Surgical Mesh !

[Mozart12]

I have been diagnosed with triple hernias in my groin area and one is femoral.

I have received mixed and various answers to the situation from surgeons.

However would anyone know if surgical mesh is not a good option for folk with autoimmune ?

I seem to tick all 3 box's not to have it ....female, thin and autoimmune !

I found the BBC reports about it which horrified me ......even though I dont trust them.

Any experience with this out there ?

[Hidden]

Hello. Is that the same as a prolapse? I've got bladder, bowel and uterus prolapse. Waiting for appointment to see if a pessary would help. I thought the NHS had stopped using the mesh doing any surgery 🤔

[Mozart12 in reply to Hidden]

Apparently only stopped using mesh on womb prolapse.

I wouldn't know if your condition is the same as mine, I wouldn't think so ?

[Hidden in reply to Mozart12]

Ah right. I'm sorry I'm not able to help you. I hope you can get some answers 🙂

[Mozart12 in reply to Hidden]

Hey I'm still on here and found some info on surgical mesh !

If the Doctors suggest it to you I would strongly suggest you search surgical mesh on this site first !!!

The BBC did some programs on it too you can find them on YouTube

Good luck !

[Hidden in reply to Mozart12]

Oh thank you, I'll check it out. 😊

[gobink]

Hello Mozart12, I live in the states. I had surgical mesh used for pelvic floor repair... aka hernia, in 2001. The surgeon used hernia mesh to do the repair and because of autoimmune issues I immediately had problems. The first sign was fibromyalgia. 3 years later it developed into SLE Lupus. The hernia mesh is a petroleum based product and my body immediately reacted to it. I had pain from that surgery that never resolved and to this day my pelvic floor is still inflamed. Once they put the mesh in you it is pretty near impossible to remove. At the time I had a choice between the mesh and using cadaver tissue, which sort of grossed me out. But now I wish I had gone with that. There are other ways to fix hernias now. Please check out alternatives. I don't wish anyone to suffer like I have. I hope the best outcome for you. ❤️

[Mozart12 in reply to gobink]

Oh my lord thank you so much for getting in touch !!!

I have had so many different perspectives from 3 different surgeons and have checked stuff out myself. Then I realised if I already have autoimmune I should check out other people the same and see what they say........Im sooooo glad I did !

There's a Doctor Towfiye in Beverly Hills in the States who sounds very switched on. She's on Youtube so check her out as she deals with complications of Hernias and Mesh !

All the best to finding a resolve hun X

[Lucylou72]

Hi, I had groin hernia operation and the mesh about 15 years ago. I have lupus and sjogrens but didn't know any of this information back then or what alternatives there are now.

[Mozart12]

OK so you had autoimmune before you had the procedure ?

Has your mesh given you major problems then ?

[Christineosh]

I was lucky and had the repair without mesh, it should be banned. The problem can be that it in beds in the flesh and if there is a problem it’s a painful nightmare to get rid of

[daniel55]

Hi Mozart sorry to hear you have this problem Ihave mesh over my appendix site afer it's removal I had an abscess which required further surgery a few years later I developed a hernia and was treated using mesh and I have never had any trouble I have lupus sjogrens and fibromyalgia also suffer from pancreatitis and arthritis.

But I have read some of the comments where people have not been so lucky but I hope you get sorted soon xxx

[Mozart12]

Ok thank you for that....I guess it just depends if I want to risk it 🤔Best