Medical Discounts for Flights Offered by Delta
A Mesh Sufferer needed to fly to have a removal surgery… this is what she was told by the friendly folks at Delta Airlines. It may apply to other airlines as well… ” I didn’t know about it either,...
View ArticleYour Turn: After the Ethicon decision
This woman who will go unnamed has written her thoughts about the Charleston decision regarding the TVT implant and the judge’s decision to cut short a jury decision and to make the decision on his...
View ArticleWhen Doctors Speak……Should We Always Listen?
A Mesh News Desk thoughtful reader has this to say about the Position Statement from the American Urogynecology Society (AUGS). See background story here. You may recall they feel the use of pelvic...
View ArticleUK Woman Notes Changes to J&J Website
Seems a bit strange if you visit these websites particularly Ethicon and you try to access SUI and POP products, you get an access denied message. Hernia lighter meshes are accessible. If they have...
View ArticleYour Turn: Take a Mesh Buddy with You to a Dr. Appt
This Mesh News Desk reader has an important point… do not go to a doctor’s appointment without a person who understands mesh complications and is on your side. Also check the doctor’s notes to make...
View Article#Not One More Campaign
The #NotOneMore campaign is a Public Service Announcement sponsored by the Mesh Warrior foundation for the Injured. Its mission is to raise awareness abuot the dangers of polypropylene mes used to...
View ArticleWomen’s Open Letter to Doctors – The Truth About Pelvic Mesh
Noni Wideman The letter below is from Noni Wideman, researcher extraordinaire! and long time contributor to Mesh News Desk and her own Links on Mesh, a Facebook page. Here. This is a letter you may...
View ArticleProteGen Mesh ~ The Grandmother of them All
Suzanne McClain Fantastic researcher and friend, Suzanne McClain has always been the most competent person in digging through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration records (FDA), tedious work which...
View ArticleDear Johnson & Johnson: Pay for Your Mistakes
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) grabbed headlines this week for withdrawing from the market power morcellators, manufactured by subsidiary Ethicon, citing “uncertainty” about the “risk-benefit assessment”...
View ArticleThis Has To Stop!
A mesh injured woman who does not want to be identified writes: “These products need to stop! Life as it once was before my mesh implant is gone. “It has been replaces with relentless...
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