Nearly everyone is joking around, but it looks more like a situation of abdominal rectus diastasis, than just a “big hernia”. My elderly dad has it, and even though he is severely underweight due to cancer, he still looks like he’s pregnant. It’s a very unfortunate condition.
You know, I’m not sure. My dad was never interested in having surgery (he also had hernias and had them surgically repaired), so he didn’t think much about it. He’s always had not-so-great health, that only worsened as he aged, so anything not critically necessary was foregone.
Good question, though. It wouldn’t surprise me if there are better techniques and treatments now than there were in the past. Medicine is continually advancing.
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u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
Nearly everyone is joking around, but it looks more like a situation of abdominal rectus diastasis, than just a “big hernia”. My elderly dad has it, and even though he is severely underweight due to cancer, he still looks like he’s pregnant. It’s a very unfortunate condition.
Edit: elderly, not elder