How Long Does It Take to Recover from Hernia Surgery | Hernia Surgery Recovery Time|Dr Parthasarathy

How long is the recovery time after hernia surgery? How long will I be off work after a hernia operation? How long is the hospital stay after hernia surgery? Laparoscopic Hernia surgery recovery time and open hernia surgery recovery time by Dr. Parthasarathy - one of the best hernia surgeons in Hyderabad, India.

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Summary:

One common question that people ask is, “Once I undergo an operation, when can I recover fully from the surgery?” There are various meanings to the term recovery. The first one is – recovery from pain. They ask, “When will I be pain free? When can I sleep peacefully without pain?” The second type of recovery is the recovery after which they can do normal daily activities. They ask, “When can I get up on my own, go to the toilet without calling anybody for help, when can I get down from the bed on my own and when can I walk around the house?” The third type of recovery is the recovery to resume day-to-day activities and attending office. The fourth type of recovery is the recovery to start doing physical exercises, gym and all other sports and fitness activities. Let us come to each of these things one by one.
No.1: Recovery from pain – As I told you, most of the hernia operations, be it laparoscopic or open, the pain management techniques that we have seen, have advanced over a period of time. In the present day, there are excellent pain management techniques that we use, where majority of our patients are pain free the following day after the hernia operation. This means that they are able to lie down comfortably, turn around and have a peaceful night sleep without continuous pain. We use various techniques such as epidural analgesia, or nerve blocks, or around-the-clock analgesics to achieve this.
The second recovery – which is recovery for their independent daily need activities such as getting out of bed, walking to the toilet and walking around the house. Most patients undergoing laparoscopic or open hernia repair are able to do this from the next day of the operation. If the patient is very elderly or obese, they might take another couple of days to resume their daily care activities around their house.
Resuming office, outdoor and routine activities - usually takes around a week to 10 days for a laparoscopic repair, and may be two to three weeks for an open hernia operation. At the end of one week, a laparoscopic hernia patient is able to drive to his office, carry out his regular work, come back and have a normal life. In open hernia operations, patients generally take two to three weeks to resume these activities.
With regard to resuming of fitness, sports, gym and exercise activities - it varies from patient to patient and depending on the type of hernia repair, there is a difference. Laparoscopic groin hernia patients can resume their regular exercises such as stretching and cardio exercises, one month from the time of surgery and after three months of their surgery, they can start weight training and other high intensity exercises. Open hernia patients are generally advised to stay away from heavy weightlifting and high intensity exercises for a period of at least three to six months depending on the type of repair. However, they can resume walking, regular cardio exercises and stretching exercises including yoga four weeks from the time of the original surgery.
We will come back to you with more videos on some of the most common patients’ queries on common surgical problems such as hernia, gall bladder stones, pancreatic problems and anorectal problems such as piles, haemorrhoids and fissures. Keep watching our videos for that.

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[arthurwatt]

I'm going in soon for hernia repair. Glad to see this video saw another of some guy who said the pain was unbearable. Of course that was 8 years ago. I'm sure much progress has been made.

[donmulder]

11 days after open mesh inguinal hernia repair simultaneous with open repair of an old, small umbilical hernia (no mesh was needed). Pain was never bad, I would just call it discomfort. They gave me strong pain pills which I never took -- I took Ibuprofen 3 times daily and am still taking it but probably dont need to anymore. I am still uncomfortable walking around standing especially after sitting. But it gets a little better every day. I hope I can return to strength training by 8 weeks and do not have a recurrence since I had mesh.

[geraldbrookes]

I had open surgery for a hernia earlier this year, I was back working in three days, I'm a plumber so had to take it a bit easy for a few days but the operation was a great success, I had to go private not NHS as I would probably had to wait a
a couple of years

[EricsKitchens]

Thank you for this information sharing. After my inguinal groin hernia surgery. Open surgery, I felt not much pain the first day. Second day was aching just took Acetaminophen walked around house, took out garbage and rested. After 9, days went to buy a new battery for my truck.Today is day 12. Hoping to have a careful normal day doing light chores.

[bdgefdf]

Dr Pius Ozigbe is Always on time. compassionate. Empathetic. easy to take to and relates exceptionally well. Hands down the most effective and efficient doctor I recommend him. thank you doctor❤❤❤❤

[thomasjohn]

Quite interesting and informative. Addresses a variety of doubts often bother the minds of those undergone different surgical procedures for hernia, regarding resumption of their routine activities.

[rabindra_kundu]

Very helpful video।। Thank you doctor ❤️🙏🙏🙏

[robyescombe]

I’m on Day 3 of recovery. I’m already completely off pain medicine. Don’t be scared, friends.

I’m 43, in good health but nothing special.

I had a right side inguinal hernia mesh repair — and during my examination my surgeon detected a weakness on the left too, so he meshed that preemptively. All done in one operation, laparoscopically. My right hernia was slightly higher up compared to the average inguinal, I’m told, but I can’t say whether that really effected my comfort after the operation.

Day 1 is rough - but not unbearable. No need to be worried. I didn’t even need the opioid painkillers. I stuck to a Tylenol + Aleve combo.

Icing is a must. I did 20-30mins on/off for the first 2 days. Helped a lot. Remember to ice your balls too - they swell. I iced in bed right before sleeping, but didn’t do it again until the morning. I had help, but I kept ice packs in a small cooler by the couch, and in another small cooler by the bed for convenience anyway.

Also, get up and walk around the room for a few of the 20mins phases when you’re not icing yourself - walking sooner rather than later has speeded up my recovery significantly. Seriously, do it Day 1.

Diet is super important: you really, really don’t want to get constipated from the painkillers. So for 2 days BEFORE the operation, I ate vegan/vegetarian meals with high fiber.

The afternoon/evening after my surgery, I only drank plain chicken broth (just liquid) with a little fiber powder in it, with salt and herbs, and a handful of saltine crackers. Felt SO GOOD after the pre-surgery fasting. Also has a nice dose of protein in it, which helps.

Day 2, I upgraded to lentil soup with crackers and some peanut butter on wholewheat toast. Felt AMAZING.

I read someone’s advice not to over-hydrate immediately after surgery until you’ve peed. Apparently there’s a risk of the bladder not waking up immediately after surgery, so by drinking too much too fast, they needed to go to the ER to get a catheter. So I did drink some water in the recovery room, but was cautious at home until I peed the first time.

I started taking stool softeners the evening of the operation, and took them again in the morning and evening of Day 2. I also drank a cup of Smooth Move tea each day.

Day 1, I lay down propped up when I wasn’t up and walking. Day 2, I made myself to sit in a regular chair to get myself ready to sit on the toilet.

I had my first bowel movement in the evening of on Day 2, without giving myself an enema, thankfully. However, I had some home ones on hand just in case. Likewise, I had Milk of Magnesia on standby, but so far haven’t needed it.

In short: hydration + lentil soup + stool softeners is a winner.

I’m on Day 3 now. Trying not to get cocky, but I managed to shower fairly comfortably this morning and I’m off pain meds completely.

A couple of other handy bits:

I was very lucky: my surgeon gave me ‘mobile blood clot prevention’ things that are basically compression socks that have a little motor that squeezes your calf every minute or so. I wore them while I was sleeping and I think they’ve been a good addition. But even if you don’t get those, regular compression socks will also do the trick, no doubt.

Also, after my intubation my throat was quite sore and I often had to cough, which is very painful. A throat numbing spray was a great help.

If you have people taking care of you, make sure they take Covid tests and don’t have a regular cough/cold — you definitely don’t want to be coughing or sneezing during your recovery.

And that’s everything so far!

I was so grateful for the accounts and advice I found in places like this, so this is me thanking all you strangers and paying it forward. Truly, don’t be scared - it’s been nowhere near as bad as I feared - you can do it, friends!

Power up!!

[prathapkumar]

Ooo😁 thank you sir.u r sharing very good information about hernia surgery.sir I got large incisional and umbilical open hernia surgery at yet time.now am fine.am from kurnool sir.my doctor doing very good surgery.u r also given good information about hernia surgery.🙏🙏

[marvilla]

Thanks for sharing this valuable information, I’m following Your advice in this one and another of Your Videos, since I had an open surgery 2 weeks ago. I feel great after practicing the daily activities in accordance to your suggestions.

[kamil]

Sir, After inguinal hernia surgery, how long the patient have to wait for relation with his partner

[parasdhadwal]

Very informative and to the point knowledge 👍

[inglewoodsityful]

Day 7 after hiatal hernia repair and I'm in great pain had open repair due to hole being to big

[nanditaloomba]

Watching the video 2 days after the open incisional hernia surgery 😢 it's too painful. More than my 2 c sections

[syedaltamash]

Very informative video..
Appreciation n claps for ur work...

[paulettedickerson]

Why would my surgeon prefer open surgery instead of laparoscopic?

[rnz]

So my question is this that I am living in 3rd floor so if I do surgery how can I claim the stairs or using the stairs for the first day of my operation, is there any idea here plz

[victorarcos]

Thank you Dr
So much for sharing your knowledge

[mr.sports]

After 15 days of open surgery i feel all ok after stich cut

[sardaareditz]

I had the right inguinal hernia operation, and my testicles are swollen. Is it going to be the same, or will the swelling come down? Please tell me I'm worried.