@btwest6, I want to drop in and to say that it is OK to contact your husband's transplant team to ask there opinion about your husband's incisional hernia, especially with the tenderness and increasing size. After our transplants, our bodies can respond differently than a nontransplant individual. Not to frighten you, but infections can come on quickly and be serious.

From my own experience and being 800 miles away from Mayo, I think that you should send a message to his nurse coordinator via the patient portal and explain his symptoms.
What are your thoughts?

@btwest6, Happy 1 year transplant anniversary to you and your husband! I hope that you did something special to celebrate the event. My husband and I usually go to dinner, but this year we opted for a carryout instead. It is the happy memories that are the best part.

What has your husband learned anything about whether or not he will need surgery for the incisional hernia, or found any relief?

Hello Jackie here..my liver transplant was
November 2020. In June
2021, incisional hernia was discovered right on liver spot. It was uncomfortable. And a
Good buldge. Had the surgery.it was tough since 6 mins ago had the transplant. I was on the drug sirolemus, and a Mercedes liver surgery
Scar. WHO ..the hell knows. The whole experience was a nightmare from transplant..I had some kind of complications and did not wakeup from surgery till 5 days later stayed in ICU for over two weeks...so while that was trying to heal.here comes the hernia surgery .whoopie