A quick search of the forums suggests hernias aren't uncommon amongst us here? I was recently diagnosed with a hernia directly under my main abdominal scar (i.e. not the stoma scar). Luckily it seems to be fat, rather than blood vessel or bowel, so although the surgical team want to remove it it's not an emergency. And apparently it could happen again very easily, as the scar tissue is a weak spot.
Anyone else with a similar experience?
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I had a incisional hernia at the midline. It was repaired on an elective basis about a year after my j-pouch surgery. I wanted to be sure I was completely beyond the effect of my prior long term, high dose steroids. The only complication was a persistant seroma.
Jan 
For about 8 yrs I have been getting them like flyers in the mail...They pop up when least expected...I had never experienced one before 2008 and then boom...5 or 7 since and sometimes in 2's and 3's...don't know why...just is (maybe menopause has weakened my tissue, maybe something else).
The 1st one was peristomal and very scary and difficult to fix...had outside-to-inside surgery that didn't take (necrosis) then full open surgery...finally got it to hold with laparoscopic & mesh fix...
Most of the others were done with mesh in the end...now I must look like a patchwork quilt on the inside but things are holding well.
Sharon
Thanks, that's good to know. The surgeon mentioned mesh, so hopefully that should do the trick. My work is pretty physical, lots of lifting etc, so hopefully this was just a one-off and not the start of things to come...
Mine was done with mesh too. It's held up fine. Just so you know, Sharon also has a connective tissue disease, so her healing is not typical.
Jan
