Recovery...day 5
I am in my 5th day of post surgical recovery. Through my "rampant athleticism" I encountered an inguinal hernia. Yes I know.
Apparently, hernias are pretty much pre-determined throughout your body...much like aneurysms. Whether you do something to expose them/rupture them/etc...is the question.
Well. After tons of lower ab work, swimming 3k meters after biking for 45 minutes, and having a few colds with coughs that shook the earth...I "exposed mine". Lowest abdominal wall muscle...almost where your leg and abs meet. Honestly if I rested and didn't do anything w/the lower abs it went back to normal. However, there's nothing normal about triathlon training so I opted to have it fixed now while the temps are frigid.
You don't appreciate how much you use your abs in EVERYTHING YOU DO until you've had them cut/stitched/wire meshed/etc and sewn back together.
Of course every woman who's had a c-section continues to put me down and claim that "you don't know what pain is until they've pulled a 9lb kid out of you" (say it while putting on the 2 snaps up...um um um no you DIT-UNT ) voice and be sure to do the hand motion and you'll get the felling. Oh well. I'll silently toil with my bottle of meds and go watch Junior.
What kind of pain meds are you on? Are you combining with Bloddy Mary's? You usually don't have typos!
Posted by: Luke Manohan | January 23, 2008 at 11:08 AM