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Has anyone had surgery to repair hiatal hernia?
Digestive Health | Last Active: Aug 15, 2023 | Replies (58)Comment receiving replies
After back to back hernia surgery and diverticulitid and loosing 30 lbs, I found my muscle mass was less and hurting badly. How to regain muscle mass and strength? My age is 86 and my mind is sharp, but I find the body seems to be failing. Is all lost? Can I regain my strength?
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@rubbob1
My mama just turned 91. She had to go into the hospital the first week of January for a few days because of a heart problem. The doctor wanted her to go into a nursing home for rehab. We went through that in 2016 when she had a stroke. Rehab only works if the nursing home helps reinforce their work.... this one did not. We got her out of the nursing home after a few weeks and had home physical and occupational therapy come to her home. So I told the doctor at the hospital this January that mama was not going to a nursing home, she is going home. She was bedridden for about 3 weeks. At two months she was back to her walker after having home PT and OT. She is still tired because of the heart problem, but the therapy helped her so much.
So what I am saying is ask one of your doctors to order physical therapy. You would probably be able to go to a facility. It can really help you regain muscle strength with proper exercise.
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Hello @rubbob1. I moved your discussion to the Digestive Health group where other members have talked about living with symptoms of diverticulitis. While we wait for other members to jump in, I suggest checking out the following discussion of members talking about living with diverticulitis, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/diverticulitis-1/.