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Vaginal Sling (TVT) Complications
Women's Health | Last Active: Mar 20 4:37pm | Replies (28)Comment receiving replies
We are sisters in pain.
Has anyone had all the mesh removed.
I found a doctor in Surrey, Canada that is specially trained to do it.
Before my Rheumatologist put me on a low dose of methotrexate ( a cancer drug) I could barely walk to the kitchen or the bathroom after I went back to work. The mesh in the TVT was sold as being hypoallergenic but when the glycol melts and the sharp edges of the mesh start perpetrating surrounding organs. There are 3 components that they use to make TVT, I got tested by my allergist and Im allergic to 2 of them. I also had pain in my coycx. It's gone since I had the mesh removed. I used to get pain blocks from our pain clinic . They used radio waves and continuous exrays to kill the nerves. The nerves grow back in aprox 1 year. I used st sit on ice packs.
Hun keep fighting and considering other option than what you doctors suggest.
They don't live in your body, you do!
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Maggie
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@mackaymouse I had the mesh removed last January and my doctor replaced that with my own tissue. I'm still leaking, but not the total incontinence I was experiencing.
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@mackaymouse - Never did I even think it could have been an allergy nor has this ever surfaced in any conversations I have had with any of the specialists. When I questioned removal of the sling, I was told that because the pain is only one sided on the left and not the right there was no reason to remove it especially since the incontinence issues resolved. In fact, the one urologist I saw after the left arm was removed suggested it shouldn’t have been completed after two others said that it had to be. He suggested that the issue stemmed from the psoas muscle issue yet since that consultation in July 2024, the psoas muscle has never been mentioned as a problem. I have been told that the issues with the hip bursa, coccyx, and SI joint disfunction is all secondary based on the primary source which to date no one can tell me what that is. The coccyx provides me with a lot of pain on a daily basis, especially during pelvic floor treatments where I experience extreme spasms down the leg. Funny enough, today, I was at the chiropractor, and she pushed down on one section between the groin and inner thigh, and I jumped and screamed. I went into my car after the appointment and literally cried out of frustration because I can’t understand how none of the imaging or scans show anything wrong when I know my body and I know there’s a problem. I don’t even feel anger or stress about it if that makes any sense, I just feel pure frustration. Thank you for the suggestion regarding the radio waves as TAPMI suggested that this was not a route we could go because since the blocks performed have not lasted more than three months, completing the radio waves would not help. My chiropractor has suggested recently that laser might be an option and is consulting with her colleague on this, based on my situation to see if this is something we can try. Do you mind sharing the name of the doctor in Surrey? Really appreciate you reaching out.