You young-un's pay attention. In two weeks I'll be 65 years old. I've been pretty lucky my whole life not getting hurt too badly. But last week while wrenching on a Jeep I blew out my hernia. OUCH!!!! Pain like I've never experienced. I wanted to put a gun at my head and just stop the agony. Instead I popped a pain pill and when the pain subsided I got myself to the emergency room where they pushed the strangulated organ back in through the muscle wall. RELIEF! The Doc said it was probably a combination of straining and a coughing fit from all the crazy pollen floating around that week. Now, here's why I said pay attention. I have known about this for 8 years and did nothing about it. It never really hurt so I figured why bother with an operation I might be able to do without. Bad idea. Now I have to drop everything and arrange an operation as fast as I can. Then I'll be flat on my *ss recovering as Summer slides by. Rats. All this could have been avoided if I had done two things: taken care of it when it was a small problem. And not ignored the fact that I am an old schmuck that can't wrench like a teenager anymore. So when you look in the mirror one morning and there's a 30/40/50 year old guy staring back- PAY ATTENTION! And take care of yourself.
As always- timing is everything! Steve- the Doc said that usually patients are so morbidly obese he can't tell what he's doing down there. He said I was pretty fit and popped it right back in. It pays to stay in shape!
