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week's latest program to help you and your family take control of your health.

Welcome, everyone, Dr. Mercola helping you take control of your health. And today,

we're going to do something I've never done before.

I'm going to interview Dr. Eric Pinar. Who is Dr. Pinar? He is a general surgeon who has chosen to specialize in

hernia repairs. Why? Because I developed an inguinal hernia. And I thought it would be very useful to share my journey with you and what I learned because it was a lot.

And I've known many of these details before, but it is a nightmare for someone without medical

training to navigate this course.

It's literally almost impossible.

And you're just at the mercy of the luck of the draw unless you do your homework.

And I think fortunately now there's a movement towards empowering patients and developing a good

relationship with their patient and the surgeon.

But the last thing you want to do is be at the mercy of someone and not do your homework,

not to know the scope of what's necessary and important.

Now, today we're going to focus on inglinal hernius because that is a common surgery.

There's about a million of these surgeries done every year.

That's a lot.

It's one of the most common surgeries, probably in top three or four in the country.

Maybe even number three.

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