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Koch Ebola

(831 posts) Mon Oct 18, 2021, 08:20 AM Oct 2021

My thoughts on getting a Hernia. [View all]

I just found out I got Hernia. I use to joke about it and I thought I was impervious to it until I got it.
I am 67 years old and my advice to all your men. Get a check up ever so often by your doctor.
I write on the subject.
https://stephenjaymorrisblog.tumblr.com/post/665383388010659840/hernia

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My thoughts on getting a Hernia. [View all] Koch Ebola Oct 2021 OP

A hernia kept my brother out of Vietnam. So it may have saved his life Walleye Oct 2021 #1

I would have rented one first before buying it. We old guys lose our muscle tone and it happens. marble falls Oct 2021 #2

The men in my family often got hernias. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #3

What kind of recovery time after surgeries? ret5hd Oct 2021 #4

It depends on the size of the hernia. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #6

Swollen? Like, uhhhmm...bigger? Do they charge extra if that happens? ret5hd Oct 2021 #8

Lol! Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #9

I've had two inguinal hernias repaired PJMcK Oct 2021 #5

Two things they don't tell you before surgery, and one thing they do. louis-t Oct 2021 #7