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Well I should be on the mend now - - - Got a massive hernia last week and they could not do surgery till yesterday.
I helped my 4 year old grand daughter in her pumpkin patch - - - she would take customers on her golf cart and I loaded the ones they picked - - - some were very big - - - I should have used the skid steer. That was on a Saturday and while I was tender I never gave it much thought. Then the following Tuesday morning I coughed and my colon came out just to the right of my right testicle as big as my doubled fist! Talk about painful and shocking!
The MRI showed I had tears on the left as well so I now look like I had a cesarean! Got a row of staples so it looks like a railroad track right above my third member.
They put a mesh reinforcement in but said I should limit myself to 50# for the rest of my life - - - 12 ounces for the next two weeks, 10# for 5 weeks after that.
It is a pain getting old! But I guess there are many worse things! I hated the thought of the pain meds but I guess I will need at least something for a while. Staples out next Wednesday.
One thing about it the doctors and nursing staff at the Fort Wayne VA Hospital are top notch!
I’m ready to stop hurting!
I have some great neighbors as they have worked out a sechudle to keep things going here till I get a little better.