Love in the Time of Hernia

[lawnrrd]

Last fall, I went to see my doctor about mildly painful swelling in my groin. As I lay on the table, he said that he didn't feel anything in my lymph nodes. I told him that the swelling was much more pronounced when I stood up, and I showed him. He said, "you have a hernia."

Specifically, I had a bilateral inguinal hernia. They don't routinely

Comments

[mallorys_camera]

I suspect that it was a reaction to being intubated

Totally. I believe versed is one of the meds they give you in situations like that, and versed is kind of an odd drug. It doesn't really sedate you. (Although they probably gave you something else to sedate you.) Instead, it destroys yr memory for the moments while you're under it. Some part of you, though, does remember it and it's kind of an awful feeling being forced to breathe by a monster machine.

Feel better soon.

[thewronghands]

Glad you're recovering well!