[Gary McCollom]

Hi there friend, I was diagnosed with a ‘very tiny inguinal hernia’ whatever that is in 2015 and had it repaired in Oct.2015 with mesh. I had never heard of issues with mesh and just figured they are the doctors and this is a new medical way of fixing them.

About 16 or so months later after an uneventful recovery period I had gone to the gym to do my regular lower workout of deadlifts and squats. That night around 2 am I woke up with a nasty stabbing pain where the hernia was repaired, also had the strangest electrical charge like feeling as well as the area was very warm to the touch.

This lasted about 30 days, after this episode subsided is when myriad other weird issues started happening with my body which I will explain in my recovery post later, I just joined the forum last night.

I had 2 more episodes of the stabbing pain that each lasted oddly enough around the same time as the first and after the 3rd one this past Christmas eve I knew I had to get this removed.

April 9/2019 I had it removed and its been a revelation to say the least, sure the healing from open abdominal surgery is not the greatest but I am so very happy I made the decision I did.

I was also not warned about the risks and issues surrounding polypropylene mesh and the worst part is I am an hour away from Shouldice clinic. Doctors/surgeons are supposed to be looking out for the best interests of the patient and I should have been referred down the road to Shouldice for such a small hernia.

My point is if you have a small hernia you best find yourself a skilled and experienced hernia specialist that can repair a hernia the way they used to be repaired before mesh…funny how so many doctors forget that hernias were repaired just fine before mesh…sure there are exceptional cases but that should not be the standard that all repairs are based off of.

Clearly though if I knew what I do now about mesh there is not a chance on gods green earth I would have chosen mesh for the repair and the 6 inches of paperwork I have from my own research backs this up.

You must advocate for yourself nowadays as doctors and the original surgeon would not listen to me about what was happening to my body.

Cheers and hope this helps you out a bit.