OMG!! I have had the Monarc TOT since March of 2009. I have had leg pain and numbness in my right leg, suffered vaginal mesh erosion, a few to many repairs, TPIs and STILL in constant pain. Please contact me if you have the Monarc TOT!!

I had been thinking about getting something like this done and now anm scared to death- thanks for all the good info. I have a kind of Q thou- I know many women with hysterecomies that never had any kind of suggestion of a sling or got one and never had bladder troubles.? So it seems odd that some dr’s say you need it- they didn’t used to do it. As a multiple back surg. patient I have had a million caths and they caused the leakage. Patricia- get an atty and stick with em- it took me 18 yrs but i finally got a full benefit this yr.

Connie, I had the Monarc in place almost 3 years ago. I feel your pain..I have not been able to work,go to my grandson’s wedding or do anything around the house. you hit the nail right on the head when you say this is a nightmare. I’ve to every Dr. you could think of and as of yet nothing has helped. I even went to Vanderbilt, and here I am,still in sever pain. And the really sicking part is the Goverment will not let me get disabilty. I can not sit in a reg chair,I have to be in a recliner and even that is painful, walking,lifting,doing yard work or even my laundry are things I USE to do,not anymore and to tell you the truth what it has caused in mental anguish can I can not begin to tell you. I have NO life, it is totaly over. God bless you ..I also wish I had NEVER done this surgery..

I had a Monarc mesh sling placement about 4 years ago and I have NEVER regretted anything more…it has ruined my life. I knew at my first followup appointment things didn’t feel right, I could feel something protruding through my vaginal wall. For 3 months post-op, my Dr. kept telling me what I was feeling was “residual stitches”. He made me feel terrible, like I was crazy. Now it has eroded through the vagina completely. Sex is totally out for me, I have cut my husband. If it weren’t for his love and support I believe I would go mad. I have all kinds of strange pains in my back, legs, groin, etc. I am dreading what lies ahead after reading all the responses. I was told the Monarc sling was the safest product out there. It wasn’t for me. I would love to hear from anyone who has had problems with the Monarc sling. My heart goes out to all the women who have gone through this nightmare.I wish I had never done it.

I had a urinary sling procedure 12/07, it was a Perigee System with synthetic material (Intexen?). I have had (R) buttock pain in the area of the piriformis muscle. I can not seem to get releif. Most of m pain occurs when I walk or do weight nearing with my (R) leg. I have lost a lot of muscle mass. Has ANYONE ELSE had this problem? I am going to LA in Nov for a neurography MRI. Could I have a suture in a nerve area? I am getting close to my limit with constant sciatic type pain.

I had a sling put in when I had a hyster.an then I had surgery of my vulva,Cancer. At the same time I had a sling.[first one]didn’t hold.Now I go back for my 6mo check up an I know its let loose again,because I feel like I’m setting on a tennis ball.I will have it removed if I can an that is it I’ll just get use to peeing my self.Wear a pad girls.Your DR.don’t have to go through this.

I had the surgery done to correct a leakage in my bladder. I had so much pain in my leg and hip. I noticed it only after I had the surgery. having sex was painful and after reading these messages, I need someone to know I am apart of this crazy thing going on. I had the mess sling put in and I am using the bathroom more often and if I don’t get to the bathroom on time I will use it on myself. I have to wear a pad constantly. Help help help! I had the surgery done in April 2010 and it is now Oct 2010. I made an appointment to go back to my doctor this month.

I had a partial hysterectomy in October 07 with placement of the AMS Monarc TOT sling. About three weeks after surgery I started experiencing severe back and hip pain, my doctor told me that it was just nerve endings that needed to heal. I have been living with disabling back and hip pain for almost three years now, I have not been able to take care of my children, I spend so much time in bed, sex is VERY painful, I can’t sit in a chair for any amount of time, I can’t work. My pain is at about an 8 constantly. I searched and searched for a diagnosis always being told there was nothing wrong and that I had fibromyalgia. I always came away feeling that people thought I was NUTS. In April of this year I went to a urogyn who diagnosed my problem in 10 min. and scheduled surgery. She said “He put the wrong kind of bladder sling in” The mesh had eroded into my bladder and other areas, I had many ovarian cysts tangled in the mesh and on my bladder. I had a cystocele, rectocele and enterocele, peritoneal adhesions as well as bladder lesions. I came out of there with chronic interstitial cystitis. On top of all of this the first surgeon threaded the mesh through the obturator nerve space and it had wrapped and eroded into many nerves which was causing my horrific and chronic back and hip pain. This surgeon did an amazing job and now I am waiting to see what residual nerve pain I am going to be left with. My original Gyn NEVER explained that erosion was a risk!!!! I am so sorry that there are so many women going through this horrible experience.

Does anyone know of any similar suits against AMS re MonarcH TOT sling. Have had similar issues to these here had the surgery in hospital in Canada in 2005. It has been hell since have had 2 further surgeries to remove sling meshing and have permanent nerve damage and nerve pain in the groin and pelvic area constantly. Just hoping to connect with anyone else who has experienced similar.

I have much the same. I had a sling procedure in 2008, the bleeding actually never stopped, but my dr was not interested in seeing me once I lost insurance. When I regained insurance, I went to see him, but he put off examining me until I finally found another dr. Who told me the mesh sling has punctured my vagina. I still bleed and link. I still have some incontinence.

Let me start by saying I’m 51 years old now, I had a partial hysterectomy when I was 38 years old.. in my early 40’s I started experiencing bladder leakage..mostly when I sneezzed, laughed hard etc…by the time I was 45 the leakage was getting out of control. I felt confined from doing any sort of activities. Anyway, I went to supposly the one of the best Urologist in the world at Cedars Sinia here in LA. After lots of test and $$, I was told I needed the sling mess to hold my bladder up that had slipped down. Long story short…I had the surgery and all was OK for almost a year..then the leakage started again. I went back to the doc, he said “the sling is perfect” but due to the continued leakage lets do a procedure called a *durasphere*. So I went back into the hospital had that procudure done but low and behold about 6 months later it all started again and it seems to get worse each time. Another year later, I decided to try a different Doc..so I go to a guy here closer to my home…I’m in the examining room and he says’ to me…*you need a specialist*, I”m sending you to one of the best in the world. Dr *** (won’t mention his name here*. I blew a gasget…walked out and decided to try to live with the problem…that was about a year ago. I as in so mauch discomfort I went back to the orginial Doc..I had no choice in my eyes.. I am so sick of dealing with the blader infections, being uncomfortable and just plain not being able to go on an hour long road trip without having to stop and pee every 20 minutes….After the charged me another 3000.00… and wanted to do surgery again…I’ve lived with it for another year. Anyway, I saw gyno today only to learn that the sling seems to be shifting (he felt stitches/staples) causing major discomfort plus I have another bladder infection..I can’t begin to tell you how much $$$$ I’ve given this *world Renoun Doctor* over the years…My advise is get at least two or even three opinions from Doc’s in different areas.

I had a mesh sling (not sure which one) inserted in March ’06. The mesh had already protruded through my vagina by my 6 weeks check-up. The doc blamed it on me “not healing properly due to smoking”. He did a follow-up “repair” a few weeks later, and that worked well until several months ago. I now have the mesh protruding through my vaginal wall again in 2 places, making sex extremely uncomfortable for both my husband and me. I am also experiencing chronic pain in my lower back and left butt-cheek when I sit for extended periods of time. I found a new urologist who HATES this mesh. I will be having the mesh removed in the near future and am considering having another sling inserted made of pig tissue. My other alternative is to just have the sling removed and hope that physical therapy will keep the incontinence problem under control. Has anybody out there had the pig sling procedure done or have any recommendations?

Had mesh sling surgery Jan 11 2010 Had second surgery March 8, due to constant pain. He removed scare tissue and cut sling to loosen the tension on the sling. One month later still in constant pain. Doctor has no idea why. He says he does this surgery 100 times a year and never has any complaints.I feel my life as I knew it is over. Don’t get this surgery!

I JUST HAD THE PARTIAL HYSTERECTOMY, BLADDER, UTERUS, AND RECTUM ALL PROLASPED. I HAD THE MESH PUT IN THE PROLASPE REPAIRED AND THE BLADDER PUT IN A SLING. THIS WAS ALMOST 2 YEARS AGO AND HAVE HAD A BLADDER INFECTION THAT DOESNT SEEM TO GO AWAY. AND HAVE BEEN ON ANTIBIOTICS ALMOST ALL THE TIME SINCE THEN. AM ON SELF CATH FOR URINE RETENTION. I’TS A VERY POOR QUALITY OF LIFE. MY BACK HURTS VERY BAD AS WELL AS MY STOMACH. LOT’S OF BOWELL PROBLEMS ALSO.

To peskywabbit, DON”T have the procedure even mine from 2008 has gone wrong with the monarc which is suppose to be a less invasive approach but it still has give me hell . try the WAVE BRILLIANCE machine it’s non invasive and it’s works trust me. It’s probably all you need. Look it up on the net…Take care Lin from OZ trust all these women regardless of the time frame…..xxxx

I say NO to sling procedures. I’m struggling to get mine removed after two years, i have brown discharge, bleeding, period pain and leak all the time even with slight movements. HELL is the word. I’m not trying to frighten you, but someone has to speak LOUD and STOP these procedures. I have had the sparc 2006 and the monarc 2008 with prolap mess put in. An awful lot of mesh and neither has helped. I use to leak a little when i coughed or sneezed but now i’m worse. Constant infections. soreness from the sling rubbing inside. i’m meeting with another gyno female thank god who is talking to another expert to see if i can get this sling removed. I just want it out and i would strongly recommend no one goes down this path of surgery until they have seen a physio to do pelvic floor exercise or even attempted the WAVE BRILLIANC machine. Check out this machine as it’s a none invasive approach to your problem, But don’t do your pelvic floor exercises whilst having the treatment. Just type wave brlliance into google you’ll find it. Take care Love to you all and keep our chins up. SPREAD THE WORD…..NO SLINGS xxxxx LIN would love to hear more on sling removal and how you have gone….

Alot of you sound like you had your surgery a few years ago. I’m thinking of having the TOT sling procedure in a week, along with a cystocele repair. Does anyone think that the more recent TOT and cystocele procedures are safe and effective? Or are they still pretty dangerous? I eagerly await your comments.

I cant believe that all of these cases are just like mine. I had a partial hysterectomy, a repair done to my rectum (I call it the “pocket”) and the mesh sling put in sept 2004. At my 6 week checkup, I too had a piece of mesh hanging out of my vagina and a hole that never would heal up. I continued to have problems with alot of vaginal infections and my sex life went downhill to nothing now because of the pain and always told not to have sex because it would make the mesh start to come out…. In 2008 I had the rest of the hysterectomy done and repair with the mesh. The mesh started to come out again and cause infections where I had another surgery Sept 2009. Here it is 4 months later and I am having problems with leaking urine and I am stuck wearing pads. My NEW gyn is having to send me away to another city that is 300 miles away just to have the fistula repaired, in April or May. I have gained 80 pounds since then and have been put on 2 antidepressants, calcium w/ vit d, acid reflux med and estrogen (Cinestin). The original doctor that put this in me, has closed shop and moved to Hawaii. I am so tired of all the back pain, leg pain and body aches. I am 38 years old and I feel that my life has been taken from me. Alot of ibeprophen which only helps a little. I cant sleep well at night.

Hi I had surgery on 01/21/10 I had a cystocele,rectocele,and a bladder sling for stress incontinence,i am very,very disappointed because the incontinence is worse! I am post-op 5 weeks and I have not been “dry” since before the surgery,it seems that i “leak” at all times it almost feels like I am on my period and am having a flow. I have seen my gyn (he performed the surgery) has done many… I tell him whats going on and he tells me to do kegal excercises,(what was the point of the surgery???) I saw my Dr. again 1 week ago and he gave me medication to stop the “urge” I am so upset, he suggested dilating my cervix to loosen or tighten the sling.I am terrified because I have very low pain tolerance and this would be done in his office…has anyone ever had this done?

Has anyone had the Monarc TOT sling and had problems. I had this done in 2005 and have had constant pain in the groin ever since. The pain is so intense, have had to live on pain medications to this day and still doesn’t completely control the pain. If I would have known the risk I would never have had this surgery and would have lived with stress incontence quite well. This has completely destroyed my quality of life. I was only 47 when I had the surgery, before I was very active, now I can’t hardly move without pain nearing a level 10.

I had a bladder sling put in Dec 9, 2009. The first 2 weeks I was even suggesting to my mother she should have it done. Much to my horror within the next 24 hrs my nightmare would begin. I woke up in pain, bleeding (which I had very little when the sling was put in) and what appeared to be twine hanging from my vagina. Dr visit, blah, blah. only to continue to get worse daily. I would call and beg to be seen only to have them call in a prescription for Motrin everytime. Pain meds was no what I wanted. What I wanted was to see the dr and tell him something was horribly wrong. At my 8 wk check up (suffering all the way to that date) I was told my vaginal incision was rigid (DUH) did they not think I could feel that? That the mesh had eroided thru my vag. wall and it had to come out. Bad thing, 8 weeks to get on the schedule because so many ahead of me waiting on the same procedure. As each day passes the pelvic pain (feels like constant horrible cramps, although I have no uterus) and almost unbearable vaginal pain. EACH DAY WHO KNOWS HOW MANY WOMEN ARE HAVING THIS DONE TO THEM. How do we as women stick together and stop this procedure. I dont care what kind of sling is used. 50% of women are having problems according to what I can find on the net. WHO IS TO STOP THIS? THE FDA HAD A WARNING. One I read too late. HOW DO WE GET THE FDA TO STOP THIS AND STOP IT NOW before more women go through this same thing and no hope in site.

Sorry…typo in my previous post. My doctor did a CYSTOSCOPY not colposcopy

I had my first bladder sling done in 2006, that failed after 4 weeks. I underwent cystocele/ rectocele/ vaginal vault suspension and TOT bladder sling surgery in June 2008. I, like most others, have had constant urinary tract/bladder infections. I have been on antibiotics for six months now. On 12510 I had surgery to remove the grafting material at the top of the vagina due to extreme and constant pain. My doctor did a colposcopy (looked in the bladder) at the time and found that the tape has eroded into the bladder. I face another surgery on 22310. My urologist says he has to make an abdominal incision and slice open the bladder to get to the TOT and remove it. Sounds like the removal is going to worse than the insertion.

Please check out medicalmesh@yahoogroups.com Also truthinmedicine.us.com There are hundreds, probably thousands of women just like you. Amazing that our “trusted” FDA allows this c..p on the market and our “trusted” doctors put it in and then haven’t a clue what to do for the severe complications that ruin our lives.

I would like to get in contact with Peggy from southern az that left coment on 4-2-09. I also live in a southern az town and have the same problems as you. I would love to talk I thought I was the only one. hope to hear from you.

I am planning on have the MiniArc sling procedure next week. Any comments would be greatly appreciated!

3 years ago, I had a Mentor AVIS Bladder work done…It has been a nightmare….I have had infection after infection, parts of the tape coming through my vaginal wall, vaginal erosion, bleeding, foul discharge, lower back pain that virtually shuts my life down at times, and my sex life is gone. I bleed very bad, and sex is painful, and I hurt very bad afterwards. 1 year ago, I had surgery to remove it, but unfortunatly the Doctors was not able to get all of it out. Now, I have more of the mesh protruding through, and another infection, back pain, and all of the above things I mentioned before. I cannot find any suits dealing with this type of Vaginal Tape, and I know that I’m not the only Woman dealing with this problem with the AVIS tape.

May 2008 my GYN did a total hysterectomy and a sling for the urethra support, i had a lot of vaginal paid even 8 weeks after! It slowly went away but I felt like something was not right with the sling. By accident I found out that sling has eroded and is in my vagina. I have not had sex in two years but I am sure if I did it would of been painful for the other person. I went to the Urologist for kidney stones but none where found, although it felt like it! After reading all these post I am having an aha moment. I have been to PT for leg pain and we could not figure out from what? OMG! my back hurts and my hips. I toss and turn all night long. I wish I would of done research on this procedure prior to surgery. I am to have it removed completely next week. and I pray the problem will not be worse than before. I did not have the tape sling, my urologist stated, but I am going to find out what kind and do some research. I will kept everyone informed.

I had the OBtape procedure in 2005. Starting in 2007, I starting having horrible vaginal pain, pressure, infections, drainage, UTI’s and this has been non stop for 2 years. I just stumbled on the FDA’s health notice last night. My OB and my Urologist just keeping passing me back and forth like its something the other needs to fix. I no longer live in the state were I had the procedure done. I can’t live like this! Does anyone know any doctors in VA that are not scared to remove the mesh. For two years I have been wearing a pad due to vaginal or uretha discharge. The have put me on antibiotics and antifungal meds for 2 years. I am in excruciating pain upon exam and even when washing myself.

anybody having trouble with Mentor Corp Aris Tape? I have same bad results with this,and need people with this also for a lawsuit.

I had a partial hysterectomy in/around 2003 and had my bladder sling placed then. Did wonderful for about a year then I had to start to cath myself and was told by a urologist after many painful test that it was from nerve damage from a previous back injury and to live with it. After about a year of cathing myself I found another wonderful urologist that discovered it was my bladder sling and replaced it. Again I did great for alittle while and I experienced urinary retention again and had to go back to cathing. So this time I went back to the OB/Gyn that did the orginal surgery. He placed a new sling in and I have done wonderful for several years as far as urinating. My husband is not so happy as far as the sex life is concerned because ” it is not the same”, but now I am experiencing severe hip and inner thigh pain all the time and during all this time I did have another back surgery and the leg pain is on the opposite side. I am not sure where the pain is coming from because I have not gotten insurance yet through my new employer to go to the doctor. I do not know which sling was used on me any of the times. All of this has been a big problem in my life and I guess you could say my husbands. I am a nurse and I would have never thought a simple procedure could have turned out with such bad results………..

I had to have a full hysterectomy when I had the “TOT” sling surgery performed on me for incontinence in Jan. 2005. I immediately got pneumonia and “influenza” as they called the ‘rare’ infection I contracted just out of the hospital 4 days. I was in the ICU w/heart failure due to the ‘infection’ and almost died. The first time my gynecologist saw me after the surgery and post op illness, he said he saw “tape” protruding and showing inside the vagina. The urologist then performed two more ‘surgeries’ in his office to “adjust” the tape. Then in Oct. 2006 I felt like my thigh had pulled a ham string, deep pain inside and I was diagnosed with “celluitis” since you couldn’t “see” anything but reddening of the skin. THen on June 22, 2007 I went to the ER w/a huge boil on the inside of my groin/upper inside thigh and had it drained. It drained for 12 WEEKS while I worked as a Realtor wearing a bandage in my groin, no underpants under my clothes and ‘oozing’ all the time. I was on major antibiatics including two courses of an I.V. drug. I wore the ‘portable’ needle in my arm for two weeks, and gave myself the I.V. meds each night. I continued to work and see numberous doctors at the ‘wound care’ center of our hospital. Since it wouldn’t heal, they thought I had diabetes. Then finally a plastic surgeon was called in to go in surgically and see where the canal led. It led 3-4″ deep into my thigh and he pulled out “foreign material”. Now we assume that was the first piece of ‘the tape”, from the bladder sling. Following a second surgery after it began to heal to repair the area, It healed and seem to be gone. THEN ON JUNE 22, 2008; ONE YEAR TO THE DAY AGAIN……..I felt that deep pain in my RIGHT thigh and w/in 48 hours the inside of my thigh began to turn black. By Monday, I went into ER and was rushed into surgery. The infection had eaten the tissue of my thigh from the inside out! The surgeons did three surgeries in three days trying to get all the dead, infected flesh out of the wound, and save my leg, my ham string and my life. They all said I was very lucky! I spent the next 11 days in the hospital w/a vacuum type machine w/a huge patch over the opening to help it heal and keep clean to regrow new tissue. Finally when I was sent home w/a 13cm” long and very deep open wound, I had to leave the machine at the hospital, because I had become “low income” over not being able to work as a Realtor and had to go on public assistance for the medical relief. Thank GOD I qualified! I know the bill was at least $100,000 for this second bout. Now I have a horrible scar, 6″ long on the back of my leg, but I just call it my ‘shark bite’. I’m just happy I lived through it, and have been wanting to warn other women about these complications. The second bout ended in late August 2008 when the original surgeon went in to follow the canal again to find the source of the infection, and he pulled out a piece of ‘blue fabric’ both doctor’s described as possibly part of the blue ‘draping’ material they lay over the patient during surgery. Plus more’ foreign material’. The gynocologist assisting the plastic surgeon, looked in vagina and bladder and said there was no sign on any bladder sling left in or around my bladder. Hmmmm, Heck no, it came out in pieces and ruined two years of my life. Luckily I had two great doctors who would swear the sling caused all the problems, and the MRI that was last performed in 12/08 showed no pockets of infection left in my lower body! Hallelujah!

I am sorry I forgot to mention that I had all that done February 28,2008. Both of the surgeries were done then. Just 2 weeks ago was the sling removed by a different surgeon.

I am posting this in hopes that I will find someone out there with the same situatioin I am in right now. I am 42 years old. I had a total hysterectomy performed by my GYN and my urologist put the mesh bladder sling. I have been so sick since then. So many antibiotics (literally 30-40 bottles) for UTIs and constant yeast infections. In the last 3 months I have had 3 CATSCANS and MRIs and Urodynamics etc. They put a catheter when I could no longer pass any urine. I wore that for 7 weeks. The surgeon determined that there was a blockage of some sort. I had surgery almost 2 weeks ago and the doctor removed the mesh sling because”it was twisted on the end” and not allowing me to pee. I need to know if anyone else went thru this? My timeframe isnt very long for them to remove that sling. After reading things on the internet I question if I should want to have my bladder stable (and not falling out) or is it just too dangerous? I had cancer 2 years ago so my health has been poor for awhile. I sure would appreciate some input. Thanks

I posted here recently about the tot sling mesh erosion. I had the second surgery to repair the damage from the vaginal erosion from the mesh about 4 weeks ago. Well once again the mesh has eroded through my vaginal wall and is again visible. The pain is almost unbearable at times. Not sure what the doctor is going to do this time. My advice….DO NOT GET THE TOT SLING!!!!

I had a partial hysterectomy and bladder sling surgery in December 0f 2006. I don’t know the manufacturer but it was a TOT. He put it in wrong in the first place, but I have all of the symptoms that I am reading here. My life was ruined by the surgery. Everything I used to do easily or enjoyed doing is gone now. I lost most of my sexual function, even if I could bear to have sex. I can’t sit, stand, lay down without severe pain. I have a neurostimulator but it only takes about half of it away. The pain pills get me by now. I have had four surgeries that had their own drama. I had a pretty good month, but it ended a couple weeks ago. That was the longest I have had when I felt close to normal. I pray for all of us.

I had the TOT sling procedure done Mar. 27, 2009, when I had my hysterctomy. Its only been 9 weeks and the mesh from the sling has already eroded its way through my vaginal wall and is visible. I’ve been having vaginal pain for a few weeks, severe at times. My doctor will be scheduling surgery in a couple of weeks to put the mesh back in and repair the damage. Bad thing is, I don’t have insurance to cover the surgery!

in Nov 2008 I was diagnoised with stress incontenance. In feb 09 had the vaginal taping procedure . since the surgery my life has been hell. i have a very stream when I urine. The only way I can urine is that I drink coffee, soda or tea alone with water. I f I drink plain water it feels as if I have a UTI and the pain is unbearable. its as though my bladder cant pass plain waterI have had a severe yeast infection that I have been on oral mediction twice and it helps a little then flares back up it has never gone away completely. I have only had sex once because the first time the pain was so unbearable felt like i was being cut with a knife, i have never been in this much pain before. my life isnt normal anymore i have to constantly drink water to pass urine, the i have to drink some type of stimulant to make me pass urinre it has affected me so badly on my job becase i have to stay by a bathroom, I have to constantly drink water and soda, and prior to this surgery i didnt drink soda. I have a doctors appointment this wk with the gynecologist that performed my surgery, and i am going to demand that this mesh be removed I cant live like this anylonger.

THE MENTOR BLADDER SLING HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE FOR ME MY WAS DONE IN SEPT 2005. THE PROBLEMS DID NOT REALLY COME TO A HEAD UNTIL SEPT 2008 I HAD AN ABCESS THAT RUPTURED IN MY VAGINAL WALL, FROM THEN ON PROBLEMS JUST GOT WORST THE BACK ,LEG AND HIP PAIN MULTIPLIED X10 THE BLEEDING AND DISCHARGE WAS UNBEARABLE. I WENT TO THE ER 2X AND WAS TLD I HAD YEAST INFECTIONS AND VAGINOSIS ONLY AFTER DOING ALOT OF RESEARCH DID I COME ACROSS THAT I NEEDED A CONSULT WITH A UROGYNECOLOGIST I NOW KNOW I HAVE MESH EROSION IN MY VAGINAL WALL I HAVE BLOCKAGE IN MY BLADDER I HAVE INFECTED OBTURATOR MUSCLES WITH ABCESSES. I WILL BE HAVING THE FIRST SURGERY IN 2 WEEKS TO TRY TO REMOVE THE MESH AND FIX THE EROSION THEN I WILL BE ON ANTIBIOTICS FOR 6 WEEKS TO CLEAR UP THE CHRONIC INFECTION I HAVE THEN ON TO THE NEXT SURGERY PELVIC RECONTRUCTION. STILL THERE COULD BE MORE DAMAGE ON THE INSIDE THAT IS NOT VISABLE. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO WORK AS TO THE CHRONIC PAIN SEX IS NOT EVEN CONSIDERED. I FEEL FOR MY SPOUSE! CHRONIC DEPRESSION HAS TAKEN OVER MY LIFE.

I cannot remember exactly when I had the TOT done, but it was within 2003 and 2006. I do not know what brand it was, and my gynecologist has yet to respond to my request for that information–and I am an RN that has worked in surgery! My friend scrubbed the case, and she will let me know as soon as things calm down–there has been a death in her family. I am going to go to Medical Records and get a copy of my Operative Report and find out what was said in that. I am not sexually active. I am a widow and don’t believe in sex outside of marriage, so I cannot say anything about pain in that regard. My legs and hips hurt a lot as well as my back. I attributed my back pain to my line of work. I am just getting over a VERY severe bladder infection. It began with the feeling that a noose was tightening on my urethra. Cipro is helping with the infection. I had a severe infection after the procedure that required two rounds of antibiotics. I hand picked the staff that took care of me, so I know that asceptic technique was not broken. If I don’t get any answers soon, I will go see a Urologist.

I had the bladdar sling put in in September 2007. My doctor said my bladdar and rectum had fallen and I needed this sling to correct the problem. My second surgery to remove “erosion” of the sling was just preformed and my doctor told my husband if this does not work that I would need to see a specialist. I live in a township in Southern Arizona and I am the second person in our area to have the erosion after this surgery. I have complained of intercourse pain, leg pain, back pain, lack of urination and I too have a very discusted husband over this situation.

had the tot surgery 3 weeks after having vaginal hyster. did well for 3 weeks upon resuming intercouse I’ve had chronic bladder infections, bladder pain, frequentcy and urge to go, with very little voiding. my doctor has basically abandon me. I live in a small town. looks like I’m going to have to travel out of town to fix this problem?

I had a miniarc sling put in August 2007.I am so afraid of what could be going on with this sling inside me.The doctor told me it was very SAFE.He stated no problems had happened with the sling so of course I trusted it was safe. If anyone has any advice for me please respond.

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[…] least 32 lawsuits have been filed against Mentor Corp. involving problems with their ObTape vaginal mesh used during bladder suspension surgery, and additional cases are expected to be filed in the coming months now that a federal MDL has been […]

I too had a bladder sling put in around 2005. I have had nothing but pain during sex and my husband has scars from it poking him. I have continued to dribble, incontinence and have pain in my legs constantly. My sex life is null and void since the surgery due to pain during and afterwards. I had a second opinion and it had to be replaced since it was protruding through the vaginal wall. This has been hell for the last 3 years. Hopefully my new surgeon got it right. He subscribed a cream to use daily to help with healing wihich my first dr never did. Not sure if this was the Mentor OB tape or the Protegen sling that was recalled but no one ever recalled the ones who already had it inside of us. This is a disgrace!

[…] Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has ordered that all federal lawsuits involving the Mentor ObTape Transobturator Sling be consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia for pretrial […]

I had the mesh sling surgery for bladder suspension. The surgery was done in 2003. I have had constant pain with sex ever since. I have no medical insurance and am not quite sure how to proceed. If anyone has any ideas forward them to my email. My husband has a poking sensation when we have sex this is an ongoing pricking sensation that hurts him.

This was the worst torture device ever made. My life is forever damaged by this. 3 surgeries later to try to repair the damage from the 1St surgery where the TOT sling and I still suffer bladder leakage, pain, nerve damage, pelvic and vaginal pain, terrible Pain During Sex, leg pain and numerous other problems. There should be some kind of help for all of us who have had this procedure. It has changed the quality of my life for the worse not the better.

[…] has scheduled oral arguments on Mentor Corporation’s motion to consolidate and centralize all ObTape bladder sling lawsuits for November 20, 2008 at the Hollings Judicial Center II in Charleston, South […]