Originally Posted by
Gumby
I had 2 hernias repaired in a single surgery, 1 above and 1 below umbilical, 2 years ago.
I recommend getting the mesh if they offer it (my brother decided to forgo the mesh and he thinks his hernia is returning.
I went with the mesh in both areas and have had no issues.
Surgery was about 50 minutes, woke up with nearly no pain. Just a little tender, and I didn't take any of the pain pills. After the surgery, just be sure to breath normally and consciously take deep breaths every so often to exchange enough air into your lungs. I was breathing shallow in an attempt to "baby" the area, and ended up getting pneumonia in both my lungs pretty bad.
After that I was back in the gym in 6 weeks, but I took my time, did cable crunches and strengthened back up.
As for the HGH: I've read into this for similar application. The only negative I read was the possibility of increased scar tissue due to rate of healing. But that could have been under different circumstances (ie. type of injury that was repaired such as joints).
I don't see the harm in HGH during hernia recovery. But I also don't see a huge benefit in taking it for something like hernia recovery. They're simply stuffing your guts back in, maybe putting a mesh in, and stitching you up. The muscle will take in the mesh to prevent further relapse. So again I don't see HGH really being of huge any benefit to this level of surgery. Nothing like, let's say, joint repair surgery.
You can do what you will, but I feel it would be a waste of HGH . It's only a matter of a 6 week wait to start taking your HGH again, at which point you'll actually put the HGH to better use when working out. Rather than sitting sedentary during your recovery time. I don't see HGH helping you recover that much faster from surgery.
Just some things to chew on. I know you already started, but again it's your choice how you want to spend your money.
Good luck on your surgery! Wish you a quick recovery!
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