May 15, 2013 ~ Bloomberg (here) reports surgery to treat pelvic organ prolapse failed about 25 percent of the time within seven years. Reported in the May 15th Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) this is the longest look ever to determine how those who undergo pelvic organ prolapse (POP) repair fared in
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May 14, 2013~ Linda K. is still recovering from surgery to reconstruct her urethra using her own fascia. This followed her mesh removal surgery last year. See her October 2011 MDND profile here. As has been the case for three years, infection continues to be a problem. While she is not a medical professional, Linda K
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May 11, 2013 ~ A group gathered outside a Saskatoon City Hospital Saturday to bring awareness to the dangers of polypropylene surgical mesh. Synthetic mesh is often used as a first-line treatment for incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse (POP) however the women who have had the treatment want to warn others away from that option.
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May 8, 2013 ~ The trial of Marion Carpenter v. American Medical Systems which was scheduled to begin in San Bernardino California, May 13th, has been delayed until January or February of 2014. Attorney Stewart Albertson tells MDND that decision was made by both sides appearing before Judge Bryan F. Foster, in the San Bernardino
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May 8, 2013 ~ by MARION SCOTT~As Scotland’s mesh victims go to parliament to meet with Health Secretary Alex Neil, one mum reveals how she planned to take her own life after doctors told her the pain was all in her head. Karen Neil’s courageous account of how mesh implants drove her to suicide
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May 7, 2013 ~ The Marion Carpenter v American Medical Systems product liability trial is set to begin in San Bernardino County California on May 13. Carpenter has filed a medical malpractice action against her doctors and a products liability action against American Medical System. She is represented by Stewart Albertson of Albertson & Davidson
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Greetings from Nonie Wideman, a survivor of medical complications from Foreign Body Response (FBR) to synthetic medical mesh. I have spent over 15 years advocating for children and families, over twelve of them as a specialized care provider teaching coping and life skills. I had to put into practice myself what I taught after a
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May 3, 2013~ “My name is Cherie Storozinski. I am 50 years old and live in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada. I am a victim of transvagnial mesh.” That’s how Cherie started her email to MDND. Cherie, 50, had a wonderful life in rural Manitoba, Canada. She and her husband, Curt, live on 20 acres and run
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April 30, 2013~ Marion Scott of the Sunday Mail reports for MDND on the news published this past Sunday in the Scottish tabloid newspaper. The article features a full page shot of attorney Adam Slater who was interviewed by Scott. Slater is the attorney who recently won an award on behalf of mesh victim Linda
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April 30, 2013 ~ Linda K. 0f Teapapers talks about life after mesh removal surgery and the importance of potassium and magnesium level monitoring. She is two weeks past a fascial reconstruction at UCLA’s urology department where they used native tissue (her own) to hold up the urethra in place of a synthetic mesh sling
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