Hernia after surgery

ldot123

Hi everyone,
I am new to this site although I have been reading the posts for some time. I like the positive energy everyone seems to have. I am almost a year out from finishing treatment for stage 3 Colon Cancer. Had surgery and chemo (5FU and Leucovorin) Things have been clear so far with check ups. What is bothering me now is somewhat minor but I thought I would ask: I developed a hernia caused by the initial surgery. It was done with a laparoscope and the surgery went well except for this annoying hernia. It kind of bulges out and reminds me of that poor guy in the movie Alien if I stick my stomach out. I know, too much information. The surgeon said to wait a while before trying to repair it. Has anyone else out there experienced this? If so, was the problem successfuly corrected with surgery.
Cheers, Lance

fedester

lance,
first welcome to our family. i have been there done that. i have had 3 hernia repairs. 1st one a couple of months after colon surgery, than a year after that. than i made a big mistake about 1 year after the 2nd repair it came back and i didn't get it repaired right away and it got bigger,bigger,bigger. than no one wanted to fix it because it was so big. i finally found a surgeon in columbia hospital ny. it took him 9 1/2 hours to repair it. please don't lift alot and take it easy till you get it repaired. your muscles are so weak after surgery and you can get a hernia by sneezing. get it taken care of when you feel ready.
hope this helps.
be well
never,ever give up!!
congrats on your year anniversary
bruce

JMARIE66

Lance...I just met a neighbors Mom the other day who had colon cancer (stage2)2 years ago. She is having surgery today for a hernia that was caused by her original surgery. She too was done laporscopically (did I murder that?)...She also told me how hard the area was. My husband just had surgery in 12/07 so he has not had a problem to date. Sounds like you are not alone though!!
JMarie

HowardJ

I had laparascopic surgery for stage 2, and one year later had hernia repair surgery at the site of the initial surgery. No problems since then.

Howard