"Open Right Inguinal Hernia Repair"

The nurses were all excellent, Grace, the one from Magherafelt and the lady from India.

Mr Donaldson was helpful in his pre-op conversation. Mr Karamitsos was very helpful and reassuring in his pre-op conversation. However initially I was shocked and disappointed when he told me that it was to be an open hernia repair rather than laparoscopic.  From my first consultation with Mr Gudyma I was told that it would be laparoscopic.

But Mr Karamitsos was very reassuring and I was happy to go with his professional judgment.

The results have been excellent.  From discharge, I have felt a little discomfort at the wound, with only slight pain on movement.  I haven’t needed to take any pain relief and slept quite well last night.

So a very sincere thank you to you all.  

Two comments:

I had to wait over 5 years for this surgery.  As Mr Karamitsos said, if it had been done sooner, the hernia and incision would have been much smaller.

There is a question mark over whether I am allergic to penicillin or not.  I think it would be useful to have this confirmed one way or the other.