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Posted 8/7/2015 4:44 PM (GMT 0)
If you lift heavy objects will you make the hernia worse?
Posted 8/8/2015 9:07 AM (GMT 0)
That's what I have found. I used to go to the gym a lot before all this and have tried to start again various times but each time my heartburn gets worse after a few days and takes a long time to settle back down.. so now I just avoid weight lifting
Posted 8/8/2015 1:55 PM (GMT 0)
Yeah, pre-surgery I found gym trips made my symptoms much much worse. It would start during the workout and max out about 2 hours later. Symptoms were so severe Gaviscon and peptac liquid were like firing a pea shooter at a tank, they had no effect at all.

Problem is, thanks to the uk health service completely botching my surgery, 18 months later I still can't lift weights...
Posted 8/8/2015 4:14 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the input, it's worse for me after heavy lifting.
Posted 8/9/2015 8:01 AM (GMT 0)
With a large hernia like yours I would definitely avoid it, they can be dangerous.

Idrunner what happened? Are you at least better syptomwise?
Posted 8/9/2015 9:58 PM (GMT 0)
Kendrick1 - Forgo the heavy lifting, if possible. Depending on what sort of P. Hernia you have, it could make things from worse to life-threatening! This is what my Surgeon related to me on my first consult with him. By the time I went in for surgery ALL my stomach was up in my chest! No place for the food to go! Constant pain after eating, every time!

I did something dumb in January re: heavy lifting. And that shot the stomach completely up there. At my two-week post-op, the Surgeon said I could have died if the situation became an emergency surgery. And still could have died during his part of the repair. He just said I was lucky; someone Upstairs was looking out for me!

So, yes; heavy lifting is a no-no. Better to be safe than just do what you feel like doing. Don't ya think!?

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Posted 8/10/2015 4:23 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the info guys, it really helps.
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