question: My husband and I were in an accident almost a year ago he had a CT scan and had a disc bulge of 8mm i think that s how u say it...so now for a couple of months he s been having really bad back pain he can hardly bend it hurts him in his groin area his pelvic and move down to his thighs..he thinks it might be a hernia in his stomach his left side looks a little swollen..can it be his herniated disc or a stomach hernia or something different?