The family of a Dromore man living with a “debilitating” hernia are pleading for public support to help secure “life-saving” surgery and help give “our dad back”. Chuck Louden, who has been living with a painful hernia following a devastating bowel perforation in 2022, has been “robbed” of his life, say his family. His son, Ryan has been engaged in a long-running battle to help secure his father treatment ever since, saying that “watching him suffer every single day is heart-breaking”. In a bid to secure treatment, the family reached out to media and shared their story with Belfast Live in 2022. “Please help us give my dad the chance to live a life free from constant pain.