Trip to the E.R. for hernia (Read 919 times)

Well, a fun a Saturday morning at the local Arts festival turned into an afternoon at the E.R. LSS: after 3 hours of carrying my son in a backpack, I had what I thought was a sore stomach (from the backpack belt across my tummy). Then I realized that a little bit of intestine was potruding in my belly button area (umbilical hernia). The pain got progressively worse and spread (possibly strangulated bowel), so I went to the hospital. At the E.R. , they simply I.V.'d me with some pain killer and pushed my bowels back in place. I went home and feel fine now, albeit a little sore. I'll meet Monday with a surgeon to schedule what should be a relatively easy out-patient surgery. But of course, I'm extremely bummed about not being able to run for a little while (hopefully not too long ). One high point -- EMT was checking my pulse-ox and said something along the lines of, "Sir, are you by chance extremely active? Your pulse is quite low, especially for someone in your state of duress." [My determined face] Jeff

Goodness. Please holler if you have questions. Heal well and be careful.

Awww. Sorry about that. I'm glad that it wasn't anything worse though. We had to have our son, at age 2, have that surgery. Talk about a stress!...but he came out of it fine. Unfortunately, (probably shouldn't tell you this), the little black string they used to tie things up in there (stays there forever) started *poking out* of his bellybutton over a year later. Took me awhile to figure out what it was, but we eventually had to have him go back in and get that taken care of. Make sure your doc knows how to tie knots and cuts the loose ends!

Good luck and sending vibes for a fast recovery

Damn! Sorry to hear that, Jeff! I hope you recover quickly! On the lighter side, I can use this as an excuse to not carry my kids on my back anymore.

OK, so during the surgery...while they're in there playing around with your bowles...be sure to remember to raise a fist in the air and with a heavy Scottish accent yell FREEEEEDOMMMMMM! Quite a realistic William Wallace imitation...no, really... Good luck, Lynn B

I had a umbilical hernia repaired some years back (like 8 years ago) and then last year I had an inginual hernia repaired. I think my body is falling apart! Anyhow, the surgeries were easy, recovery was fairly quick. The umbilical hernia recovery took longer, but I wasn't running back then, maybe that's why.

*cue Twilight Zone music* My dad has also had a couple of hernia surgeries. Better tell your brother to get to work on his abs / core muscles.

Ha! Actually, strokes are the things that I worry about. Stroke is what killed my grandpa and his father...and nearly took my dad. Between the type II diabetes and strokes on that side of the family my brother and I have extra reason to keep on running. k