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@HoleintheWall, isn’t that the truth. Thank you for the post.
@ajm222, I’m glad you’re feeling better and hopefully with some time will have put it all behind you. If I might say, it’s easy for people to feel despair and anger at themselves for choosing the “wrong path.” I can’t say about that but in case it relates, some HT members talked how…[Read more]

I second @mitchtom6‘s welcome back to @ajm222. I’ve appreciated your postings at HT. I hope you’ve been well.

@mitchtom6 and ajm222, thank you for your posts. It means a lot because you probably understand the loneliness that comes in the situation I presented. It’s accentuated when medical personnel don’t listen and you get tossed around. I have certainly experienced it to become a continual grind. Ironically, some people including a couple of employers…[Read more]

Ok, we have questionable validity rather than reliability by this statement:
>“Conclusions: Most radiologic reports issued for CT and >MRI studies were incorrect for evaluation of occult >inguinal hernia.
CTs are not all the same nor are MRIs. If the proper CT and MRI tests are not used for herniae, then the testing is likely invalid. That c…[Read more]

Good Intentions, I see how medical approach can become a “bent” leading to misdirection of practice. Bear with me though because you went a bit in a different direction. You spoke of the situation, I believe, of a mesh patient in post-op pain whose test result said there was no real issue. However the present case–@nickmaybehasahernia‘s–wonders…[Read more]

@Goodintentions, as always you present some interesting information. I must ask though why would the surgeon’s method (mesh, non-mesh, etc.) play a role in ultrasound testing? (It does in my case locally because of my prior contacts with them but that’s another story.) Probably the testing is done by a radiologist and so out of the hands of the…[Read more]

@drtowfigh, for clarification I should add that my issue arose way beyond 90da., one approaching a year and a half post. I don’t want any readers to think mine happened within 90da. because if it did, the mistreatment would be outrageous, outrageous. 😀 (I don’t think the time is so different though because surgery is surgery.)

@Goodintentions, must one go to such extremes to get tested? Now, I for one found out that testing can be hit or miss, especially if the ultrasound radiologist is unfamiliar with the Valsalva maneuver! Even getting the Valsalva test can be unreliable?

@drtowfigh, that’s awesome to hear. Because American society is an open society, its “dirty laundry” is easily criticized; yet it often leads toward advancement of civilization, a word I use sparingly. It’s great what you said. I never heard of such a formalized policy. I’m sure its helpful for both doctor and patient and overall advances medical…[Read more]

Physicians can wear different hats. Sometimes it is necessary to use Dr./MD. so as to indicate the person has the license, qualification as doctor for example in the case of a medical emergency. Contrast that with a doctor being a Little League baseball coach. It would be unlikely he/she would use or be addressed as “doctor.” Within a small…[Read more]

@mitchtom6, thank you. You make a good point about the tacit admission matter. In fact my first statement but later deleted (by me) was my applauding the apparent acknowledgment about polypropylene. Haven’t we seen caution/alarm written about this across the ‘net, but not by docs? That’s my impression but could be wrong. I wanted to ask if other…[Read more]

Ramshaw might actually still consider polypropylene as being inert. His words betray him by revealing a lack of responsibility. Essentially Shiela asks him, “What material do you use for implanting?” Rather than active case grammar by which the actor/agent is highlighted, his grammar switches to the passive: “the most common polymer used … was…[Read more]

@Antony, has this pain come only recently or has it been pretty much present the past six years? Free weights? Say, from a dead lift position or whatever? No bulge ever? Quite interesting though I’m sorry to hear you’re in this fix.

@Herniahelper,
>Sometimes if you have a weak spot it will scar down.<
You speak specifically in the case of mesh? Such a “weak spot” is a precursor to hernia or is already formed one?

Further @Antony, I just remembered that I came across the injunction against weight belts for people with hernia. I don’t think it was here HT but somewhere on the ‘net. Your weight belt could possibly be the root of the problem.

I’m sorry to hear about your setback. There’s a glimmer of hope though from this in Wikipedia concerning EU citizenship if accurate: “a provisional agreement [between the UK and EU] outlines the right of British citizens to remain in the EU (and vice versa) where they are resident in the Union on the day of the UK’s withdrawal.” You possibly might…[Read more]

Sounds like you’re well on your way. The Pinch. I’ve tried a variant: intake air counter to expelling it. Kinda like a jet landing. Either way we wont be joining the sneeze clubs I’ve come across.