Description of Event or Problem · 1
I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE HERNIA REPAIR MESH. I HAD MARLEX MESH PLACED ON MY ABDOMINAL WALL DUE TO MASSIVE HERNIA IN 2003. I HAD A TERRIBLE TIME HEALING HAD DEHISCED AND HAD TO BE DEBRIDED 3 TIMES DURING 2003. HAD A HOLE UNTIL 2003. AT THAT TIME, I WAS DEBRIDED AND FLAPPED CLOSED, HAD TO GO THROUGH A HYPERBARIC CHAMBER TO HELP HEAL. REMAINED CLOSED UNTIL 2005. I BEGAN HAVING A FEVER AND CHILLS IN THREE MONTHS EARLIER, HAD SEVERAL TESTS RUN, BLOOD WORK. IN 2005, I WENT TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM RUNNING 102.3 FEVER. MY BODY SMELLED WINEY, COULDN'T GO ANY FURTHER. I WAS ADMITTED. THEY RAN TESTS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, FOUND AN ABSCESS AGAINST MY ABDOMINAL WALL, INSTALLED A DRAIN AFTER TESTING THE FLUID. REFERRED ME BACK TO MY SURGEON. HE OPENED ME THREE MONTHS LATER, WAS PUT ON A SKY BLUE WOUND VAC UNTIL 2006. ANOTHER SURGEON HAD TO REMOVE MY MARLEX MESH AND SCAR TISSUE. I WENT HOME AND THE INCISION LINE, HALF, HAD TO BE OPENED AGAIN AND RECLOSED. DURING THESE SURGERIES, I HAD MRSA - STAPH - AND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS. I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL THE BACTERIA THAT GREW IN ME. SINCE ALL OF THIS, I CAN'T STAND FOR HARDLY ANY TIME, HAVE TROUBLE, MY LEGS ARE SWELLING. NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE. CAN'T GET DISABILITY BECAUSE I AM NOT OLD ENOUGH. CAN'T CONTINUE WITH THE TYPE OF WORK I WAS DOING SO I AM MAKING A LOT LESS MONEY. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THE RECALL INCLUDES THIS MESH.