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Ventral Incisional Hernia Repair
Liver Cancer | Last Active: Jun 25 10:00am | Replies (3)Comment receiving replies
@demooretucson, what a blow to require incisionial hernia surgery after successful bile duct resection and reattachment for cholangiocarcinoma. It sounds like the incisional hernia repair was successful but now you would like to hear from others who have gone through it and what recovery is like. I'm tagging fellow members who had surgery either due to cancer or liver transplant like @kimia2000 @jackie421blfdgurl @cehunt57 @footballmum, who can share more about their experiences and what you might expect.
@demooretucson, when was the repair surgery? How are you doing at this point?
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Colleen -- Thanks for the response and possible connections. Robot-assisted hernia repair was on 5/20/26. Planned for 3 hours but took 5 hours because surgeon unexpectedly found abdominal linings (facia others) were like "Swiss cheese" which required 2 hours of repair before he could successfully complete the repair with mesh. He believes that neoadjuvant radiation (28 days) and chemo (10 biweekly sessions) turned my abdominal lining into "Swiss cheese." 5 weeks after hernia repair my daily energy level is back to 90% and I'm doing 45-60 minutes of light walking/biking 5 times a week.