Inguinal Strain
Went to a surgeon today about my possible hernia. The short end of it is I don't have a hernia or any other operable affliction. It's possibly an Inguinal strain.
Sounds like good news huh?
Not quite.
Basically I'm left with pain and discomfort until it gets worse or goes away.
What kind of pain and discomfort?
Imagine heartburn, gas, and tightness in your belly at the same time - all the time. It gets worse as your bladder fills, you bend over or just some elastic in your underwear is tighter then others.
His suggestion. Pain killers like ibuprofen or naproxen.
Alcoholism here I come.
And yes hernia checks are unpleasant.
My Dr. last week was a woman. She had the latex gloves on and was done before I realized I was standing naked junk eye level with her. Really not that bad.
This guy today made a show of it. He made me stand on a stool and drop my pants to my ankles (my pants were already off last week. Pants around your ankles is embarrassing enough all on its own). Then asked me to drop my drawers. My shirt was long, so I had to pull it up - on a stool - in the middle of the room - with my pants around my ankles.
Without gloves he starts flipping things around, pushing, pulling and asking me to cough.
There was obvious pain every time he did his check on the left side (funny. the pain right now is felt on the right. keep drinking), but there wasn't the tell-tale bulge that signifies a bonafide hernia.
He asked me to lay down. I asked if he still wanted me naked as I was.
Yes.
Again with the flipping, pushing, pulling and asking me to cough. The pain and embarrassment was getting to the point I didn't want/need him touching me anymore.
Back up on the stool - flip, push, pull, cough. Still no bulge, so no surgery or fix offered by him.
He actually equated it to a person going to the dentist with a toothache that quits aching at the dentist. Thoroughly annoyed I called him on it. I have pain. I've had it for six weeks. Ibuprofen was all he suggested.
I realize women go through similar situations almost routinely, but standing on a stool in the middle of a room naked from your ankles to your held up shirt has got to count for something.
- b
Sounds like good news huh?
Not quite.
Basically I'm left with pain and discomfort until it gets worse or goes away.
What kind of pain and discomfort?
Imagine heartburn, gas, and tightness in your belly at the same time - all the time. It gets worse as your bladder fills, you bend over or just some elastic in your underwear is tighter then others.
His suggestion. Pain killers like ibuprofen or naproxen.
Alcoholism here I come.
And yes hernia checks are unpleasant.
My Dr. last week was a woman. She had the latex gloves on and was done before I realized I was standing naked junk eye level with her. Really not that bad.
This guy today made a show of it. He made me stand on a stool and drop my pants to my ankles (my pants were already off last week. Pants around your ankles is embarrassing enough all on its own). Then asked me to drop my drawers. My shirt was long, so I had to pull it up - on a stool - in the middle of the room - with my pants around my ankles.
Without gloves he starts flipping things around, pushing, pulling and asking me to cough.
There was obvious pain every time he did his check on the left side (funny. the pain right now is felt on the right. keep drinking), but there wasn't the tell-tale bulge that signifies a bonafide hernia.
He asked me to lay down. I asked if he still wanted me naked as I was.
Yes.
Again with the flipping, pushing, pulling and asking me to cough. The pain and embarrassment was getting to the point I didn't want/need him touching me anymore.
Back up on the stool - flip, push, pull, cough. Still no bulge, so no surgery or fix offered by him.
He actually equated it to a person going to the dentist with a toothache that quits aching at the dentist. Thoroughly annoyed I called him on it. I have pain. I've had it for six weeks. Ibuprofen was all he suggested.
I realize women go through similar situations almost routinely, but standing on a stool in the middle of a room naked from your ankles to your held up shirt has got to count for something.
- b
posted by JenBob at
9:03 PM
2 Comments:
You must be turning into a women.
You did a lot of digging, I know it is too late now, but for a backup to make sure the system doesn't back up I would have drilled holes in the piping. I built a much smaller version and just use rocks at the end of the sump. I have to say that regardless of how it works it does look professional.
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