[TJ]

Chronic pain that will not go away

Thank you for taking the time to respond to me. In the past the mesh usually rips off, I can tell because I can feel the patch come loose. This may sound crazy but I can literally count the stitches as they pop off. I have also had one of my patches tear in half. So when they repaired the one on my left side they went in and plugged the one on the right that tore. I forget the exact name of the patch that was used but I am aware of the ones that were recalled and the ones that are installed now are not the ones on recall. The majority of my operations have been open but my last one was laparoscopic. As far as the size of the patch goes, I currently have a smaller patch over the direct point of the repair and then have a larger patch over that one on both sides. I went to see a nerve specialist last week and he injected me with a temporary nerve blocker in a couple areas to diagnose where my pain is coming from and he is fairly confident a surgery to clean up the scar tissue and nerves will releave my pain. I am going back to see him in a couple weeks to discuss the surgery and recovery process to see if I want to proceed. Other than a numb leg after the injections, it was the best I have felt in years so hopefully there is a light at the end of a tunnel, but unfortunately I’ve thought that after my previous surgeries. I really just want to get on with living my life. If this doesn’t work I will travel where ever I need to go in order to be able to finally live again.