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I live in NC, USA. I had an open prostatectomy 2.5 years ago and have recently been diagnosed as having an inguinal hernia. The hernia appeared as a slight bulge on the right side of my pubic bone, probably caused by strenuous exercise the day before, and disappeared after I rested in bed for a couple of hours. I'm scheduled to see a surgeon for a consultation and would like to be as informed as possible. Has anyone had this problem post surgery, and if so what treatment did you choose?
This seems a fairly common side effect. If you go back to the site and put inguinal hernia into the site search engine, you'll find half a dozen men who have had this problem and commented on it.
For what its worth about 25% of men will get an inginal hernia during there life time so it may not be because of the surgery. If it is from the surgery wound then its called an incisional hernia; I've got one of those.
Ron, whatever the cause, get it checked to confirm. If it is a hernia, get it repaired. A short surgery, then home with a bit of discomfort for a couple of days. It'll just get worse if nothing is done.
I had my Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy December of 2009. This past October I was diagnosed with a left Inguinal Hernia. I had it fixed in December 2010. I had an open procedure instead of laproscopic, the surgeon recommended this procedure as it had a lower percentage of recurrence. For about the 1st week it was actually more painful than the Prostectomy.
