Hey Queen,
The email went to my junk folder. Our sever has been messing up for the last 2 months. I've been trying to get back on when it went down 2 days ago. It comes up then crashes. i guess there is some problems they are trying to work out.
Yes Capricorn Sister. I was born 1-3.
My Hernia's: well that is a long story. Yes I have had them before. I first got them from an aortic bypass surgery. my legs were not getting blood, so they cut me open to see what all needed fixing, got MRSA from the hospital surgery room, it is an internal staph infection I will never get rid of and will be plagued with for life. It caused so much damage to the stomach lining that there was nothing left to stitch to. They cut away a long part of damaged muscle and tissue, put in a mesh to keep everything in. I did nothing for 3 months. Absolutely no lifting over 5 pounds. Then they tell you not to strain, cough. Just getting out of bed use's the stomach muscles. You have no idea the extreme strain on your body until your stomach muscles have been cut in half. If he has never been cut on before I would go for the laproscopic (spelling) surgery.
I had 4 hernia's take care of This January and now have 3 more they will put me in sometime this next month - July-. The mesh is a hard thing to get over besides it feels very awkward. It can not be removed, or I should say they wont remove it. They say it takes 6 months to fully recover. Well, I had my surgery in January of this year. and I have known for 2 months now I had more. Dont delay the surgery any longer then needed. They told me that part of my bowel was twisted inside the hernia, they cant tell from x-rays it is twisted, very serious stuff. Im not aware I have Chrone's but I need to get tested. Right now I dont need another diagnosis.
Good Luck on tying him to the bed, he will not be getting up doing much of anything. Once he can feel there is no strength in his stomach he'll stay down. I would recommend him sitting as apposed to laying, it just puts to much strain on the muscles. It takes a full 6 months to recover. He will begin feeling better once the staples come out in about 14 days.