• Buglefingers@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    10 days ago

    While working out I apparently tore a bit of some lining that surrounds the organs, it just happened to be near where the gallbladder is. 0/10 would not recommend, breathing and moving hurt a lot.

    • intensely_human@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      9 days ago

      Jesus. Did they have to do anything to get it to heal, or did it heal on its own? Or is it still ripped?

      I was stretching too much after months of not stretching, when I got my new place last year. Suddenly felt a sort of sharp pang of pain in my belly. Scared me, immediately stopped the stretch and curled forward around it.

      Later on, noticed I had an umbilical hernia. They had to fix it surgically.

      Really freaked me out. Like, I knew the tissues of my body had a tensile strength beyond which they’d fail, but I always assumed those forces would be like from a car crash or something. Not just a stretch.

      Definitely a weird feeling to realize we’re all just jello of various consistencies wrapped around bones.

      • Buglefingers@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        9 days ago

        I’m under the assumption it healed on it’s own. The pain is gone and hasn’t come back, although I haven’t lifted nearly as intensely since. I have access to a nurse outside of a hospital so they helped me keep tabs on it, took something around 1.5 months to heal up though.

        The dichotomy of how resilient or fragile our bodies are is wild. I like your analogy of various consistencies of jello.

        Well on the bright side you found out about the hernia, hopefully before it was a serious issue and got it fixed.