Ah-Ha! You all thought this was Cheesey reporting. Unfortunately, or fortunately as the case may be, it's good old Bob.

Since early July I have had some off and on pain in the left groin area (NO a squirrel did not kick me there) and suspected an inguinal hernia. I put it on the back burner and took some Ibuprofen when it bothered me. It slowly got worse and this past Thursday I could hardly walk. Stairs were the worst and getting in my truck was literally a pain in the groin. Went to the Doc this morning........sat in the waiting room with 10,000 sick people coughing and sneezing........and it only took a minute for her (yes a lady Doc; married and very pregnant) to come to the same conclusion I had. Hernia.

I'm set up to see a surgeon next Monday and I'm sure he'll tell me, "Bob, you haven't had a surgery since 2004 and I think it's time we cut you open again and find out what's going on." Hell, I KNOW what's going on....I can hardly walk without wanting to put my fist through the wall.

So, next Monday I find out if I need the surgery or not. I'm blaming Formo for all this with that squirrel clip he posted. :xcensoredx: In the meantime I'm trying to avoid stairs........which means if I go outside I gotta stay outside since our home is split level.

"MontanaBob" wrote:

I would just mutter something about Super Bowl wins and that shut him up.

"MontanaBob" wrote:

Update............I saw the surgeon today and it looks like next Thursday, Nov.5th, I go in to get repaired. It's an Inguinal Hernia on the left, (had one on the right 11 years ago) and this one hurts like hell at times.

He was going through all the stuff that would take place with the surgery and then asked if I understood all that." Hey, Doc," I said, 'you're talking to the Sultan of Surgery here. I paid for half this surgery wing in the past 15 years with all my surgeries. 13 at last count. this will be 14."

"Can you give me a discount if I assist you on this thing? I'm pretty good with a scalpel, or at least I can hand you sponges." He didn't seem to thrilled to have an assistant. I told him I was awake during my whole knee replacement and volunteered to assist in that one also. He then looked thoughtful for a minute and said, "OH yeah. Now I remember. You're the guy that wanted to check the new knee before Dr. Channer put it in to make sure that Andy Seaman (the knee companies in field rep) didn't put a Vikings insignia on it."

"Yep Doc, that was me. I don't trust anyone who's a Vikings fan, especially when they're putting a replacement part in my body."

I had Andy's kids in school years ago and he never, never let me forget he was a Vikings fan and how they would destroy the Packers each and every game they played. I would just mutter something about Super Bowl wins and that shut him up.

"MontanaBob" wrote: