Description of Event or Problem · 1
ON (B)(6) 2003, I HAD A UMBILICAL HERNIA AND A INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIRED WITH BARD MESH MONOFILAMENT POLYPROPYLENE REF# (B)(4) LOT #43HMD027. SHORTLY AFTER SURGERY, I WENT TO SEE DR (B)(6) ABOUT A HARD LUMP, SWELLING AND CONSTANT PAIN. HE SAID THE LUMP WAS DUE TO THE MESH BECOMING "ROLLED UP" AND THAT HE COULD FIX IT. MEANWHILE, AS I WAS CONSIDERING THIS, I BECAME MORE SICK, STOMACH ISSUES, SWELLING, CONSTIPATION, DIARRHEA, NAUSEA AND A FEVER. I WENT TO MY PRIMARY CARE AND HE TRIED DIFFERENT THINGS, FOR ABOUT 8 WEEKS, I WAS SICK IN BED AND THEN IT LEVELED OFF. AS TIME WENT ON, I JUST DEALT WITH HOW MY LIFE WAS GOING TO BE. I COULD NOT SIT FOR LONG PERIODS, DRIVING WAS VERY PAINFUL, STABBING PAIN, EATING DINNER OR SITTING FOR MORE THAN 10 MINS IS NOT DOABLE. I HAD ALL SORTS OF MEDICAL TESTS DONE TO SEE WHAT IT COULD BE ... UPPER GI, COLONOSCOPY, MRI, CAT SCAN, DURING THIS PROCESS, WE FOUND RENAL CELL CARCINOMA, I HAD THIS REMOVED ON (B)(6) 2007. BUT MY PAIN, SWELLING WAS NOT HEALED. ON (B)(6) 2008, DR (B)(6) WENT IN TO FIX WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE A HERNIA BUT IT WAS A SUTURE GRANULOMA AROUND THE MESH AREA. I HAVE A NEW SPOT WHICH MAYBE THE SAME THING. I AM STILL IN SEVERE PAIN, SWELLING, EDEMA, ALL ABDONIMAL DISTRESSES. I CANNOT SIT, DRIVE, TRAVEL, STAND FOR ANY LENGTH. MY LIFE IS A CONSTANT STATE OF PAIN, I HAVE TRIED PT SEVERAL TIMES, I WEAR BINDERS TO HELP WITH ACTIVITY AND I HAVE TRIED PAIN MEDS BUT NONE WORKS. I HAVE READ MANY POSTS AS TO OTHERS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES AND OTHER RECALLED ITEMS WITH BARD, CAN MINE BE A PART OF THIS??