Comments on: Hernia repair problems could be caused by defective surgical mesh

By: robin

robin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:13:39 +0000

i hernia repair with mesh feb 11th of 09. had some complications ended up the hospital for 2 months with a wound vac on. from the day i left the hospital my left has been hurting. now its to the point where its feels like its ripping my insides. theres also a burning feeling that goes the ripping pain. and im having some pain in my back on the left side now. its getting worse by the day. im in alot of pain. it hurts so bad to move. they have done some test and they find nothing. has anyone else had this problem?

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:22:34 +0000

My name is Heather, my mom had several surgeries done at once. One of them being a hernia surgery. This was about ten years ago. In the past month she has had to have 4 blood transfusions. The Doctors at the hospital have told her that they don’t know what is wrong with her. The first time she was admitted, her eyes had no color and her tongue was white from all the blood loss. The second time, She passed out in the bathroom after loosing over half of her blood through her bowels. I am desperate to know if anyone else has had any similar problems. The hospital releases her after they give her the transfussions and tell her to come back if it happens again……. This has become extremely difficult to grasp.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:19:29 +0000

to Richard 34. Thank you, same thing, at least very close and I have had this stuff in me for over 10 years and I dont even know what kind or any related problems like the loss of a testicle and I have been having problems for years. No Dr. wants to take on the responsibility of a screw up on a double hernia along the intestine that should have had the part with the two hernia bulges cut at both ends and sealed it up. No problem I have researched it. I’m no Dr. of coarse but I know when something is really wrong and I don’t care what did it and assign no blame to anyone but at least fix it.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:01:37 +0000

I had a inguinal hernia surgery repaired with mess on April 13, 2009. Since then I have had I have had a nervectomy in the same area and a third surgery that was exploratory with nerve seperation. I have had these surgeries cause the pain has not gone away since i recieved my hernia in April. My pain has continued and gotten worse in the last 8 months. I am scheduled to have the mesh removed on Febuary 5, 2010. I have had to be on pain pills continuely since before my first operation. I can hardly fuction as a human being. There are times that i have to have my wife help me up off the couch or out of bed cause of the pain, even to get out of the vehicle. I am personally getting really tired of the pain. I havent been able to work and thankfully have a well to do grandma that has helped me tremendously.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:54:19 +0000

I had an inguinal hernia repaired in 2004 and some sort of mesh was used. Since then, I have had a taring pain on my left side, where the hernia surgery was done. I also have had sever stomach pain, and iritation on the left side on my genital,penis area since the surgery. I think that I may have an infection of some sort, because these symtmes did not come about until after my surgery. I’ve been suffering for a while. Has any one else had these symptoms?

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:20:07 +0000

I was wondering if anyone had a umbilical hernia and then had a epigastric hernia ? I had my gallbladder done and then about 6 weeks later or less I had the umbilical hernia. Then In March of the this year the epigastric hernia came out!! I could feel it although I was on Lortab 10/500 for a broken foot. I just hope that I can figure out what is causing my trouble. I feel like my gut is hard as a rock. I have what I call the screaming pupes most of the time and diahrhea the other. I hope to talk to the Dr tomorrow.

By: Lyle

Lyle — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:34:58 +0000

I had a left hernia repair in about 1999. Don’t know if I had mesh. I had another in about 2003 with mesh. I have had some pain on and off since that time in lower left groin,usually when my colon is seems to be full. I got the shock of my life when I was diagnosed with prostate cancer this last July. Caught it in the early stages. Decided to have radical prostatecomy in late Sept 2009 to totally remove the prostate. Open Surgery had to be aborted after surgeon opened me up from belly button down to pelvic bone because the previous hernia mesh had become attached to the bladder and surgeon could not move bladder out of the way to remove my prostate. Last week I had to have a seed implant brachtherapy radiation procedure done to try to eliminate the prostate cancer. Who knows, this mesh could also be attached to my descending colon or even the rectum. So this mesh can cause other problems down the road for people who have had it implanted. Beware if you have open surgery on lower abdomen for prostate, bladder or even colon issues!!

By: Melessa

Melessa — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:41:42 +0000

I had a hernia repair with scar tissue removal and abdominoplasty in 2002. Pus still rupturing from naval and pain in abodomen and side. Continual infections all over. Could this be staff? Have reported to the doctor numerous times but they have done nothing. Now they want to do exploratory surgery to ‘clean it up.”

By: Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:45:05 +0000

I have a friend that had 2 hernia repairs performed at one time. Since the surgery, he has had many health problems some of which include problems eating, severe pain in side, back pain. He recently was treated for kidney stones. Could the pain be the hernia repairs? Also, he has lost a tremendous amount of weight (40 pounds and continues to lose). He is not a person that pursues issues, however; after reading the comments and the defects with this product coupled with knowing a few of his health problems, I as concerned that he needs to check more throughly on this problem. Would you advise if he should see another doctor and do the doctors cover for each other even when they know there is a protential health risk?

By: Juan

Juan — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:54:07 +0000

IN May12, 2000, I was operated for inguinal hernia in which I implanted a mesh (Prolene Mesh). After a while i was taking a series of health problems, chest pain, headache and migraine with sinocitis, hipertention and testicular pain. Because of these pains since 2004 have not been able to work. In March 2008 I went to the doctor again and this recurent and found to have had more surgery and I put another mesh than the one I had was worn out. Today I am still with the same symptoms which prevents me from returning to work.

By: frederica

frederica — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:01:50 +0000

My father had 2 hernias repaired on 8-24-09. He stayed in the hospital for 2 days after the surgery. His scheduled follow up visit with the doctor was doe 9-22-09. The surgery was done laposcopic the doctors thought they would have to cut him open because he had alot of scare tissue. Once my dad came he complained od pain the entire time. He said he felt like something was eating his insides. On 9-20-09 I took him to the local hospital after doing a Ct scan they found bleeding at one of the repair sites and several pulmonary embolisms(blood clots). He was admitted into the hospital the doctors placed a brace around his waist i guess to stop the bleeding. He had a hard time breathing through the night he was in consist pain no painkillers were given to him. The next morning the nurse sat my father up in the chair for an hour and father was crying and said he wanted to go home. upon getting my father up out of the chair he had a focal seizure and died. I never realized that a hernia repair would take my father from me. if only things were explained better, Doctors are not god. My father died in the hospital where i work as a nurse.

By: elaine

elaine — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:06:25 +0000

ive just had right hand groin hernia done on 14 09 09 so nearly a wk ago at the moment im sore my stomach is very bloated dont recall this happening when i had hernia done on left hand side 14 yrs ago im hoping i dont have any of the above problems very scary, and to you no 32 i got my hernias through surgery i had when i was 31 not from being big you want to get a life and not judge ppl you dont know.

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:20:31 +0000

I had reconstruction surgery and a tram flap was used the doctor had placed a prolene mesh in my abdomen. I have had a wound that opens and closes periodicaly since that time till a few weeks ago when it abcessed. I went to the doctors and he sent me to a surgeon that said the mesh was the source of the problem and that it may have adhered to my bowel or intestines. Thank God that instead of being adhered to anything the mesh was balled up and laying loose in my abdomen. I have seen reference on the internet that this prolene mesh comes with an insert that warns doctors of possible infection related to the mesh. I have suffered for 3 years because of this and now owe medical bills because of this. If the doctors are warned of this why is this mesh being used? I was never told of this warning did not I have any rights to know this before the orginal reconstruction surgery to make my own decision on this?

By: Juliet

Juliet — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:57:42 +0000

During my pregnancy in 08 I had deverloped a hernia9 above the navel)I was told to wait 6 mths for surgery. Most times it hurt and protruded so much I went to the ER. They would push it back in and the pain would stop. I had an emergency surgery in Oct. 08. This surgery was across the navel. However weeeks after the surgery I noticed the bulge and experienced the pain. The surgern said I developed another hernia. (This was the original hernia.) I had another surgery three weeks after the first and at present I’m still experiencing pain.