Quite a number of years ago, I had a hernia repaired. The procedure was quite straightforward yadda yadda, but before all that I had an ultrasound of the area. This is what confirmed it was a hernia. The ultrasound tech was very concerned and fetched the duty doctor. But I'd had the thing for years by that point so another month was unlikely to kill me (which it didn't).
Wade.
Wade.