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As expected the CT showed “expected” post surgical changes and my surgeon has referred me to a physiatrist for pain management strategies. My first appt. is in 2 weeks. I also made an appt, with Dr. Yunis of Sarasota, FL for a second opinion since he is only 1.5 hours from me. Thanks for the support and information.
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My surgeon listens to me but I have not yet asked him what evidence would point to this mesh being a problem in My body. I plan to this week. My replies on my other thread are unapproved ?
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Thank you.
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quote Good intentions:Sorry, I misread your post. I see the part about neurectomy. I did not have any neurectomy done when my mesh was removed. I also did not have any referred pain, or pain typical of nerve pressure, like shooting pains, or sharp pains. Mine was just dull soreness, pressure, and swelling caused by normal activities like running, biking, physical labor, etc. There were also side effects for other body functions, in that area, due to large scale inflammation. They all disappeared or diminished dramatically after the mesh was removed. I am now more like a person who just got stabbed in the abdomen several times. Slowly working through stretching out the scar tissue.
I have seen accounts of surgeons who cut nerves “just in case”. Nerves do grow back but the nerves they are cutting are large. You probably want to get very clear advice on what they plan to do, before you choose a doctor.
It seems that, because there is not a clear acceptance of what causes the pain, that there is also no clear acceptant of what to do when removing it. Nobody wants to accept that it’s just the mesh. So they cut nerves.
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Thank you for your reply Good intentions. I originally was going to ask in my post also what happens with a neurectomy but decided a single simple question might be best and I forgot to change my subject line. The surgeon who did my hernia repair listens well to my concerns and seems to want to go slowly step by step, antiinflammatories, pain clinic referral, etc. I have not yet broached with him whether in fact it seems the mesh is my issue and whether it should come out.
Who took yours out? How was the hernia addressed in the absence of mesh?
I dread another surgery but my life is altered significantly and if it is remote reasonable to think my body and this mesh are not a good fit then I will pursue that line of discussion emphatically
And, your pain causations and description mirror mine completely. Taking 800 MG of Motrin before moving around much absolutely helps but that is not sustainable.
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Perhaps I should add that I am female, 61 years old, typically very fit and happy.
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Sorry for typos making my question obscure. Can a right side repair exaggerate a left side hernia that was undiagnosed and non painful prior to the right side surgery?