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The forum has ~57,000 registered members. I don't know the gender breakdown, but let's assume 50:50, so that would mean there are ~28,000 registered male LFGSSers. About 27 % of them will get a hernia sometime during their lifetime (if you are female the probability is only 3%), with an increase probability with age. So that means over 7,000 forum males will get a hernia at some stage. I got mine earlier this month and had it operated on last Friday. No cycling or running for at least 4 weeks, bah! Middle age has never felt more painful or predictable.