Congrats on being back in the game again, and wow what a story with your hernia! :((

As somebody who works in surgery I am also a big fan of not putting knives in everybody everytime, but some stuff is too big to fix in a different way. I hope you progress will stay high up and you will be back in a jiffy in your normal routine (because that pain is no joke, Ive seen adult bears of men craying on the floor of pain from it)