Hello, I go tomorrow for my six week follow up since I had open inguinal hernia repair (left side). The first few days were like any other surgery im sure, pain, hard to walk, etc. I had it on 6/22/09. On July 4th we went to see fireworks and it involved a good amount of walking to get there. I felt great, no pain at all anywhere. I have not lifted anything since the surgery. I have not worked since the surgery either.
About two weeks ago I began having pain in my testicle area and left side and lower back area. Sometimes it even goes down my left thigh (front). It only occurs after standing awhile and is worse after walking awhile. I have to sit down to relieve it. The longer I walk or stand the worse it gets. Occasionally there is pain in area of the incision. Im curious if anyone else has had this and is it just my muscles adjusting to not being used normally since the surgery or could there be something else causing this. I go to the doc tomorrow and he's supposed to give me my work release, but I'm afraid i wont be able to work well because my job involves standing and moving around most of the day. I'm going to tell him about it again, but would like to know if anyone else has experienced this or something similar.
The doctor said two weeks ago when i saw him that it was normal to experience pain for a while, but its two weeks later and its still there! Hopefully it goes away, but its starting to worry me.
