Quality Bull Tag but need hernia surgery

[Mxracer532]

So I have one of the most sought-after Quality elk tags in Wa State but I just found out today that I have 2 hernia that need surgery.

No chance I am missing this tag after waiting 19 years. So question is has anyone had this and know what the recovery time was?

 

[JMundy84]

Inguinal hernia? If so I had one repaired the end of April it was 2 weeks of not lifting over 10 pounds and then 2 more of nothing over 20 but after that there was no restrictions. I was shooting my bow a month after I had the surgery.

 

[LostArra]

I delayed hernia surgery until after successful elk and deer seasons. I wore snug fitting compression shorts as underwear. I don't know if they provided any benefit but I had no problems.

 

[Mxracer532]

Inguinal hernia? If so I had one repaired the end of April it was 2 weeks of not lifting over 10 pounds and then 2 more of nothing over 20 but after that there was no restrictions. I was shooting my bow a month after I had the surgery.

Yes Inguinal hernias.

 

[brancher147]

Might want to look into a hernia belt if you can put it off til after your hunt. That’s what I did but I wanted sutures instead of mesh which is a bit longer recovery usually. Never know what surgery recovery will be like….I have had good recoveries and bad

 

[Healthy Scratch]

I had a belly-button hernia. I tried to put it off. I was hog hunting in Texas and ripped it pretty good. I got the surgery upon my return home. I had robotic surgery, out patient. The day of my surgery, I was in so much pain I wasn't sure they should let me leave the hospital. The next day, I stopped taking the pain killers. 3-days later, I was driving and meeting friends for lunch, dinner. 6-days later, I was back at work (I don't have a job that requires lifting). I was on a lifting restriction for a month. After 1-month, I was 100%... Just missing a belly-button.

 

[JMundy84]

I thought about putting mine off till winter and the surgeon told me a lot of people put them off till they have a serious problem but I figured with my luck I'd strap an elk 1/4 on my back in the middle of nowhere and have it get bad