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Liver transplant - Let's support each other
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@marinab, I hope that you have already been able to chat with your husband's doctors or nurses to learn the answers to your questions. Perhaps they will give you the information when he is in recovery.
My reading tells me that there are two general types of hernia operations —
Open hernia repair and Minimally invasive laparoscopic hernia repair. I also read that with both, it may be a few weeks before you can get back to your usual activity level.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/inguinal-hernia/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20351553
I am tagging members - @melody12, @jackie421blfdgurl, @gaylea1, who have been active in the following discussion-
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/incisional-hernia/
@marinab, Will your husband be spending night in hospital?
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@marinab I'm 3 years post transplant and just had surgery for 3 incisional hernias late May. Due to the fact of their position and size they had to cut through layers of scar tissue to implant the mesh. It was supposed to be a day operation but I was hospitalized for a week with severe pain. I'm about 6 weeks in and I still experience a lot of pain and am not near to normal activity. I'm hoping in another 2-3 weeks I'll be able to move about a little more freely.