and do follow any instructions on taking stool softeners.
Don'ts after hernia surgery are don't take a bath or get in a hot tub for at least 2 to 3 weeks.
Foods that are best to eat after hernia surgery are yogurt, chicken, rice, broiled chicken and toast.
Foods you cannot and should not eat after hernia surgery include breads, crackers, biscuits, chunky meats such as steaks and dry meals such as cold cuts.
Hernia mesh lasts indefinitely if it's the non absorbable hernia mesh while the absorbable mesh lasts for around 10 years to 20 years.
How long a hernia mesh repair lasts depends on the type of hernia mesh that is put in place.
There are a few different types of hernia mesh that are put into people.
Those two types of hernia mesh are absorbable hernia mesh and non absorbable hernia mesh.
If you have the non absorbable hernia mesh installed in your body it's meant to stay in your body indefinitely and never needs replaced.
If you have the absorable type of hernia mesh installed in your body then eventually it gets absorbed in your body and needs replaced.
If the hernia mesh is the absorbable hernia mesh it will last for around 10 years to 20 years but it can vary from person to person.
Non-absorbable hernia mesh will remain in your body indefinitely and is considered a permanent implant.
The hernia mesh is used to provide permanent reinforcement to the repaired hernia.
Absorbable hernia mesh will degrade and lose strength over time.
It is not intended to provide long-term reinforcement to the repair site.
The symptoms of hernia mesh problems and complications include.
Pain and discomfort. Patients suffering from hernia mesh complications often report pain and discomfort near the abdomen, stomach, leg, groin, or testicles. ...
Nausea.
Lethargy.
Constipation or Bowel Obstruction.
Erectile dysfunction.
Hernia recurrence.
Hernia mesh complications include adhesion, bowel obstruction or perforation, infection, rejection and migration.
Patients have reported symptoms of pain, mesh failure and hernia recurrence following hernia repair surgery.
Hernia mesh problems can occur immediately after surgery or years later.