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Having posted a couple of months ago asking about hernia & mtb recovery times I was under the knife on the 23rd at 2pm and back home by 7pm. Full anaesthetic and open surgery. A 10 cm glued scar the "only" evidence. Pain relief intentionally limited y'day so some Xmas drinking possible. Xmas eve my son judged my walking stance was Gollum like, better yesterday. Will get out of house today for short walk. Merry Xmas
I was healed up fairly quickly. Did the London to Brighton off road ride with three weeks I think.
Still get the odd twinge every now and then. If you have lots of those Christmas dried prune things to hand I'd eat a lot of them!
Hope it heals well and happy Christmas 🙂
My surgeon, a cyclist, said 6 weeks until I was riding and when I went in for my 6 week check expressed surprise that I hadn't come in on my bike.
But rather than trusting some random but well meaning strangers on the internet, I'd ask your doctor.
Slight typo, General rather than Full anaesthetic! No post op meeting with doc required. I'll be care in the community :-). 6 weeks would be great. Only cycling over next week will be a boardgame Um Refenbreite.
I probably should've mentioned. I wouldn't go on the bike until you feel happy or ready. I guess I was lucky and healed fairly quickly. Last thing you'd want to do is to stuff it up....
I had mine done on the 24th jan, I was back on the bike 3 weeks after mine, but to be honest i think it was too soon. everyone heels differently. Unfortunately im back in on the 31st jan again for a bilateral femoral hernia repair! 😥
I've had patients windsurfing after 4 days following open surgery.
I generally say back to major sport in 3-4 weeks (rugby etc) - thats usually lap these days.
Take it at your own pace - not much harm to do.
I had the same operation on 4 Dec and plan to be back on the bike by 6th Jan for my commute to work. However, I am taking it easy in the meantime.
Thanks for the feedback. I'll postpone the BASE jumping 😉
Not had a inguinal but a epigastric/paraumbilical hernia. Surgery 5th December back at work (heavy moving and handling in a Nursing home) the 2nd week in January. Back on motorbike and mountain bike the week after.
Just had knee arthroscopy been 6 days and still walking like I have something jammed up my arse
You've probably sussed this one already but I found sleeping with a pillow underneath the back of my legs to begin with a huge help.
Got me one of them a year ago today skiing with my kid.
I put off surgery and made efforts to 'fix' it myself but got fed up wearing a truss, having a weird lump and not being able to ski.
Ended up trying to find and source a re-absorbable patch as I didn't want to end up suffering the reported side effects of a polypropelyne patch.
Surgery was with a doctor who was open to my concerns and he ended up doing a suture only repair, no patch!
He'd said i'd be pretty good to go after a couple of weeks... I was (probably foolishly) re seeding and top soiling the lawn and painting the house after a week, riding mtb after 3 week (wife took the kids away so I could focus on getting better)
The main issue I had was not getting into post-op physio immediately and having had no after surgery advice about the risk of adhesion from the scar tissue.
So, my main issue was the layers of fascia and tissue scaring and adhering down toward my intestines/bowel.
8 or so sessions of deep tissue massage and physio with cute paramedical practicioners got that under control 😉
So, from my experience, if the left side goes and I have to do it again..
Post surgical work to prevent incision site scar tissue adhesion
Pre and post surgical work to strengthen core.
I've lapsed with my stretching and core excercises recently and definately feeling week there again!
yoga pants here I come!
Had my chest cracked open on the 26th Nov (tumour removed)out 4 days later, My first ride today 23 miles the body is a fast healer 🙂
Postierich - Credit to you that must of been a major bit of Surgery. Hope you make a swift recovery.
Also to OP, don't rush with a Hernia. It is only day surgery now, but in the early 90's it was a week long hospital stay.
UPDATE: - Op went fine on 23rd Dec. open surgery with general anaethetic. Looks like Ive had a 10cm caeserian. Relaxed cycle around the roads of Fleet last Sunday was no problem and Ill hit the Caesers Camp fire roads this weekend. Will keep off any steep uphill singletrack for the time being tho'.