Question: Hi this may be a bit lengthy, I had an AILF DONE ON L5/S1 last
Dec 2012 about amonth after I developed a
ventral hernia that took 7 Drs and 3 hospitals ans 3 Ct Scans and 7 MONTHS to diagnose what I already knew! Anyway, had the hernia surgery fixed or so it thought.. I actually had 2
hernias also a small
umbilical hernia. I had the hernia surgery July 23,2013 open surgery with fixing"mommy" pouch as well while in there. Well the week of Sept 20 I noticed yet Another bulge in the EXACT SAME PLACE hernia was "fixed" I called immediately and saw my surgeon who then blew me off and said everything was totally normal. Had CT scan that I NEVER AHEARD BACK EITHER WAY FROM HIM but his SECRETARY was kind enough to look it over and tell me there was nothing there!! I do NOT trust CT SCANS AT ALL considering it was missed 3 times By 3 Hospitals! I have copies of all ct scans and now have the operative reports because at my appt to tell him I think something is wrong I found out he used a TOTALKY DIFFERENT MESH!! He was supposed to use STRATTICE mesh and said he would undernno circumstances even do the surgery if he couldn't Use that STRATTICE!! I only just found that out at that appt to let him know I thought something was wrong after the surgery!!! ALLL OF MY SYMPTOMS ARE BACK from before the surgery... OAIN,
BLOATING,
CONSTIPATION,LOSS OF APPETITE,GAINED20lbs I 3 months AGAIN eating basically 1 meal a day, black tarry stools occasionally, bulge at same exact hernia sight!!! Looking for any insight what might be going on? I have a 100%track record with self diagnosing myself as I have had A lot of medical issues over the years, but my faith in Drs is completely gone now! I do have an spot with a dr friend of my mothers who is head of surgery where I live and I'm only seeing him because he is a close friend of my moms and took out my
appendix years ago cad a favor. Sorry so long. Thank you for your time. Any insight would be great! I just want to know this IS NOT IN MY HEAD.. I know it's not lol:)