Brother,
Thank you so much. My heart goes out to you and I will surely being praying for you too. I did not fully understand what a hernia was and just how painful they are until this happened to dad, his has bulged out into a sac so low and close to the unspeakable parts that I don't know how he can bare to sit much less stand. The surgeons said there is no choice in the matter, if they don't try to repair it has too great a chance of rupturing even with the slightest movement.