My daughter who has had her j-pouch since August apparently has a hernia - she is seeing the surgeon tomorrow but have no clue what to expect - has anyone had this happen with their J-pouch? Any information would be awesome thanks
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Berthie,
It is not uncommon for some of us to end up with a hernia...depending on where it is, incisional, abdominal, inguinal...it can either be put on the 'watch, wait and see' list or on the 'we need to fix this now' list...If it is not endangering anything vital and just small they might choose to fix it through laporoscopy and a patch (very well tollerated, easy sugery and very little scarring)...if it is bigger then sometimes it can require open surgery...Talk to her surgeon about all of the possibilities and if you are not happy with them then don't hesitate to ask for a 2nd opinion...
Sharon
It is not uncommon for some of us to end up with a hernia...depending on where it is, incisional, abdominal, inguinal...it can either be put on the 'watch, wait and see' list or on the 'we need to fix this now' list...If it is not endangering anything vital and just small they might choose to fix it through laporoscopy and a patch (very well tollerated, easy sugery and very little scarring)...if it is bigger then sometimes it can require open surgery...Talk to her surgeon about all of the possibilities and if you are not happy with them then don't hesitate to ask for a 2nd opinion...
Sharon
I had an incisional hernia that cropped up a few months post op. I ignored it at first because I did't want to deal with it, because I had to deal with other complications. I brought it up to my surgeon about a year post op. He gave me the option to repair it or live with it, and I chose to repair it. It was elective because there was no entrapped bowel causing pain.
It was a simple repair, but did require mesh and an overnight stay. I was up to my usual routine the day after discharge. Compared to the j-pouch surgery, it was a cake walk.
Jan
It was a simple repair, but did require mesh and an overnight stay. I was up to my usual routine the day after discharge. Compared to the j-pouch surgery, it was a cake walk.
Jan
Thank you both for the info - I didn't want to walk into the doctors office without some prior information; as it turns out he doesn't think it's a hernia, he felt absolutely nothing, although if it continues to hurt she will eventually go for an MRI - she stopped working out because she was in pain...more than likely she was using too much weight in her workouts. not a bad problem to have after everything else!!
Sometimes hernias can be sneaky, but they usually are pretty straight forward to diagnose. If she holds her breath and bears down, there should be a fairly obvious bulge that is visible or palpable if you hold your hand over it. Often, hernias do not cause pain, so pain is not a primary symptom.
Abdominal pain can be caused by a variety of things. It could be she pulled a muscle during her workout (happens to the best of us). It is not uncommon for folks to get a bit too aggressive in their workouts and not gradually build up.
She could have even have torn an adhesion internally and there could have been a little bleeding with it. That would cause pain, but it should gradually get better if it is that.
Then again, it could be entirely unrelated to her workouts and the exercise just brought it to light. So, the wait and see approach makes sense. Give it a week or so, then tell her to go ahead with the weights, but to take it nice and easy!
Jan
Abdominal pain can be caused by a variety of things. It could be she pulled a muscle during her workout (happens to the best of us). It is not uncommon for folks to get a bit too aggressive in their workouts and not gradually build up.
She could have even have torn an adhesion internally and there could have been a little bleeding with it. That would cause pain, but it should gradually get better if it is that.
Then again, it could be entirely unrelated to her workouts and the exercise just brought it to light. So, the wait and see approach makes sense. Give it a week or so, then tell her to go ahead with the weights, but to take it nice and easy!
Jan