Macgyvering hernia support

I have a hernia in my right lower abdomen on the right. I have had it for at least 15 years and it hasn’t bothered me enough to fix it. Habitat has changed that and I have a support I wear at Habitat. Wednesday there was an extra work day for “finishing activities” so I didn’t wear the support- bad decision. Within the first 2 hours I had to lay down on floor twice “fortunately they were carpeted) and reduce the hernia. I was so uncomfortable I thought I might have to leave.

Then I decided to try to come up with something to substitute for the support. I came up with 2 plastic coffee cup lids carefully placed over the area of hernia and held it in place with 2 layers. Fortunately I wore my workout leggings that day. IT WORKED GREAT. I was very comfortable for the rest of the day.

I had it evaluated by a surgeon two years ago (pre-Habitat) and he thought it was not causing me enough problems to. warrant fixing it. It is clearly causing me problems now, but if it is fixed, I will likely still wear the support at Habitat to protect the repair. So I think I will wait awhile and keep my coffee cup lids handy.