[bmul100]

So I have hashimotos thyroid. I knew about it prior to hernia surgery but thought nothing of it because it wasn’t making feel bad. It always showed up in blood work and the docs always told me if you start feeling bad then you need to start taking a thyroid supplement. No big deal right. Well about 8 months or so after surgery I started feeling bad. Digestive issues, chills, sweats, body temperature swings of 2-3 degrees, extreme fatigue and joint pain. I started taking the thyroid supplements a couple months ago and it’s had no effect. Basically it feels like your body is fighting an infection or something but it just continues on and on. I’m sure it is a response to the site being constantly inflamed but I don’t know to what extent the hashimotos is related to everything. The physical pain is not debilitating but it is constant and 24/7 and it prevents me from doing normal things. The original surgeon stated at first that it was due to shrinkage then he said it’s a nerve. After seeing him a couple times I realize he didn’t know or care what was going on. Physically I still have sharp pain coughing sneezing or clearing my throat. Sitting for more than an hour the muscles start hurting and the site is tender to the touch. So 15 months later it feels like it still isn’t healed and any physical activity just irritates it more. I’m seeking more opinions to try and get a clear understanding of it all but I just don’t feel like myself anymore. Mine was an open surgery. How long ago was yours?

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[USER=”2051″]ajm222[/USER] the further along I get into this I realize that we are all in this alone as the system does not know or care what the devices are doing to our bodies. I got right back to being active 2 months post op too. Now it’s 15 months post op and I feel if I am active I’m just rolling the dice on making everything worse because it’s shrinking and the site is constantly inflamed. My whole body has been impacted by the response to the implant. Patients deserve to have more of this information up front. This is a life altering surgery because of the permance of the device. It sure was not billed that way in my case. I do think that being young and active makes a huge difference too in my case.

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DR. Towfigh. Thank you for taking the time to reach out and respond to my question. The information is beneficial. Yes I am referring to inguinal hernia mesh. I take it that migration is not a concern then if the underside is left in some cases? Are successful outcomes generally harder to come by when fully removing a two layer mesh openly?