[Mike M]

@Good Intentions I agree with you on the first part lol! but for me personally I could never trust a Doctor regardless of reviews that doesn’t take into account all aspects of a patients well-being and concerns. If the doctor finds maintaining basic human dignity and simple respect / requests for a planned procedure to be unreasonable I can sleep peacefully knowing I am not the difficult one and move on to the next choice.

So far I have only found 1 facility that would *not* accommodate. That site would probably accommodate if I had actually spoken to the doctor as I had on the other consultations. I am finding it is the staff not necessarily the Doctor that are unreasonable.

Hopefully I can come back with a good review on the one I pick for others like me with similar concerns.

Doctor’s motto Do no harm! 🙂

[Mike M]

@Good intentions – The goal is to have the fix better than the original we were born with or ended up creating right” lol!

In regards to patient dignity I can promise you 100% that will not be me if that is their policy. My surgery will maintain dignity and modesty (as much as possible) regardless of “how many patients” X staff has seen or I will not be going to that facility. My only request is that when I am being “handled” or “exposed” only the same sex staff are present. Not an outrageous request as men work in the medical field in every capacity. It can be done, has been done, and will be done if they are operating on me. Only exceptions are medical emergencies.

It sounds like there might not be any avoidance then regarding some foreign material? When I was first thinking “no mesh” I was equating that to everything left behind is dissolvable. I guess that isn’t the case if it want it to last and hold up under intense workouts?

It sounds like some of the reoccurrences (or lack of ) are almost too good to be true based on your outlook? I was hoping this would be a fast one and done!

[Mike M]

@chuck – Very sorry to hear about your experiences. I hope you find a solution that works for you long term. It does sound like Dr. Kang is one of the best. I have been fortunate enough to have found success very early in life so money is not a concern when picking any choices. I am just not sure if I want to or can delay it? I am not that knowledgeable yet on how likely my specific hernia can become a “crisis”. This is just the beginning of the journey for me and I want to end it fast and move on. I have tension in the area like very minor dull pain occasionally but no real pain to speak of at the moment.

Weighing my options I am looking at two concerns –

#1. Is Dr. Kang that much better than Dr. Grischkan that I put it off to make the trip? Dr. Grischkan has a lot of positive reviews with a lot of searchable positive legal work on the side of Plaintiffs who have gone through botched surgeries. His reviews across all health review platforms are overwhelmingly positive with most of the only bad reviews focused on “billing” since he is out of network for a lot of the major insurance companies. I have yet to see a botched surgery horror story on here as I have with some of the other doctors not mentioned in this thread.

#2. I would need to reach out to Dr. Kang to see if he makes accommodations for male patients who have specific requirements in regards to patient dignity before, during, and post op. As I said before this is critical for me and non-negotiable. I would definitely consider Dr. Yunis with all things being equal. However after speaking with Dr. Yunis staff regarding their practices and processes I would never consider them as an opinion. Dr. Grischkan has so far been very agreeable to accommodate in this regard should I proceed.

Ultimately I would just like to bounce some questions off of actual patients on here who have had successful surgery with him before I made a final decision.

@Watchful – I searched on these forums and read some unfavorable opinions on the Desarda procedure. It sounded like it was much more “destructive”? One story from 2 years ago on here quoted Grischkan as a success story for the failed Desarda procedure. I believe the username was Casimir. I am still learning so I will need to dig into this further to see the subtleties between the two.