Re: Hernia
I had one repaired a few years ago. I think the original tear happened many years before but it wasn't a worry until then when it occasionally became painful.
Went to a specialist, he prodded it for a few seconds, said, "I will patch that" gave me a brochure and told me to wait for a phone call.
A couple of weeks later I was told to get myself into hospital and it was done with keyhole surgery where he apparently looked through one tiny hole and fed a mesh piece in the other. The mesh was put behind the muscle wall, the whole operation took only minutes and I went home that afternoon.
A few days later a nurse visited me at home to take out the stitches. The specialist told me don't worry about straining because the more I strain the stomach wall the more the mesh is pushed against the muscle wall. It has been perfect ever since.
When I went into the hospital every trainee doctor arrived to have a prod at it, I have only had more attention when I had a detached retina because then not only all the trainee doctors wanted a look but so did all the registrars. I guess that was my 15 minutes of fame done and dusted.
I vaguely remember my now deceased cousin having a
strangulated hernia when he was a teenager and being rushed into hospital for an emergency operation. That would have been in the 1950s I think today it is much easier operation.