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TT, MR and Hernia Repair - Palo Alto, CA

Name: TT, MR and Hernia Repair - Palo Alto, CA
Item: Roy W. Hong, MD
Author: MomOf2Js

ORIGINAL POST

I'm 36 with two kids age 4 and 1. I had a...

MomOf2JsJanuary 3, 2014

$8,000

I'm 36 with two kids age 4 and 1. I had a c-section with my older daughter since she was breech, so there's a small scar already down below. I was able to get my tummy back after the first one, but with my second pregnancy, the muscle wall just didn't hold up. I've also had an umbilical hernia when I was young and it just gotten worse after all the pregnancies. Since the hernia is bothering me more and more each day, and the diastasis recti is not getting any prettier each day... I figured that I'll have to do something about it. Since my mother-in-law is here I figured I will have some help with the kids, so it's either now or never for the procedure. I originally set on interviewing 3 doctors only, but after all the meetings I was quite unsettled with the information they provide. They all have pros and cons and none of them give me the 100% confidence that I need. And I've gotten conflicting information from the last doctor where he does not want to do the hernia repair with the TT and MR procedure. So I checked with my OB for advice, and she told me her best friend just had a TT recently with this doctor and was very happy with the result. So I went and meet with him, and he explains everything in great details, as well as referring me to a general surgeon for the hernia repair, whom he partnered with for 15 years already. I then had a consultation with the general surgeon and was very comfortable with both so I quickly set a date for the surgery.

I'll add more details and photos later...

MomOf2Js's provider

Roy W. Hong, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Replies (5)

ExTheFlab

January 4, 2014

Good luck!

Christine789

January 27, 2014

I have done my hernia repair at Shouldice Hospital at Ontario.It is a hospital specializing in hernia repair.But tummy tuck is a plastic surgery kind of surgery .Right? So how can both be done together?Can a plastic surgeon can do Hernia surgery?

MomOf2Js

January 28, 2014

I have the umbilical hernia, and since I have my abdominal muscle separated, it's advised to have that repair as well to keep the hernia repair in place. The abdominal muscle repair is considered plastic surgery, and part of the tummy tuck, so it's performed by a plastic surgeon. A lot of plastic surgeon does both if the hernia is very common as well with the muscle separation. I've interviewed several plastic surgeons, plenty of them will do that together, but there are some who recommends me to find a general surgeon for the hernia repair. The one I'm going with will bring in a general surgeon to do the hernia repair together while I'm getting the tummy tuck (since I'm already opened up). This way some of the cost can be shared and I only have to be opened up once. :)

Bella101412

October 6, 2017

can you give me the name of the general surgeon that did your hernia repair?

Kimmers25

January 5, 2014

Welcome to the community. If you are going to have the hernia repaired separately I would love more details about that surgery as well. We do have a new community for Belly Button Surgery, or Umbilicoplasty.

Would love to have you in both communities.

UPDATED FROM MomOf2Js

10 days pre

A bit more than a week to go

MomOf2JsJanuary 24, 2014

My pre-op appointment is next Monday! I'm a bit nervous now as it's so close. I'm starting to look more into recovery and things I need to prep for. Finding that a lot of people are getting a lift chair/recliner for sleeping. I'm starting to look into it and not sure what kind I should get. Feel so unprepared but not much time remaining for research. Probably will just get one from rent-a-center as it's the most economical solution. Hope it's going to be useful...

Replies (2)

longislandchic

February 2, 2014

Whoohoo! Tomorrow is the big day, hope you are well and ready! Post an update when you can! Happy healing hun!

A Better Me at 40

February 2, 2014

Good luck tomorrow. Looking forward to hearing from you!

UPDATED FROM MomOf2Js

Day of treatment

THE Day!

MomOf2JsFebruary 4, 2014

I survived! I don't even remember what was the last thing I did but just drifted off with the anesthesia. I've been sleeping mostly this afternoon and had a few pieces of Ice cubes and some jello. Not having the appetite to eat but need to have something so my stomach will not be so empty. Everybody from the nurse to the doctors have been wonderful and put me at ease. A pic of the marking before surgery. I still haven't seen my tummy yet so not sure how it looks now.