Oh poor me.... Health issues!
Well, for months now I've had this occasional recurring pain that runs from my left hip into my groin area. It's not really been an issue in terms of my activity, but once about a month ago, while sitting in my chair at work I had a nasty strike of this pain which prompted me to see the doctor.
So, I went to see the doctor for the pain as well as a persistent cough I couldn't kick. After checking me out, he states, "you have a slight hernia." So I question him as to how I can fix it or what I can do about it. It seems that there isn't anything to do other than surgery once it's full blown. The doctor did mention doing more situps and leg lifts, but I've been in pretty good shape at times this past years and question the diagnosis as I had pain then as well. I've got another appointment in 3 weeks and will question him again.
Anyway, a hernia doesn't seem life threatening, but I'm getting to the age when I need to be slightly more concerned about my health. Being that I work at a Regional Cancer Registry and being a bit of a hypocondriate because I've recently had friends my age with cancer, I'm debating asking for an x-ray or MRI, just to rule that out.
One story from a friend who had cancer years ago, which was supposed to humor me, not worry me, did just the latter. This friend used to work on a tuna boat in Alaska and noticed a lump in his groin area. Upon returning to shore, he saw the doctor who promptly told him, you have a hernia, come see me next week for the outpatient surgery to correct the problem. Anyway, during the surgery, the doctor realized it wasn't a hernia but a cancerous lymphnode. Luckily for him, he had a twin brother with which to get a bone marrow transplant and is currently living happily ever after. So things about this story that concerned me were the fact it didn't hurt him when he lifted heavy object (same here), and the doctor thought it was a hernia (same here).
One good thing is that he never felt pain, where as I do, so I'm probably worrying about nothing but a hernia.
So, my plan is... once I kick the viral infection which has kept me inactive for about 5 weeks (oh, did I forget to mention that's what the doctor thought my cough is about) I plan to start hitting the bike and gym hard in anticipation of early season, 100 mile bike rides I have planned and also to see if I just might aggravate the hernia enough where as requiring the surgery. The 1000 mg antibiotics I'm on seem to make me really tired and lazy not to mention it is killing my lower intestine in about the same area I have the occasional hernia pain so I haven't been working out at all.
So, on the surgical side of this, I've read up on hernias and found the following sites very informational:
So, I went to see the doctor for the pain as well as a persistent cough I couldn't kick. After checking me out, he states, "you have a slight hernia." So I question him as to how I can fix it or what I can do about it. It seems that there isn't anything to do other than surgery once it's full blown. The doctor did mention doing more situps and leg lifts, but I've been in pretty good shape at times this past years and question the diagnosis as I had pain then as well. I've got another appointment in 3 weeks and will question him again.
Anyway, a hernia doesn't seem life threatening, but I'm getting to the age when I need to be slightly more concerned about my health. Being that I work at a Regional Cancer Registry and being a bit of a hypocondriate because I've recently had friends my age with cancer, I'm debating asking for an x-ray or MRI, just to rule that out.
One story from a friend who had cancer years ago, which was supposed to humor me, not worry me, did just the latter. This friend used to work on a tuna boat in Alaska and noticed a lump in his groin area. Upon returning to shore, he saw the doctor who promptly told him, you have a hernia, come see me next week for the outpatient surgery to correct the problem. Anyway, during the surgery, the doctor realized it wasn't a hernia but a cancerous lymphnode. Luckily for him, he had a twin brother with which to get a bone marrow transplant and is currently living happily ever after. So things about this story that concerned me were the fact it didn't hurt him when he lifted heavy object (same here), and the doctor thought it was a hernia (same here).
One good thing is that he never felt pain, where as I do, so I'm probably worrying about nothing but a hernia.
So, my plan is... once I kick the viral infection which has kept me inactive for about 5 weeks (oh, did I forget to mention that's what the doctor thought my cough is about) I plan to start hitting the bike and gym hard in anticipation of early season, 100 mile bike rides I have planned and also to see if I just might aggravate the hernia enough where as requiring the surgery. The 1000 mg antibiotics I'm on seem to make me really tired and lazy not to mention it is killing my lower intestine in about the same area I have the occasional hernia pain so I haven't been working out at all.
So, on the surgical side of this, I've read up on hernias and found the following sites very informational:
Anyway, it's not like the thought of death and disease is keeping me up at night, so I'm sure I'll be back to feeling normal shortly. Ok no more thinking about that as it's hurting my side.
posted by Tony Rocha at
12/21/2004
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