I had a BioArc sling placed when I had my hysterectomy in December of 2006. Two years ago, I started having pain in my left lower abdomen, but no one could figure out what was causing it. Six weeks ago, we did. The left side of the mesh sling is now protruding into my vagina and I will have surgery this week to have it removed. NOT ONCE did the doctor who placed this (GYN) tell me that this was a possibility or even suggest that I should have this checked out. Now my family practitioner is convinced that the "phantom" pain was probably this! I had to go to a regional teaching hospital (OHSU) and consult with a urogynocologist who will do the surgery to remove this. The local urologist I consulted first said to put a little estogen cream on it and perhaps that would solve the problem! When I asked him how many of these he had seen and removed he became irritated with me and said "one or two." Then he told me to learn to live with a little pain! With a huge amount of these procedures resulting in injury (some cutting through to the baldder) from the slings coming out, this procedure should be approached with a great deal more caution than what I was led to believe would be the magic bullet for solving my UI issues.
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I had a BioArc sling placed when I had my hysterectomy in December of 2006. Two years ago, I started having pain in my left lower abdomen, but no one could figure out what was causing it. Six weeks ago, we did. The left side of the mesh sling is now protruding into my vagina and I will have surgery this week to have it removed. NOT ONCE did the doctor who placed this (GYN) tell me that this was a possibility or even suggest that I should have this checked out. Now my family practitioner is convinced that the "phantom" pain was probably this! I had to go to a regional teaching hospital (OHSU) and consult with a urogynocologist who will do the surgery to remove this. The local urologist I consulted first said to put a little estogen cream on it and perhaps that would solve the problem! When I asked him how many of these he had seen and removed he became irritated with me and said "one or two." Then he told me to learn to live with a little pain! With a huge amount of these procedures resulting in injury (some cutting through to the baldder) from the slings coming out, this procedure should be approached with a great deal more caution than what I was led to believe would be the magic bullet for solving my UI issues.
August 16, 2010 - 11:14amThis Comment
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