 [ Symptoms ] are women affected by bipolar disorder any differently than men [ Disease ] it is definitely possible my fiancé had a colostomy removal of a section of intestines due to diverticulitis it was reversed in april 2013 about 2 months later he found out his whole entire belly area had herniated the doctor told him it was due to a weakening of the abdominal muscles from having his stomach opened twice he had massive hernia surgery december 2013 the doctor had to use mesh to help hold the hernia my fiancé noticed a few months ago he now has another hernia a lump the size of a baseball under where the other hernia surgery was performed so unfortunately it sounds like you have a hernia please have yourself checked the procedure to be checked is painless the doctor did an ultrasound and ct scan to see the hernia