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Inguinal hernia operation wait

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  • 08-07-2023 8:39am
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    ibrahimovic
    Registered Users Posts: 421 ✭✭


    Does anyone know how long roughly it will take after consultation for an inguinal hernia to get an operation in the mater?

    The pain has got aggresively worse since i went to the gp about it in March. It's also got a lot bigger and constantly comes out. I had a hernia on the other side a decade earlier and it barely hurt and i had an operation after a few months, but this one is extremely painful expecially as the day goes on and debilitating my daily tasks, especially with a toddler.

    The doctor said he would put me as a urgent case back in March but I just got a letter for an appointment for a consultation only in December and the secretary of the doctor confirmed its down as a standard case and not urgent, and said she can't say how long it will take before i get an operation, i presume to cover herself incase she's wrong. She put me on a cancellation list but said more than likely I won't get one.

    I'm just wondering is it likely to be weeks, months or years? I haven't a clue.

    I Would coconsider taking out a loan to get it done privately if it will take long as its hampering my quality of life.

    There's also a thing called the Cross border directive, has anyone had experience with that?

    Does anyone have any other ideas? Getting desperate at this stage.



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    Galwayguy35
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    It happened to me in Aug 2020 and had the operation in Feb this year, I was in the public system but got it done in the private hospital in Limerick and the HSE footed the bill.



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    ibrahimovic
    Registered Users Posts: 421 ✭✭ibrahimovic


    So I had it, took ten months of frustration to get it and now 6 months on after the operation where I thought the bulge was scar tissue or just fluid... it's clear it's reoccurred. Beyond frustrating, rang the hospital and they told me to get my GP to refer me, I was hoping I could just tell them and they'd sort it. Never simple in this country! I'm expecting another long frustrating wait, I presume it'll have to be the same surgeon so they know what to fix?



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