Good intentions

You might review the contributing surgeons page. It seems dated.

Many forums have a separate section for people to upload articles to. This might be a useful way to collect links to articles or actual pdf files, rather than trying to find old posts with the links.

I know that there are surgeons out there that will remove mesh for psychological reasons alone. There was somebody on the forum a couple of years ago that just could not stand feeling the mesh in their abdomen and decided to have it removed, just months after it was implanted. Dr. Andrew Wright at the University of Washington Medical Center…[Read more]

Another problem with using the word “best” to define a hernia repair method is that different people are focused on different outcomes.

The patient typically wants to get their life back with minimal pain and cost.

The surgeon has to focus on the business first and the patient second. They have to get the commitment to have surgery then get…[Read more]

The use of “Favoured” to describe the results of each analysis is a sign of the low degree of definition of the data.

You can find several papers over the last few years about how early surveys or questionnaires did not define things like “pain” or chronic pain very well, so the results were vague and of not much use. It is also mentioned in…[Read more]

I see that it might just be a recycled article from 2021. The url says 2021, the title says 2022. Oh well.

That’s why I’m here Chuck.

I’m trying to help you communicate more clearly Chuck. You have made many accusatory and critical comments about various people on the forum, including most of the surgeons that you are asking for help. Almost all of your statements are unfounded, you never include a link to what you’re talking about. They seem to be pulled from your memory of…[Read more]

The most powerful reason to get a pure tissue repair before a mesh repair is what Chuck is experiencing right now. If Chuck had gotten a pure tissue repair and had a recurrence he could very easily go and get a mesh repair. But, because he started with a mesh repair now he has to find a way to get the mesh removed and make a new choice of how to…[Read more]

Hello Chuck. Yes, my situation is continuing to improve. So much that I’ve been thinking recently that I should post an update.

If you find a statement that somebody made in a post that you want to talk about you should post a link to that Topic, so that people can read it. Your interpretation might be incorrect. Just copy the web address and…[Read more]

Here is a Topic I started a few years ago with some “good” stories.

Successful, good "mesh" stories

Here is another one that somebody else started on the topic. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, even though many of us on the forum were writing advice posts “in our heads” before hernia repair, to help guide…[Read more]

Hello Chuck. To be clear, I was not one of the people that messaged you with concerns, in case anyone wondered. Although I did mention some concerns in a previous post on the open forum, but Dr. Kang has addressed them.

I would trust Dr. Kang’s judgment, especially since he also had concerns about open removal of laparoscopically implanted mesh…[Read more]

Chuck, I don’t think that people should expect immediate relief after mesh removal. Plan for a long recovery time. If it happens faster, great, if it doesn’t, just accept the slow progress.

I am not sure how Dr. Kang could remove laparoscopically placed mesh, bilateral, better than a laparoscopic surgeon could. Removal from the front would…[Read more]

Here is an older thread where Dr. Kang talked about the various tissue repairs. He mentions the Bassini and what he calls the “corrupted” Bassini method.

I’ve also included a link to the Gibbeum hospital page which has the table I think that they are talking…[Read more]

I think that it would depend on what your end goal is. You can be specific toward the doctor that implanted it but they have the mesh producer behind them, plus most of them don’t realize the harm they cause. You can try to impact the mesh producer but they are very powerful, with massive funding to pay their own team of lawyers.

Here is a…[Read more]

Dr. Yunis seems like a great place to start. Here is a link from a previous poster on the forum. Good luck.

Serious need of finding the top Doc for mesh removal

Your surgery records, if they are correct, will tell you if there was any fixation used. Your surgeon might have already mentioned this as a reason it could not have moved. His overall response is not a surprise, it’s almost like surgeons are trained to say the things that you heard. They all say the same thing, there are years worth of stories…[Read more]

Chuck I have known people in the past that were suicidal. I don’t know how to help them. One of them did commit suicide. I think that there are professionals out there that can help you regain control of your thoughts. If you decide to have another surgery the odds are very good that your life will get better. Seek help for your suicidal…[Read more]

Dr. Wright. He uses robotic technology. Dr. Billing uses the older hand tools, at least he did when he removed mine. Good luck.

https://www.uwmedicine.org/bios/andrew-wright

Dr. Billing

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