scrubbedexpat141

Anyone ever had a hernia before?

Do they come on slowly or hit you like a bus?

Millhouse

whack it with a bible.

Patsy Stoned

Here you are darling, I hope this helps xx
http://www.healthcentral.com/encyclopedia/408/305.html

scrubbedexpat141

Hard to do when I'm leaning left...

Thanks, I've spent too long looking at those sites now, if I take it too seriously I've got every disease going but a hernia is looking likely.

Docs appointment at American Hospital requested.

Millhouse

so what brought it on Scamp? A square poo, or did you lift something heavy?

scrubbedexpat141

No idea mate.

New golf swing / tried to force a shit combo?

britexpat76

You was trying to shit whilst swinging a golf club?

scrubbedexpat141

No, but maybe the latter made the former worse?

NorthernLad

As far as I knew it's a tear in the stomach muscle amd your innards are trying to break out.

Best go to see a doctor.

Irishbeekeeper

you was trying to not look like shit while swinging a gold club?

scrubbedexpat141

Appointment booked for tomorrow afternoon.

It's not too bad when I bend forwards and lean left a bit.

After all this I bet it's just a little strain and I'm being a big girl.

Millhouse

It's a cry for help from your intestines. They obviously need the food and booze.

Irishbeekeeper

hope you feel better soon mate

scrubbedexpat141

Clearly. Hopefully the doctor tomorrow will agree.

The Dean

Had a belly button ('umbilical' is the actual name) hernia repaired in the summer of 2011 (a little lump of what feels like hard body fat under the skin protrudes just beside the belly button). The surgeon basically massaged it back inside (there was a bit of cutting and removing too, of some sort) then inserted a sort of trellis-work barrier between the inner hole and the outer belly button.

No problem since, although (a) you cannot lift anything heavier than a full kettle of water for about ten days, and (b) I can still feel the remains of the work under the skin even today (this is normal apparently and may be detectable there in a minor way for the rest of my life).

The other sort of hernia (down by the groin, near the fold between leg and torso) is the sort footballers get, and can be repaired very easily, then you just need to rest a lot.