Has anyone had a hernia?

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I walked to the car the next day and whilst it was uncomfortable I didnt need any pain meds at all from the moment I woke up.
Be mindful of this because they tried to give me tramedol, in reading the side effects it says constipation - you dont really want to be pushing hard to poop after you've had a tummy operation.

A wise decision! I avoid painkillers if I can, for exactly that reason.

I have top health cover and the whole op, including theatre anaesthetist and surgeon, cost me $140, which was the excess and some small charge.

I have no health cover so this is going to cost me over $4000, I guarantee I'll be getting it now, shit!

What I've noticed is that I can't walk upright because the hernia-side just won't let me strighten up. So I have to kind of hobble/limp everywhere, and that puts a lot of strain on my muscles. At this point it's really, really painful because of this stupid walk I have to do. The hernia is just an unpleasant feeling but the limping has caused a huge amount of pain in the surrounding muscles...so has anyone experience that?