Well, on October 8th I went under the knife again. This time it was for a Direct Inguinal Hernia. I think I can pretty safely say that the recovery involved with this surgery was pretty painful when compared with the Pilonidal removal. I’d say it was a full 4 or 5 days before I could get out of bed or stand up from the couch or a chair without a significant amount of pain. After that, the healing process went quite rapidly and smoothly. Walking without a limp came about 2 weeks after the procedure.
My story begins with me working out like a mad man over the past several months. I’ve been lifting lots of weight, albeit less weight than I had lifted in the past, and feeling some discomfort in my groin. I figured hell, I’m just doing it wrong. So I’d adjust whenever I felt discomfort, and it seemed to be working. Obviously it wasn’t, but for now we’ll go along thinking it was.