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Posted on July 9, 2014 at 14:05:48
Michael Samra
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 What I had was an umbilical hernia and I let it go a few years and it didn't hurt at all but it looked like hell with that golf ball by your belly button which I no longer have.My daughter,mother,and sister made me get it done because the doctor's said it can strangle the lower intestine but I had no idea that it would take six weeks for healing..I can understand the abdominal ones where you lift and it puts strain on those muscles but one by the naval? That doesn't even make sense..Anyway the surgeon took out about a pound of excess cartilage that worked its way out of the tiny rupture which was the hernia and being I let it go five years,it stretched the skin so that's why I lost the naval....I then had residual bleeding about nine days after the surgery which was the old blood seeping out of each corner as it healed and then I got an infection which wasn't horrific but I've been putting Bacitracin on it twice a day and now things are getting better..
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken

 

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RE: Thank you for all the support., posted on July 9, 2014 at 15:05:04
c1ferrari
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 Glad to hear about your recovery :-)
Take care!

Vbr,
Sam

 

Get better soon!, posted on July 9, 2014 at 17:01:49
Winston Smith
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 Your posts have been very valuable to me personally, and to countless other 'philes here as well, I suspect.

Glad to hear you are on the mend.

Stay well.

Cheers,

WS

 

RE: Thank you for all the support., posted on July 9, 2014 at 17:28:53
FenderLover
 Mike, take it easy. Don't know if MD recommended this, but Vitamins A, D, and C seem to help the healing process.


Hang in there!

 

get well soon and don't lift anything heavy! (nt), posted on July 9, 2014 at 17:33:55
bouncy ball
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RE: Thank you for all the support., posted on July 9, 2014 at 23:04:41
tubeflash
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 i am next for that surgery, navel plus two adjoining.
i can hardly wait !!!

 

RE: Thank you for all the support., posted on July 10, 2014 at 08:43:59
Iain42
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 I sent you an email last week. I wouldn't have sent it if I had known you were on the mend. Please ignore it.

Take care.
iain







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RE: Thank you for all the support., posted on July 10, 2014 at 08:50:04
6bq5
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 I am glad to hear that you are well, and back among us.
As I have discovered, it takes longer and longer to heal from all ailments....
Happy Listening
Happy Listening

 

RE: Thank you for all the support., posted on July 10, 2014 at 09:05:39
dadbar
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 This getting old shit really sucks. I wish you a speedy recovery.

I hope you took out the extended warranty.

 

Get well soon, Mikey, posted on July 10, 2014 at 10:08:48
Jay Buridan
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 I went though it in 1995, Ouch!!!!

"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. "
― W.C. Fields

 

RE: Thank you for all the support., posted on July 10, 2014 at 14:39:58
adam@denderapartners.com
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 Mike, I had mine 5 years ago in the form of a football sized tumor removed from my gut. Same deal, seemed like forever with no lifting. Hell of a way to lose 10 pounds...

I cant find where anybody else responding has said this, so I will.
Mike you are the most generous guy I have ever met on this or just about any other forum. You are the LAST person I would ever have expected to be at the receiving end of the abusive language that was launched recently. And true to form, here you are, responding as if it just passed you by.

You may be a nut (and I say that as a compliment, you're a glass bottle nut of the finest sort) but you are also a true gentleman.

Keep up da good work!

Adam in Ashland

 

RE: Thank you for all the support., posted on July 10, 2014 at 15:03:06
geoff
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 +1

 

So sorry, I just found out!, posted on July 10, 2014 at 20:45:00
Cougar
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 I'm glad you had the surgery, sorry to hear about the infection after. Happy to hear you are ok now.

I had the same thing back in 1993. It just appeared one day when I felt a pain on my stomach when I went to get off the recliner and saw that lump right next to my naval. After the operation It took along time to heal. even though it's healed on the outside the inside takes months to heals. like yours my cut seeped for a week, I just kept wiping it with peroxide, that helped heal it faster.

I have a nasty scare from that operation too due to some of the staples coming out on their own.

Just take it easy for a while and it will be ok.

Regards
Cougar

 

RE: Thank you for all the support., posted on July 11, 2014 at 01:28:53
Satxhifi
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 Mike,
Very glad you are back and posting! Albeit on "light" duty! LOL Enjoy our phone calls, especially while your recovery was the most trying. Even though our friendship is in its infancy it has felt like I have known you for quite some time.

It was really cool your excitement about how the Sansui was sounding! Now that you're fairing better hoping you find the time to post pictures of the unit and a blow by blow accounting of the rebuild. I think it would be cool!

Don't care and haven't read what shitty comments others have made, in the short time I've known you you have proven to be a stand up guy!

Best,

Dave

 

RE: Thank you for all the support., posted on July 11, 2014 at 06:35:11
rage
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 glad you're OK Mike!!

 

RE: Thank you for all the support., posted on July 11, 2014 at 07:14:58
Freo-1
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 Getting old beats the alternative! :-)

Mikey, glad to see you back in action.
" Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you"

Satchel Paige

 

RE: Thank you for all the support., posted on July 11, 2014 at 07:44:17
Stuben
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Location: Guber Ohio
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 Mike,

Good to hear ya on the mend....surgery can be nasty...had surgery on my shoulder 6 weeks ago as a result of trying to catch a badly thrown Frisbee. Luckily no infection...but I can't lift my amps as I work on them...had a plate installed to heal the collar bone which has to be removed in December...which really sucks...getting old has some draw backs.. as someone else on the forum has reminded us "Beats the alternative"

Stuben

 

Rest up and let it heal well. Get well!. nt., posted on July 11, 2014 at 14:57:29
RC Daniel
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"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few." Shunryo Suzuki

 

That explains the loss of 1K posts per week....., posted on July 12, 2014 at 11:38:46
wheezer
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 Sorry to hear about this painful and debilitating ordeal.
Post op infections can cause major setbacks.
....If you ever have a vasectomy, spare us the pics! :-)
Feel better Mikey.

Cheers,
W

 

RE: That explains the loss of 1K posts per week....., posted on July 16, 2014 at 01:31:15
Michael Samra
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Location: saginaw michigan
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 LOL
I just caught that one Wheeze.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken

 

RE: So sorry, I just found out!, posted on July 16, 2014 at 01:32:24
Michael Samra
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Location: saginaw michigan
Joined: January 30, 2005
 Thanks Cougar
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken

 

Glad you're OK Mikey!, posted on July 17, 2014 at 11:48:41
Triode_Kingdom
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 Hope you make a full recovery quickly!

 

RE: Glad you're OK Mikey!, posted on July 19, 2014 at 17:54:43
rmyauck
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Location: Northern Manitoba
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 Yes you get well soon Mike! All the best!

Randy

 

RE: Glad you're OK Mikey!, posted on July 19, 2014 at 18:08:02
rosendds@frontiernet.net
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 Mike,

Sorry to hear that you have had complications,but it sounds like you are on the up and up.Best wishes,
Dave

 

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