Its always something...back in the medical system...non-pca related

Popped a inguinal hernia{left side} on sunday...felt the burn...its small but irritating with obvious potential to worsen...given my OCD in exercise and everything else...thought about the whole holistic thing and believe it could work...not for my personality...waiting for appointment with surgeon...going for Lap kine...so I will{operative word WILL} be moderate in workouts...sup surfing...just as Tasman swells start arriving at the south shore...bummer dude...bummer{in best surfer speak dialect}...I think if I get it done asap{fingers crossed} I can still get some good sessions in during the down under winter...

Anyway the fat lady is still slim...any tips on Lap recovery re. inguinal hernia...recovery,lidat{like that}would be nice...in the meany time...I be packen the ice for now...{ I do not RIP}...never will...it ain't me Babe...no no no...it ain't me...
Ummm...fat lady slim...why does Christopher Walken come to mind...what a drag...

Oh yea...off to the gym...Im gonna be moderate...Im gonna be moderate...Im gonna be moderate...

Good Lord Bololidat,
All I can say is lov your attitude, hang tough as Iam sure you will. Great saying the fat lady is still slim. My is not even warming up yet. Be cool. Watch them brown snakes! and salty gators and and and, LOL.

Bolo,
You'll be fine with the surgery. But....I know your type. I AM your type. You say you'll moderate until you are right back where you were because you thought you were moderating (sort of) and you'll swear you WERE taking it easy. It's the opposite of couch potato disease.
Take it easy!!!
Beth

RCS -- did you know there was a class action against BARD MESH as their product was failing. You may want to Google it.

Surgery must have been a bit more than 10 years ago - so age mid 50s. Hernia was not limiting prior to surgery - PCP determined it needed repair. Other than active country life, my exercise is pretty exclusively cycling - so not at all ballistic (save for crashes) and never straining. Maybe find things that don't aggravate the hernia and go hard at those.

I don't recall the details of the time line now, but I didn't miss any races - was back training hard in a week at most.

Trivial bit of nothing on the scale of what folks on this site deal with.

You've got this -

Wilderness.

update...once the wound inside healed...I have been able to do 90% of my pre rip groin at the the same intensity{ no twisting or knees to chest doing bosu ball with feet in trx straps push ups}...Sup surfing I can do everything I did pre injury tho I one knee up at a time when I get back on board after }the wave wins one...having said all that...today with head hi waves{they win often in this scenario} I started to just pop up with both legs and at the gym I went back to knees to chest with the pushups...The area does start warming up...no pain just warm... by the time Im done...I ice it when I get home and its fine...I never asked doc about it as I know what he would say...Im head strong...but I know my body as well...if I was not into my regimen I could probally live with it...but I am and intend to push while my window is open...Consultation with surgeon this tuesday...hopefully laproscopic surgery soon after...Should be full on by mid June...got a great Tasmin swell going on first good one of the spring/summer...NZ fall/winter Ok you can look at this with evidence of knowledge or evidence of fame....Chi... bruddahs...no worries...living the dream...I wanna be me when I grow up.... Beths rolling eyes my response

I had a inguinal hernia repair back in 2013. The surgeon talked me out of him doing it lapriscoticly. He said the open surgery only had a slightly larger incision and allowed him to do a better job of sewing in the mesh. Went with his advice. At the post op follow up visit, maybe two, three weeks four weeks post op? I asked about restrictions. He said there were none, the mesh was never coming undone. No restrictions lifting weights, cardio or anything. Never had any problems since.