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This surgery led to permanent spine problems. Ruined my life. DO NOT RUSH INTO THIS SURGERY. DO NOT GET THIS SURGERY ELECTIVELY.
I found out a year ago I had facet athropathy. This would pre-existing lower back problems and hip problems.
It has completely changed my life, my activity, my mood, and everything else. I have constant back pain, abdominal, and muscle weakness. It has impacted my ability to hold down a job outside my home, to find clothes that do not hurt my lower back, my ability to exercise, to sleep...everything. I no longer live a full life, because I am always in pain, and aspirin, NSAIDs just don't cut it. Back and spine problems mean my neck, hands, feet, legs always hurt too.
This was an elective surgery I did not research and at the time, there was ZERO information about the possibilty of negative side effects, nor did my operating surgeon or others I consulted explicitly warn me of the risk.
I did this because the hernia was a little comfortable but after a few years, it formed a scar and hurt less. Now I have perpetual abdominal, lower pain, and body pain and there is no solution. I have perpetual swayback and this completed changed how my navel looks.
DO NOT GET THIS SURGERY. I still can't believe I did this. This was completely unncessary - an elective surgery - and ruined my life. I have to live with the fact that I let someone do this to me for the rest of my life, and I live in terror of how much worse the spinal problems this surgery led to are going to get.
In addition to the pain, of course, I have a visible curve in my back, a big fat stomach, and a hanged navel, and I look very, very ugly. This changed my ability to breath as well.
It has completely changed my life, my activity, my mood, and everything else. I have constant back pain, abdominal, and muscle weakness. It has impacted my ability to hold down a job outside my home, to find clothes that do not hurt my lower back, my ability to exercise, to sleep...everything. I no longer live a full life, because I am always in pain, and aspirin, NSAIDs just don't cut it. Back and spine problems mean my neck, hands, feet, legs always hurt too.
This was an elective surgery I did not research and at the time, there was ZERO information about the possibilty of negative side effects, nor did my operating surgeon or others I consulted explicitly warn me of the risk.
I did this because the hernia was a little comfortable but after a few years, it formed a scar and hurt less. Now I have perpetual abdominal, lower pain, and body pain and there is no solution. I have perpetual swayback and this completed changed how my navel looks.
DO NOT GET THIS SURGERY. I still can't believe I did this. This was completely unncessary - an elective surgery - and ruined my life. I have to live with the fact that I let someone do this to me for the rest of my life, and I live in terror of how much worse the spinal problems this surgery led to are going to get.
In addition to the pain, of course, I have a visible curve in my back, a big fat stomach, and a hanged navel, and I look very, very ugly. This changed my ability to breath as well.
2 months post op umbilical hernia repair - absolutely horrible. Disgusting, itchy belly deformed button, horrible back pain, fat
This is so horrible.
My turbinates are inflamed. Every morning, through work, while walking, and at night, I can feel the sutures & pulled skin
The surgeon discussed NOTHING WITH ME - NOTHING- AND I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE FACT I WAS TOO STUPID TO ASK. "ONE INCH INCISION, ONE STITCH."
One inch incision to expose my belly button stalk, a mattress sutures, horrible sutures attaching me to my upper abs so that I can suck in anymore - the horrible price of a DISGUSTING outtie belly button where I had a nice big triangular innie before.
My surgeon is an [RS bleep], and I am the biggest idiot on earth. Every day I want to cry and scream because I am in so much pain, this was elective, and I let someone destroy my stomach, make me look fat, and all the reasons this hernia hurt so much when it formed - lower back pain, leg and shoulder pain, feet swelling - 1000x worse now.
If you have a small hernia - DONT. GET. THIS. SURGERY. Don't get this surgery unless you are bloated and have an outtie.
I had a flat stomach, symmetry, and could breath and have had headaches, torturous back pain from abdominal wall weakening, and need to pee 24/7 because of my big fat disgusting barrel stomach pushing down on my bloody. I am tortured by itching because I think the surgeon pulled skin where hair grew (lucky me, with my disgusting body for a surgery that was supposed to be easy as pie - for the d****bag surgeon) was sewn inside.
My beautiful straight looking belly button now fittingly looks like I have an umbilical hernia. My belly button is disgusting and my stomach is disgusting, but that would be easy to fix - the pain all over, from shoulders to feet, is what makes this truly horrible. I lost seemingly 3cm inside and my skin is a rubber band.
DON'T GET THIS SURGERY. Just don't do it. You will trade a small hernia that can probably form scar tissue for a something a million times worse.
I am in such despair I let someone make me so ugly and cause me so much pain, and mangle skin and muscle. I am beside myself. I cannot function and I am so tired from the pain and inability to just breath normally.
This is one of the most horrible choices I have ever made.
Don't be a f***ing idiot like me.
My turbinates are inflamed. Every morning, through work, while walking, and at night, I can feel the sutures & pulled skin
The surgeon discussed NOTHING WITH ME - NOTHING- AND I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE FACT I WAS TOO STUPID TO ASK. "ONE INCH INCISION, ONE STITCH."
One inch incision to expose my belly button stalk, a mattress sutures, horrible sutures attaching me to my upper abs so that I can suck in anymore - the horrible price of a DISGUSTING outtie belly button where I had a nice big triangular innie before.
My surgeon is an [RS bleep], and I am the biggest idiot on earth. Every day I want to cry and scream because I am in so much pain, this was elective, and I let someone destroy my stomach, make me look fat, and all the reasons this hernia hurt so much when it formed - lower back pain, leg and shoulder pain, feet swelling - 1000x worse now.
If you have a small hernia - DONT. GET. THIS. SURGERY. Don't get this surgery unless you are bloated and have an outtie.
I had a flat stomach, symmetry, and could breath and have had headaches, torturous back pain from abdominal wall weakening, and need to pee 24/7 because of my big fat disgusting barrel stomach pushing down on my bloody. I am tortured by itching because I think the surgeon pulled skin where hair grew (lucky me, with my disgusting body for a surgery that was supposed to be easy as pie - for the d****bag surgeon) was sewn inside.
My beautiful straight looking belly button now fittingly looks like I have an umbilical hernia. My belly button is disgusting and my stomach is disgusting, but that would be easy to fix - the pain all over, from shoulders to feet, is what makes this truly horrible. I lost seemingly 3cm inside and my skin is a rubber band.
DON'T GET THIS SURGERY. Just don't do it. You will trade a small hernia that can probably form scar tissue for a something a million times worse.
I am in such despair I let someone make me so ugly and cause me so much pain, and mangle skin and muscle. I am beside myself. I cannot function and I am so tired from the pain and inability to just breath normally.
This is one of the most horrible choices I have ever made.
Don't be a f***ing idiot like me.
Umbilical hernia repair - the most painful, horrible medical choice I've ever made. Sutures in belly button/abdomen
They anchor your belly button - one of the most sensitive places on a human body - to your abdominal wall, upper and lower, setting you on the course for chronic pain, and, if you are like me, horrible breathing issues. So for all of you wondering why you're still in agony 5 weeks out, 10, or for life - thank you surgeon, who probably told you it'd take "one stitch".
I want to cry my eyes out - I have literal coil full of sutures for my small hernia and natural tissue. I KNEW not to trust my surgeon.
The surgeons anchor your upper and lower abdominals together through you belly button and include NONE OF THAT INFORMATION PUBLICLY, IN A GUIDE PATIENTS CAN ACCESS.
It is incredibly painful and invasive an you will be aware of the sutures.
I want to cry my eyes out - I have literal coil full of sutures for my small hernia and natural tissue. I KNEW not to trust my surgeon.
The surgeons anchor your upper and lower abdominals together through you belly button and include NONE OF THAT INFORMATION PUBLICLY, IN A GUIDE PATIENTS CAN ACCESS.
It is incredibly painful and invasive an you will be aware of the sutures.