Patient Profiles
Suffering in Silence: Mary Blanks Not Silent Anymore About Transvaginal Mesh Sling
“I’m a pretty smart cookie. I’ve tested genius, but trust me I’m at half capacity.” So says 58-year-old Mary Blanks of Erie, Pennsylvania. The Methodist pastor was named Minority Business Woman of the Year for Northwestern Pennsylvania in 1990 as the entrepreneur behind her chain of beauty supply stores, Blanks Beauty & Barber Supplies and
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Patient Profiles
Beverly Martiniano: Suffering in Silence and Waiting Until October
October 1, 2012 is an important day for Beverly Martiniano. It’s her 65th birthday, yes. But it is also the day she qualifies for Medicare allowing her to take the first step to have several synthetic surgical meshes removed from her body that have plagued her life and health for several years. She tells MDND
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Suffering in Silence: Howard Sadwin’s Story of Metal-on-Metal Hip Failure
Howard Sadwin is 65 years old and lives in Sarasota, Florida. Life has not been the same since a metal-on-metal hip implant in 2007. In fact, during his 10-month hospital stay, Howard’s doctor leaned over and whispered to him that Howard was dying. But Sadwin survived and today is fighting mad about the artificial hip
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Sheri Ragan Still Suffering from Biologic Hernia Mesh
Sheri Ragan is playing the waiting game – waiting for a hospital in Ormond Beach, Florida to decide when and if it will take Medicaid so she can have an infected biologic mesh implant removed by the doctor of her choice. At 42, Ragan still doesn’t know how she ended up with six years of
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Suffering in Silence: Athlete Pat Buchanan Faces Her Biggest Competitor Yet
An Athlete’s Challenge with Surgical Mesh Patricia Buchanan, 61, a widow and triathlete from Whidbey Island outside of Seattle, was training for the USAT age group Nationals Olympic Distance Triathlon scheduled for Burlington, Vermont last August. Share this:
Christmas Eve Letter from Linda K. ~ No Holiday with Mesh
It’s two a.m. Christmas Eve morning and I can’t sleep. I can’t get comfortable for pain in my leg. For most people, Christmas Eve is full of last minute shopping. I haven’t done any this year. Share this:
Welcome- Why We're Here
Mesh / Medical Device News Desk Thanks for stopping by. Many years from now the public will probably look back and say “They put permanently implanted medical devices in people without any scientific review for safety? ” By then it may seem a perfectly normal question, but for now, Mesh/Medical Device News Desk (MDND) is devoted to telling the stories of
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Feature
ProPublia: Four Medical Devices that Bypassed FDA Scrutiny May 10, 2012 ~ ProPublica, an independent journalism organization, reports on four medical devices that are among the thousands pushed into the marketplace every year that do not undergo Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scrutiny. The bottom line – medical devices are big business bringing over $100 billion-a-year to the industry, giving industry the muscle
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FDA
FDA Closer to Funding Goals – Where is Patient Safety? On May Tuesday, May 8, a House subcommittee unanimously voted to approve its version of the Medical Device User Fee Act (MDUFA) which funds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of medical devices for the next five years. However, the House voted 46-0 without approving legislation that would protect Americans from defective medical devices
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Legal News
Let the Trials Begin – C.R. Bard May 7, 2012 ~ The date has been set – February 5, 2013 will be the first of what promises to be a series of federal court trials over vaginal mesh injuries in women implanted with synthetic mesh made by C.R. Bard Inc. Multidistrict litigation (MDL) No. 2187 is consolidated before U.S. District Judge Joseph
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Medical News
Dr. Goldman Talks Mesh Removals A woman who I am planning to do a Patient Profile on called me the other day. She had surgical mesh partially removed at the Cleveland Clinic with urologist, Dr. Howard Goldman, two weeks ago. She was on her way back to the Cleveland Clinic in extreme pain. She had been on the same antibiotic
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Op-Ed
History in the Making Petition by Meshies United UK Group Petition Delivered to 10 Downing Street I would like to introduce myself. My name is Teresa Hughes The Owner and Founder of The Meshies United Group in the United Kingdom. I originate from Liverpool, Merseyside, England the home of The Beatles and Liverpool Football Club. I had an operation for stress incontinence and the mesh
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Media Reports
America Now: Routine Surgery Dangerous for Women May 14, 2012 ~ The syndicated show, America Now, ran a story last week on Teresa Sawyer of TVTNo.org and also the subject of a Patient Profile in MDND. Here is our story that ran last August. In the video story, Routine Surgery Dangerous for Women, Sawyer told reporter Craig Thomas (from WTOL) they they
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Your Turn
Kathleen: Questions to Ask Before Mesh Removal ‘Kathleen‘ (not her real name which she doesn’t want to use because of litigation) is a regular reader of MDND and has some suggestions on the questions to ask of doctors before a mesh removal. She has had her mesh removed and met with many doctors. Since there are so few removal doctors around the
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Mesh Reading Room Resource
Important Links, Resources, Support THE READING ROOM This is a great place to get started if you are new to the issues and experiencing complications which you can’t explain following mesh implantation surgery. Share this:
