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Help to Raise Awareness

Author: Linda May 20, 2016 0 Comments

This month is a month to help raise awareness of all that can happen to men and women because of pelvic mesh and/or hernia mesh. It has been hard for Kim to do much lately for Mesh Angels due…
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After Surgery Care

Author: Linda August 30, 2015 1 Comment

So many women are waiting to go to UCLA for mesh removal and as the date for surgery approaches, we are overwhelmed by things we have to do at home. Before we leave and because most of us are Moms,…
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Surgical Procedures, UCLA Hospital, Vitamins & Supplements, Wellness Education

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What are YOUR Mesh Complications

Author: Linda May 8, 2013 4 Comments

I do receive many emails and comments from other women that I personally do not have the answers. They want to know if other women have experienced some of the symptoms that they have since the mesh implant. It is…
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Infections & Complications, Mesh Stories, Mesh Surgery

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My Fascia Sling Surgery Part 1

Author: Linda April 20, 2013 24 Comments

I dragged my feet to pack…………… I didn’t want to go out to L.A. for yet another surgery. I didn’t want to put together a mound of supplies that would hopefully keep me from having an incontinence accident. I just…
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Mesh Surgery, My Mesh Story, UCLA Hospital

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Mesh Doctors Without Ethics

Author: Linda November 26, 2012 18 Comments

Gosh I am so angry! How could so many doctors lie and verbally and mentally ill treat their patients when confronted with mesh complications. This may seem so unbelievable to you but to me it is more of the same…
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Doctors, Surgical Procedures

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My Thanksgiving Prayer

Author: Linda November 22, 2012 7 Comments

I am SO angry. This morning I heard from a woman I can describe as a lovely friend. She has been told she will undergo her ninth surgery and she is both angry and upset. Nine times in ten years. …
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Mesh Stories

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Mesh & my Six Weeks Post Op

Author: Linda November 20, 2012 7 Comments

It is strange to think that my six weeks post op from full mesh removal falls on Thanksgiving Day but it is truly a time for me to feel thankful that all the mesh is gone from my body. However,…
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Mesh Stories, My Mesh Story

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Mesh Neuromas & Nerve Complications

Author: Linda November 16, 2012 2 Comments

In my world listening to other women over the phone or reading what they tell me has happened to them is key to helping other women first understand a diagnosis they have been given and then what they can do…
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Infections & Complications, Mesh Stories, Vitamins & Supplements, Wellness Education

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Mesh Damage to the Urethra

Author: Linda November 7, 2012 5 Comments

My four week post op report. Life after mesh removal surgery is a ‘one day at a time’ fight. Not the kind of fight you think about when you read that word. It is a fight to accept that your…
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Infections & Complications, My Mesh Story, Surgical Procedures

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Mesh and Pudendal Nerve Damage

Author: Linda October 27, 2012 5 Comments

I am only sixteen days since my full mesh removal surgery by Dr. Raz at UCLA and yet I am happy and hopeful. I am dealing with two things now. Incontinence and right leg muscle pain, but I am hopeful…
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Mesh Stories, Pain Management

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