Hernia Op

Last week I went into hospital to have keyhole surgery on my hernia bulge. Thirty years of lifting pianos up on end. In the end there was an additional repair to a piece of bowel that had torn open unbeknown to me and fused to my stomach wall. So, keyhole surgery was not possible, a larger cut had to be  made and a thorough repair , but this means more convalescence time.
I get the impression I've been preserved the life threatening danger of fecal matter oozing into my body, without me knowing anything of the danger.