[PeterC]

quote Alephy:

So then with a mesh? Is this for the shorter recovery after the surgery or also in the long term, as far as strength and flexibility of the repair are concerned?

For what its worth – a quick google search will show you that most athletes go to Dr. Meyers or Dr. Brown who both specialize in open non-mesh options. If EVERYTHING ELSE in your body is 100% aligned and works as intended and they use a small amount of mesh – I can see the mesh not being a problem/the laparoscopic option being good.

I’m a professional dancer and I’ve had mesh surgery and not only did they not fix the original issue (which was below) – the mesh did get super tight and caused more pain and more issues. 10/10 would not recommend. Being in another support group for hernias/sports hernias etc – I’ve seen ONE person say they recovered 100% with Mesh and a whole lot more have unreal complications. I would not risk it.

From experience – you’d rather not get mesh because then you still have a ton of options. Once the mesh is in – and you get issues – its a whole new set of problems you do not want to deal with.

[PeterC]

[USER=”2804″]pinto[/USER]

If I may ask – what made you choose to go to Dr. Kang over say Dr. Brown or one of the other few pure tissue surgeons in the states? I’d be curious to get your insight – to see if there was a specific reason other than you followed his work for a year.

Congrats on a successful surgery!

[PeterC]

[USER=”2795″]bmul100[/USER]

glad to see you’re feeling good. I’m an athlete and I’m considering getting this same type of mesh removed by dr brown in Fremont in about 2 months – and you’re the first person that I see mention the pain when your bladder is full with the mesh. I think I have the same type of mesh you had implanted and I’ve also had sharp pain whenever my bladder has been full and nobody has been able to explain why – so its comforting to see someone else had similar symptoms & had relief/success with the mesh removal.

[PeterC]

[USER=”2580″]DrBrown[/USER]

In case number 4 where the Vas Deferens was scarred to the mesh – what is the procedure/what happens to the patient’s vas deferens as you remove the mesh?

[PeterC]

[USER=”2804″]pinto[/USER]

As much as I totally understand your arguments and position – just because the medical community seems to agree on something or standardise something doesn’t make it an irrefutable truth. I don’t think it’s fair to automatically point at a misdiagnosis for [USER=”2694″]roger555[/USER] because his real-life experience doesn’t agree with your truth or what you choose to believe in.

I have an acupuncturist who was clinically partially paralysed after a terrible car accident that put him in a deep coma and western medicine just told him that’s how it would be from then on for the rest of his life – diagnosis and everything. He went to traditional chinese medicine and acupuncture and healed for the most part which led him to pursue a career in traditional chinese medicine. His story isn’t on the news (aside from like 1 newspaper article a couple years back) or in any paper available for online medical enthusiasts to use/refer to.

I was also seeing an acupuncturist back in Canada who had a hernia 15 years ago and was scheduled for surgery and everything at a regular hospital. The day of they called her to cancel because they had an emergency and she ended up not going. Fast-forward 15 years later it’s not there anymore. She can show me the appointment slip the diagnostic of hernia etc.

There are countless of stories about people who healed stage 4 cancer with a diagnostic of being terminal and went into complete remission without chemo through holistic healing despite being advised unbelievable amounts of surgery and chemotherapy and told they would never heal because that’s what research has shown. The same way some people have diabetes their whole lives despite having access to modern medicine and then all of a sudden don’t with proper care from a holistic healer. But these results or stories don’t serve the greater agenda of making money and therefore you won’t see them put forward unless you just happen to meet a passionate doctor who cares about what they do. I have a personal friend who had Leukemia and was given 6 months to live and that was that. She turned to holistic healing, cannabis oil, healing through food, etc. She lived another 8 years. While she ultimately passed – she went against every diagnostic and doctors were so quick to just put their truth on her and not even give her a chance. She proved them wrong.

It doesn’t just happen outside of western/modern medicine. these 2 cases below are in a modern hospital setting but nevertheless cases that went against what was advised/what was standardised.

http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-news/doctor-saves-man-from-amputation-with-modern-medical-technology – I guarantee you this man was told he needed to get his toe amputated no matter what based on what “research shows”. Someone else looked at it differently and healed it. It still required surgery and is documented now obviously but I’m just offering perspective.

This man had a hunting accident just recently and was about to get his leg amputated but met this forward-thinking doctor who managed to regrow 7 cm of bone and avoided him amputation. I guarantee you every doctor before was quick to just tell him “it is what it is and you have to get amputated”. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-surgeon-helps-regrow-man-s-leg-after-gun-injury-1.4447455?cache=yes%3FclipId%3D89531%3Fot%3DAjaxLayout%3Fot%3DAjaxLayout%3FclipId%3D104056

All that to say that the human body isn’t one straight-line, one truth. While there may be a “in most cases” consensus – we can’t just discredit and completely discard other accounts – as rare as they may be – of people for who their hernia experience went a different way and potentially healed. Medicine is constantly evolving and often times is late to catch on to what people have been doing to heal outside of research. How many people have healed a condition through dietary change – veganism – etc – and only now do you see hospitals starting to offer vegan options and research plant-based diets as a means of healing.

I know I touched a whole-bunch of subjects but it’s just some food for thought. 🙂

[PeterC]

Hey Nuts, Dr. Towfigh recently replied to another thread telling them ultrasound imaging cannot make any existing injury worse. From what I understand any significant pain during ultrasound is just another indicator that there is something going on there but it’s not actually making anything worse or even causing an injury. I’ve had my share of ultrasounds and its normal that they push/apply pressure.

[PeterC]

Hi everyone, thank you for taking the time to answer.

@goodintentions – I’ve had about 6-7 complete (i mean everything) blood and urine workups done over the span of a year and a half (prior and after the surgery) for the foam in the urine – nothing comes up. No stds, no protein in the urine, nothing. Same with stool tests. No kidney stones, had that ultrasounded as well. I’ve had them done both at hospitals & privately to cross-check. Same results everywhere. I don’t smoke, don’t drink, they checked my liver, kidneys, spleen via ultrasound as well. Nothing.

[USER=”935″]drtowfigh[/USER] – I am currently in LA and I’m considering coming to see you for a consultation if you think this is something you would want to have a look at. I called your office this morning – I was just weighing my options as I’m paying everything out of pocket and I’m not exactly swimming in money.(Being here on an O-1b visa I only have emergency insurance from back home).
I could potentially get an MRI this week as well to bring with me if I were to meet you since my scans are 2 years old and the situation has changed a lot overtime.

[USER=”2580″]DrBrown[/USER] I understand/agree. Ideally I would be followed by a team of specialists back home as healthcare is free – unfortunately even the people I was seeing – who work for the NHL – were very limited/clueless/didn’t seem as interested to help as they were to quickly get over with it. I would’ve equally loved to see you as you seem like a passionate MD and wish you were in LA.