just had some nerves cut in my groin for pain,,, working so far my life was saved

Does anyone know how long this case is going to take? I can’t get straight answers from anyone and the Rhode Island court website offers no help. No one even bothered to explain the whole process to me. I just had another surgery in June, this had ruined our financial status, we have lost almost everything. Does anyone think it will be anytime soon for settlement? I hope it happens in my lifetime, after all I am the one going through hell.

i filed suit also and havent heard any thing from the attorneys. would like to hear if they settled or not?

I spoke to my lawyer today and they stated that no cases have been settled as of today, and that the first case is to be heard next week, I think they are just stringing me along, its been over five years since this mesh problem and over four since i filed suit, I wish we would just be told the truth

First I had colon resection surgery in Feb. 2001. Then emergency surgery for incisional hernia in Oct. 2001 in which they used Compasix Kugal type mesh. Another trip to the ER & emergency surgery for blockage due to adhesions April 2002. Two months later, had what they were calling an abdominal fistula and had surgery to remove the infection and infected mesh. Unbeknownst to me, they left that wound open to heal from inside out. It took over 4 months for it to close completely. I now have an additional hernia which has become quite large. I have lots of pain at various times. My bowels are messed up and I suffer from daily gas. Very embarassing for a woman! I am at risk for any further abdominal surgery as my abdominal wall is extremely weak due to the surgeries. I also am at risk for a colonoscopy because if that instrument gets stuck in the hernia, then it means emergency surgery and possibility that I would not survive. I know there are lawsuits pending for the Kugal type mesh. Oh yeah. I was also forced to take an early retirement from my job because the doctors would not allow me to return to work. I’m a senior citizen on a fixed income. I’m on disability, but it doesn’t pay for everything. I struggle every day with bills, not enough money for food every day, and constant pain. I’m hoping there is a lawyer out there that can help me and advise me in the right direction. I sure hope the Compasix mesh that was used to repair my hernai and then removed has the right product number for a laysuit.

i had the kugel infection trap placed in me almost 5 years ago. Up until then i suffered with multiple hernias, no insurance, and no money extended my pain for several years. But all that was to end, when i couldn’t bare the pain. BY the way I am a Cowboy, its my life, i went into surgery and came out in worse shape than when i went in. the sharpe stabbing pain is more than one who sits in the saddle can bare. Before the window screen with an o-ring sewn in the middle was placed in me, I was healthy and in good (great) shape for a man my age. Now I experience periods of 104+ fevers., sinus infections, strange bowel movements and boils, and you all know about the boils. A simple chigger bite turns into a majjor sterilization project. Sometimes bigger than silver dollars and as many as 20 at a time. i have run through and become immune to almost every cillon on the market. i am just tired of being sick and tired, i hope each and every one of us live too see the next sunrise and that barddoval sees the next sunset on their backsides with empty wallets.. well thanks for listening…..george-OKLHOMA

Has anyone had any experience with a kugel mesh lawsuit advance loan? I know they are avaliable but just wondered if they are legitimate or not?

i had a large kugel mesh patch put in my stomach about six years ago for a hernia repair, not long after that i had pain and could not have bowel movements so i started deficating through my mouth, yes i know this sounds terrible and it was!!! i vomited for days and was rushed to the doctor and they said i had a severe bowel blockage they put me in the hospital and di two emergency surgeries in one week i almost died!!i was dehydrated and the surgeon had to remove the mesh and resection my bowel i still have problems with my bowels.when i heard about the recall i contacted an attorney they said i had a good case but i have been waiting five long years for any type of settlement, i know there are a lot of cases but this is ridiculous to make all of us wait like this!!!! finally the other day my attourney told me they are taking a lot of bad cases and giving them to the defense council for settlements i hope it comes soon they said they are trying to get some of the bad cases out of the way. i wish all of you the best of luck i wish we could all push this faster thanks sue

my first surgery was in oct.2007 because various visits to the dr. claiming things just werent right, could hardly walk, couldnt use restroom without assistance, couldnt bend at the waist, severe pain constatly, missed 4 months of work, dr. wasnt concerned at all! A nurse friend of mine stated this is not normal, traveled out of town to another dr. CAT scan showed mesh had come dissconnected and was wrapped around intestons. That kugel mesh was replaced with another brand, doing better now, but still have stomach issues to live with for rest of my life. My lawyer keeps giving me the run around, come on folks, its been three years. I think there is alot of information we are not getting.

I had my surgery in 05 at a veterans hospital in texas they put two of the recalled patches in me so i have two seperate pains on each side of my groin each patch causes different pains in my body i have indured a lot of day to day pains since about 5 months after the surgery and i did go to doctors and they just told me that it is the way it is and nothing i can do about it i am not one for compalining it took me 12 years to get the surgery for the hernias that i had in the first place but you know when something is not right inside your own body im not looking for alot of money i need these taken out i hope they settle soon so i can move on and get rid of the pain sure i can live with the pain but it seems like a time bomb inside of me it hurts and when is it going to hurt me worse if it hasnt allready!

I had the patch puty in an had pain every single day for the duration. every time i went to the Dr. they said in was all in my head. one Dr. told me i was to fat.i had multiple infection and throwing rotted my teeth. i finally had it taken out because the pain was just to bad. it was waded up in a ball floating around in my ado man.the surgeon who did the operation told me the the previous surgeon did not even sew the mussels back what rotton work but paid a fortune for crappy job and years of pain.

Has anyone heard any news on recent case settlements for the kugel mesh?

after 3 years of torture and multiple doctors sayin that an operation to remove the 9.7×7.7 mesh would definitely kill me ,a surgeon got me an appointment with a surgeon in halifax ;N S;canada.he took all out clips etc and replaced it with a mesh made of colligen (layers of labratory grown tissue)of which my flesh is suppose to reject and replace.i.m in lots of pain but still alive so far!

well michael theyer still a mo. behined on the updates.at this rate if we all go to trial i will be long ghon.my grand kids can go to court for me.

if we dont have enouph to deal with,now they say thers counterfit mesh patches out ther.do you think they could posably be as rotten as what we have in us now.as far as this law suit goes somthing smells when it gets this quiet!!!!

Ok, here is another post critizing the Rhode Island Federal District coourt, if any body things that the RID is negligible on thier updating posting of Kugel, whuch by the way Judge Lisi says her court could handle this, and disregarding her orders for keeping people updated, maybe she should look at the way the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania is handling the Avandia cases which started one year after the Kugel Mesh case. They, the Eastern Penn District court has a much better handle on thier websites then does the RID, maybe she can take a lesson from that court, hmm LIBS in RID maybe or maybe plain just dont care. I thinkk everyone involved with Kugel, patient wise should petition our lawyers and the court to do better on updating the RID, let them know that we are tired of the slowness of the court, I know I AM.

Does anyone want to discuss the kugel mesh lawsuit. Is it some lawyer to lawyer secret shhhhhhhhhh

Would any and I mean any lawyer be willing to put there money where there mouth is and be truthful about the court litigation on Kugel Mesh mine certainly doesnt. GThey are all BS artists. Im disgusted with the treatment. Yep Id say lawyers are all sharks.

my husband had 10 hernia surgeries. the last one was done at UC Davis in Sacramento in 07. When this was done they had to remove everything from the previous surgeries and use something called Aladerm (spelling??). It was a very difficult surgery. He had to have a wound vac and heal from the inside out. There was a large hole in his stomach for several weeks. This last one started from a small stitch coming through his scar from the previous surgery and it was draining some blood. Everything has been good since then with no reoccurance. How would you know if they put one of the faulty mesh in there. I remember one of the surgeries they had to section part of his bowel because the mesh adhered to it!

I had a hernia repair surgery done in 2001. In Dec 2006 I had to have emergency surgery for a bowel obstruction (caused from the hernia repair). In May 2009 from a small bump stuff started oozing from my belly. Went to the drs, he said he has seen this several times. Waited for 3 months for it to stop oozing, but surgeon decided to operate to take out the infected mesh. Sept 2009 had part of the mesh removed leaving me with a open wound to heal from the inside out (what a mess!). In Nov 2009 after that open wound healed my belly button started oozing. Went back to surgeon. In Dec 2009 I had yet another surgery to removed the remaining mesh. Now all of the mesh is out and I am healing. Surgeon said another surgery will be needed to repair the hernia when it pops again (just dont know how long this will be). I am unsure if I should contact a lawyer about this or not. Any advice?

I am writing the FDA for a FOI request of any settlement or hearing of any kind concerning my case. I am also contacting the DHHS as well as DAB for any record and dates of these hearings. I am concerned that this case is appearing by your verbal response of my Attorney to be one sided and not in the favor of me or any other of us affected by the mal-manufactured product of this Kugel hernia mesh patch. I am aware of the legislature and standards of accreditation of the performance of these products that undergo serious inspection before reaching the patient. If this case were reviewed we could prove the harmful wrongdoing of allowing this product to reach inside a patient and take their life such as it has mine. Fortunately, I have survived and can physically reveal this to the courts and am eager to show the type of butchering I received as a result of this. I am also eager to show how this has diminished my health and caused to further diminish my appearance, affecting me and my family physically, mentally, with a full impact to the future of my life. I am wandering if approaching the Courts to change the legislation of the statutes and laws of manufactured medical devices would be the best approach to attach to this settlement. If it were added into the legislature that consumers sign a waiver it would protect the future events of lawsuits of this nature and raise the standards to better manufacture products of an unsafe or harmful nature. Please consider the facts that I have shared as far as records to indicate annual reports of money set aside by our government during the year of 2007 for injury and others of this nature due to the mal-manufactured medical device: the Bard-Kugel Hernia Mesh Patch as well. The Courts have expanded the cases and if there is a court hearing where a settlement is discussed I should be made aware of that, I have the right to know and to be present. Freedom of Information Act. I will file an appeal and I will file this on the Federal level and get the ball rolling with enough heads stirred. If this needs to go public I will contact media and get the ball headed in the right direction the favor of those of us harmed by this awful product.

Where did you get your patch removed? I have been to several doctors. Noone is willing to take it out. Says it would be to dangerous. I fear everyday of the result in leaving it in. I had the defected one put in. Alot of problems with that one and a different hospital put another one in over it.

My body rejected the mesh that the doctor repaired my hernia with the first time. I would keep a bacteria infection and the doctors would keep giving me antibodics and would never find the problems. I found me a good doctor and I thank God for him. He repaired it again and now i feel better. This went on for a few years so i thank God that i didnt die and I will tell whoever i can that he had his hand on my life.

i had my first sergerie with mesh in 2000, i have had four more abdominol hernia sergeries sins then.one sergerie was an emergence and i was very close to deth.after another sergerie i had an open wound in my side that draind for 18 months.the worst of it is i have herniated again and dont want to go throu sergery again.i have pains all over my bowels dont work right,this mesh has made my life a knightmare.

my heart goes ouy to every one.my mom went through this with me by her side.they oww us money cant replace our losses and fear .

I emailed some one might have been you my mom had a colaapysurgury that caused a hernia it would not heal they said her body was rejecting it.she had numarus surgurys every time they cut more an more dead skin an tissue when she died she didnt even have a belly button. was it you I emailed or could you help mr.I was an adopted at at birth.Iwas an only child.my dad was already dead.so it left me with single mom with 2 small children she had morgaged our 2 homes and the insurance had lapsed.it made us homelless .