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I've been taking creatine monohydrate for four years, and I know it works.

I gave a cocktail of beta-alanine, taurine, and l-citrulline malate a try for a week.

I didn't get body tingling, but...

I would definitely refuse to have a 3D mesh implanted. Even 2D meshes bring a lot of potential complications, and 3D meshes increase these risks probably by tenfold. The scar tissue/fibrosis formed...

I hope the surgery went well. What type of surgery did you have?

Note that the ideal recovery time is eight weeks. Stay out of the gym and don't do anything strenuous for eight weeks. You can then...

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It's been almost three years since my open Lichtenstein mesh surgery for my left-side indirect inguinal hernia on June 7, 2018.

It seems to have been mostly successful. It does not...

As long as it doesn't bother you, you can lift as heavy as you want with a hernia, as heavy as when you didn't have a hernia. The key is that as long as it doesn't bother you; so, listen to your...

Ah, I hope you get well soon. That would certainly hurt during bowel movement. Will you need surgery?

My doctor prefers laparoscopic TEP. I asked him about the robot (da Vinci), and he said he can use the robot but there is no advantage of using it. He also said the robot requires a larger incision...

That sounds like probably where the hernia is. Yes, a full bladder can push on the hernia as well depending on where it is located, but it wasn't the case for my left-side indirect hernia.

I am not sure where exactly you're referring to but pain normally happens at the hernia site and especially during bowel movement or bowel gas, when the enlarged bowel strains the abdominal-wall tear...

You probably have direct hernias, which are caused by tears in the abdominal floor.

Pain before the hernia repair is normal, and it could happen in the hernia site or in the testicle.

Meshes...

Indirect hernias are more common than direct hernias. Right-side indirect hernias are more common than left-side indirect hernias. Indirect hernias are always congenital. Direct hernias are caused by...

No, I think you got lucky to escape it!

That sounds too invasive on your nerves and spermatic cord. Don't do it. Find another surgeon. Conservativeness is the most important thing in hernia surgery, and his approach is the opposite with...

Interesting. Mine recommended laparoscopic for slightly (by one and a half days) faster healing, but I went with open. They both have advantages and disadvantages.

Since the laparoscopic mesh is a...

I don't know what the repair technique was in your case -- probably Lichtenstein -- but if the hernia repair is done right, you should never get a hernia again, especially with a mesh, which is far...

No.

Indirect inguinal hernias, which are the most common form, are definitely always congenital, not age- or lift-related. You're born with them. They are caused by congenitally enlarged inner...

Yeah, lifting weights is the best thing I do for myself, helping me keep and look young and healthy. Definitely sustainability is the goal.

Thanks! Taking a five-month break, wearing a collar for two months, and not eating well aggravated a shoulder injury. I don't know if the car wreck otherwise had anything to do with that (like...

I haven't been here for a long time. I will provide with an update.

When I was eleven years old: Right-side open hernia surgery without mesh (tissue repair, exact technique unknown) to fix an...

No, it is not at all. Ideally you need someone with 400+ surgeries performed. The learning curve for laparoscopy is very steep and it's a long, slow process to learn it.

Nevertheless, good luck...