Originally Posted by
Maysie
For me the surgery was not my concern, I was genuinely not bothered about it. It was the long period of rest and recuperation afterwards as I am not 'wired' for sitting around as was/am still worried I will overdo it and head right back to square one again. This is my biggest struggle, particularly as we will be lambing soon, and have so many jobs to do around the farm that just cannot wait - but will now have to.
The thing which made the surgery easier to accept was a candid pre-op assessment discussion with the surgeon who explained in no uncertain terms that the hernia would never repair itself, or get any better, but was only likely to get worse with time - so the surgery may as well be done sooner rather than later to avoid becoming an emergency case.
The chap who had his surgery before me had a double hernia, the first one was over 7 years old and he was walking with a walking stick while wearing a 'truss' to prevent more of his innards from popping out. Mine by comparison was a small lump, so rather trivial in my opinion, but the surgeon did not agree and insisted the surgery was the best course of action.