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Odd pain after hernia repair

Hey guys, Had an umbilical hernia repair at the beginning of the month. It was robotic with a mesh installation. Surgery went well, recovery has been going well(man those first few days sucked) and the hernia seems to be in the senoma phase(I hope. There is a hard lump but it doesn't migrate or anything even when I cough)

Anyway, last night I made a mistake and fell asleep lying on my side that the incisions were on. Woke up a few hours later and experienced a sharp pain near the incision site. It got worse when I moved into my back but quickly receeded. I say near the incision site because it isn't actually at the top lateral incision site, but is instead halfway between the top and bottom incisions and partway toward my belly button. Since then I've had a slight distant pain there occasionally throughout the day and occasional tenderness when I press on the area.

To be clear, this isn't at the site of the hernia itself.

Did I fuck something up badly inside of me? I have my surgery follow up on Thursday so I will ask the doc then, but it has me concerned.

Posted Feb 25, 2026, 5:43 AM UTC

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