RE: Price mechanics17 Jun 2025 17:48
nap1, doozer, don't remind me!
back in 2006 was fiddling with the car, trying to undo a big nut in the suspension with 4 foot breaker bar.. pulled too hard and felt something let go .. and it wasn't the car nut!
inguinal hernia! no pain, just felt funny, and moved during certain positions / activities.
doc sent me to surgeon who confirmed and made it worse when i had to cough hard!!! said it was not trapped ( dangerous ) but large - demo'd that i would have a shuttle**** stuck in the rip and a patch over the top!!! special medical stuff obvs.
luckily i was on works medical insurance so could go private - about £2500 then.
wasn't keyhole surgery, 5 inch cut below appendix, rhs. didn't hurt really except when i tried to get off the bed!
no drugs needed.
bit hard to climb stairs, or lift much and couldn't drive for over 10 days, but soon was back to normal.
nearly 20 years later it hasn't failed!
hope it's better soon nap, and doozer - check out private for performance if going that route.
all the best
v