November 09, 2003
I came very close to having to spend the night tonight in the emergency room, after a narrow brush with an umbilical hernia that became more and more excruciatingly painful as the evening went on. Luckily, I was at dinner with a friend in medical school, so we went back to his apartment, where I lay down and he told me how to perform a manual reduction, after which all was well again.
I wanted him to perform it himself, but he demurred.
Posted by Faustus, MD at 11:51 PM
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1) sam said (on 11/10/03 at 12:48 AM):
How did you get said hernia?
2) Anonymous #7 said (on 11/10/03 at 12:55 AM):
Manual reduction??
3) Stairs said (on 11/10/03 at 03:48 AM):
Sorry to hear about this - I'm glad that it was resolved before it progressed any further :(
Is the condition something you experience with regularity? The operations performed to close the umbilical ring are relatively straightforward, the incomplete development of the muscle being quite a common occurrence across the board - I guess I'd avoid surgery unless I really thought I needed it.
I hope you feel better today.
4) tim said (on 11/10/03 at 08:22 AM):
manual reduction??? Is that what they are calling it now?
5) Wayne said (on 11/10/03 at 09:05 AM):
Awe, poor baby.... feeling better?
6) Jeff said (on 11/10/03 at 10:45 AM):
I will refrain from asking what a manual reduction is, but I do hope you're feeling OK.
7) Patrick said (on 11/10/03 at 12:20 PM):
I'm actually curious as to how this manual reduction is performed. Hope you feel better now.
8) mighty maloney said (on 11/10/03 at 12:21 PM):
Manual reduction? I want one of those. lol.
9) Faustus, M.D. said (on 11/10/03 at 11:33 PM):
Sorry to disappoint. Manual reduction involves nothing more than just shoving the damn thing back in where it came from.
10) CF said (on 11/10/03 at 11:34 PM):
I once met a man who no longer HAD a bellybutton.
11) Jalal said (on 11/11/03 at 06:13 AM):
Doh! Dude! How did you get that ... umbolicale hernia thingie ? AAA Doh!
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