Does having hernia repaired make the surgery more painful or difficult?

I found out when I heard the Recovery room nurse giving report that I also had a hernia repaired. Except for gas pain, which I had to seriously walk off, I had a very easy recovery and practically no pain.

Good Luck to you.

Thanks so much! I feel better now.

Yeah, I didn't know until after surgery that I had a hernia repair. I had spasms for about a week, but not unbearable.

I had the hernia repair at the same time. I had a really easy recovery. No gas pains. A little nausea right after surgery, which is common for me. I actually threw up in recovery on 2 prior sugeries but not after the sleeve.

I really just felt like I did WAY too many sit ups. That really tight feeling that gets worse when you sit and loosens up if you move around. By Day 5 or 6 it was like I had done too many sit-ups.

Also had a large hernia repair. My nurses told me i would be more swollen internally for slightly longer. I cannot feel anything they did inside. My incisions hurt and the internal cut thru my abdominal wall is still sore a week out but no longer hurts.

Does anyone have a small lump around your belly button where the mesh was placed? I had an umbilical hernia repaired and have a small lump just wondering if this is normal? Thanks.

They found a hernia during my pre-op EGD and repaired during my sleeve. I have nothing to compare it to, but I was released from the hospital in 24 hours and never needed the narcotic pain meds they sent me home with. Meds controlled my nausea for the first few days and I was back at work the next week. I DID have horrible reflux coughing for about a month but eventually that resolved completely with time and a PPI.

I had a hernia repaired as well. I had a lot of pain the first week. It was much more than I expected. Worse than my c sections.

Nothing unbearable, I knew of my repair prior to surgery... I experienced a little more nausea and I wasn't able to eat much, but I didn't complain as the scale kept dropping in numbers