(The Best Years in Life) Several years ago I was diagnosed with double inguinal hernias (which is where the intestines begin to emerge from the weakened hole from whence the testicles descended down through the scrotum before birth. One was a lump about the size of a golf ball and the other one, though diagnosed by the perhaps surgery-happy doctor, had not appeared nor manifested any pain or discomfort. The doc wanted to operate right away, but I declined did some research and ended up curing both hernias without surgery. Here is what I did: Read More.