I am the not-so proud owner of a recently diagnosed inguinal hernia. As ridiculous as it sounds, I think I acquired it during a bout with congestion and coughing in January. I've always been a strong nose-blower and I think I overdid it. The hernia is a small protrusion that occassionally pops out on my left side above my groin.

I went to the surgical center at the hospital on Tuesday and set up surgery to fix it this coming Wednesday. The Dr. told me it will hurt like hell for the 1st week because they will need to cut through my abdonimal muscle to make the repair and I cannot lift anything over 30lbs. for 1 month. I hope I can resume some level of work that doesn't require the 32' extension ladder before the end of March but it will be a wait and see type of thing.

Anybody else here ever get a hernai repaired?