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Thanks for the response, Peter. Very interesting. And best of luck getting some answers this year.

@PeterC – out of curiosity, do you suffer from any pain currently after all this time, or is it mostly just mechanical dysfunction and disability?

The “tugging/ripping pains” would scare the heck out of me. I guess that doesn’t indicate that damage to the repair site is being done?

Thanks, GI. It’s definitely internal. No issues or discomfort on the surface. It gives me kind of a squishy feeling inside, and I can actually kind of feel the fat or whatever that’s in that pocket moving around a little when I move. Unfortunately, while I imagine I will continue to improve in a number of other ways over time, in the same way I’v…[Read more]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

My initial thoughts, for whatever they are worth:

I have noticed recently that when I am focused on my issues, the pain and discomfort goes up significantly, to the point of sometimes being debilitating. When I relax about it, it almost vanishes. I will often get stressed about lingering issues and they…[Read more]

Dr. Belyansky often does prefer to see at least one scan before agreeing to removal. First go-round I did mail a CD. The last time (since I am considering another surgery to tighten things up and remove a lipoma) and since I live 2.5 hours away, I actually drove up and got the scan there in the morning and had an appt with him in the afternoon.…[Read more]

i second chuck’s recommendation and all that he said about Belyansky. he did mine. he’s in Maryland. he’s done the removal for a couple of other folks on the forum as well, and lots of other people. his reputation and skill is indeed fantastic.

“Evaluation should be multidisciplinary and should take place in specialized centres.”

I’m sure this’ll be easy for the estimated 80k people across the country potentially experiencing this issue (sarcasm)

Thanks, Dr. Twofigh. That’s interesting. As I said, it’s a bulge that’s been there since the removal. But seems to get larger with more intense activity and lots of standing. But Dr. Belyanksy didn’t detect a full hernia.

I still wonder if it’s unusual for a lipoma to grow back as I had one removed on that side when the mesh was initially placed…[Read more]

Perhaps. I’d still like to understand what this bulge truly is, though. It would seem a simple matter to be able to understand why there’s a bulge in that spot and what it is. But like everything hernia related, there are no simple and straightforward answers for something that’s supposed to be straightforward and simple.

The bulge itself seems…[Read more]

for sure, though part of me had managed to come to terms with things and was looking forward to having that area strengthened with a solid tissue repair. but any surgery is truly a big deal and i’d just much rather keep avoiding it if possible. and i certainly will be happy to not have to spend the money.

i had even asked him if perhaps my…[Read more]

Quick update. Saw Belyanksy again. Seems it might have been a false alarm somehow. Felt what he thinks is perhaps a small lipoma maybe upon coughing but not like a full-on hernia, and something so minor he said don’t do anything unless it’s totally bothering me. And if he did need to do anything, it would only require a smaller incision and some…[Read more]

@MarkT Directly from the patient coordinator at Shouldice. I contacted them. The 2-3 years is for cases requiring general anesthesia. They just rarely do that. “2 per week, but demand for outweighs their resources.” Because I had mesh removal, they said it would probably need to be under GA. They stated specifically that at the moment “wait time…[Read more]

Directly from the patient coordinator at Shouldice. I contacted them. The 2-3 years is for cases requiring general anesthesia. They just rarely do that. “2 per week, but demand for outweighs their resources.” Because I had mesh removal, they said it would probably need to be under GA. They stated specifically that at the moment “wait time for GA…[Read more]

FYI – Shouldice is a 2-3 month wait just for a consultation. Then surgery would be another wait. If you need general anesthesia, like they suggested I might because of ‘all the damage from mesh removal,’ it’s a 2-3 YEAR wait for surgery. I do think I could convince them to do mine without GA.

That’s very good to know, thank you for checking with him! I would still very much be open to getting a follow-up surgery with him if at all possible.

Hi didn’t say. And I don’t know enough about the procedure. But he got back to me again later and basically just copied Michael Rosen from the Cleveland Clinic on the email and suggested the two of us connect. Will see if he chimes in.

I need to verify this is definitely a recurrence, and the nature of it, and find out the size, and speak to…[Read more]

Very interesting, thanks. I didn’t see anywhere that they discussed how
much participants drank, and they seemed to suggest much more study was needed, but I do think this was consistent with some other stuff I read (though this is more scientific).