big round solid belly? hubby needed an op

This is a post just in case other men are in a similar situation if all else has failed check with the doc cause there could be another underlying problem ...we almost lost my hubby due to not knowing

My hubby (46 years old)

His shape was slim everywhere with a big round belly like a woman in late stages pregnancy. ...... His belly was solid as if the muscles had formed on the outside of the fat. we all thought it was diet and age related, I mean loads of men gain weight in this area in their mid 40's don't they

He had tried all sorts of exercise and diets but nothing worked,


Diet
He tired a normal balanced diet,
Then he attempted to cut out beer and alcohol altogether,
after that he tried to cut carbs

Exercise
everything from walking, running, core exercise, rowing, blah blah

nothing worked .....

he never made a conscious decision to go to the doctor about this, he was still putting it down to weight gain and age, then one day he started to feel really ill and after a week he had to get to a doc, he was then rushed into hospital and operated on the following morning ...

over the past several years his bowel and appendix had perforated and all the poison and toxins were pouring back into his stomach and surrounding area which in turn caused a large abscess (1/2 the size of a football by the time it was taken out) this in turn caused lots of swelling and the solid belly that he suffered from.

Now 6 weeks after his op his belly has almost gone and he is 2 stone lighter than he was pre op ... his shape now is a normal little belly that looks like it needs some muscle definition (but as hes just had major surgery. I guess that was to be expected even in the fittest of people)

I know this will possibly be a very rare case but I thought is worth posting ... cause you never know whats going on inside you. it might not always be a diet issue!