parietex progrip removal, an exercise in futility?

Thankyou for the response Dr towfigh(I am hoping to consult with you on removal in the future if all else fails). My symptoms before the surgery that sent me to the ER were just constipation & resulting pressure that got better before the surgery which I told him about, I said: “ya know I’m not constipated anymore or in any pain at all…”, he then gave me a physical exam with his response being: “ok looks like its time to get you into surgery”. This led me to believe that he saw something warranting surgery that I didn’t understand which I trusted since he was the surgeon. I maybe had the 1 tiny asymptomatic hernia at most but then again I’m no surgeon(all the other doctors & radiologists I’ve seen say I only had 1 very small umbilical defect as well). To answer your question, I had no real symptoms at the time of surgery and I agreed to the surgery purely based on his diagnosis & a fear of them getting worse. The only difference I felt after the surgery was foreign material left inside me(I.e. I didn’t feel as if any hernias or bulges had been fixed inside or out, everything was the same as before). I’ve also had a scan since the surgery that, aside from areas of identifiable mesh, is identical to the prior scan from before surgery with the same radiological findings.

>>All that being said, I don’t want to sound like I have a negative attitude or any bitterness at all. I don’t hold any grudge or anger towards my implanting surgeon, especially since I can’t say for sure what his intentions were or not. He still to his day tries to assure me that I did infact have 4 hernias. Maybe your right Dr towfigh maybe he meant prophylactically, but he used the words, “you have 4 hernias and I can fix them for you” so I don’t know how one could fix something prophylactically. However I also can’t diagnose myself and am not a doctor(no matter how often I pretend to be one & even ask my friends or family to call me doctor lol). And as far as I have heard mesh works just fine for many people that have hernias & that never experience any problems with it. At this point I am only interested in recovering my health & moving on with my life once it is removed.