Hi. I'm not new but I haven't posted anything before. I had my left kidney removed due to renal cell carcinoma in September 2021 and I'm now waiting for surgery to repair an incisional hernia which developed post surgery. I just wandered if anyone else has experienced this? Thanks, Heather
I have an incisional hernia after having open surgery on my kidney. Sadly it was repaired twice but came back, it cannot be repaired again I'm guessing I didn't rest as much as I should have after repair surgery, tried to get back to normality too soon....I'm an inpatient patient!
That kidney was removed 6 years ago, and now awaiting surgery to remove a tumour on my remaining kidney and hope I don't end up with a hernia that side
Thank you for your reply Kittyslim that's so scary, the thought that it might come back after surgery to repair it . I'm having my 4th follow up CT today and it's a worrying time. I'm sorry to hear you are having surgery again .
They are pretty rare to be honest, we just got unlucky. Don't be like me and be walking miles or crawling under your desk to fix your computer......above all ask the doc what you can do to help prevent it happening again.
Wishing you all the best and a speedy recovery ♡
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