December 15, 2012~ It’s unfortunate…. women and men injured by mesh and medical devices receive will sorts of solicitations online.  Some claim to be the Watchdog of America, on your side, and  fighting for justice… Beware, many are legal referral services.   Basically they take your email after you pour your heart out to them and
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by Deb Contestabile, October 2012 I was reading the FDA alert from July 2011, (yeah, I have strange hobbies lately) and this part gets me.  It says: “from Jan. 01, 2008 through Dec. 31, 2010, the FDA received 2,874 additional reports of complications associated with surgical mesh devices used to repair POP(Pelvic Organ Prolapse) and
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March 21 ~ Bloomberg is reporting (here) that major medical device maker Johnson & Johnson (J&J) sold the Gynecare Prolift surgical mesh for three years before it was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The mesh is now the subject of more than 550 lawsuits, reports Bloomberg. Prolift is a pre-cut mesh
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The Wall Street Journal’s Laura Landro writes about hernia repair and the secret patients should understand before undergoing the operation. The secret appears to be that hernia repair, one of the most common surgeries, carries a high risk of chronic pain after surgery – 30% of patients have restricted movement and chronic pain that can
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Why I do this One thing that is hurting women is the letter they get from Lawyers telling them to not speak.  It is written in a way that the whole world is out to get you and take away your chance of receiving compensation if you say one word.  Share this:

Dallas photographer and artist, Hal Samples’ name is synonymous with the trendy, downtown Dallas art district. His gallery was named Best Art Gallery in Dallas in 2009 and his photographs, film work, and documentaries have taken him around the world and provided an income most artists hope to achieve. Share this:

Editors Note* – I first interviewed Suzanne McClain, 45,  in March 2009 and she became part of the series of reports for Injuryboard.com . She is not just a mesh-injured woman but  has spent hours digging into the FDA’s files to research the predicates for the devices currently on the market. Share this:

NOVEMBER 4, 2011 – Last July 13 when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the most strongly warning notice yet about complications associated with surgical mesh – women listened. (see back story here). So did men with the same sort of polypropylene mesh for hernia repair as did women with mesh for stress incontinence.
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Liz Reece is a 48-year-old woman from Oxfordshire, United Kingdom who had a mild case of incontinence. “I went into an Oxford hospital’s pelvic clinic for incontinence and had the urodynamics test which showed mild stress incontinence,” she told MDND. Share this:

Amy Gezon is a 43-year-old mother of 3 from Salt Lake City, Utah and the wife of an emergency room doctor at the VA medical center. She studied nursing in college, graduated with  a degree in exercise sports science and is currently pursuing a masters degree in mental health counseling. Professionally she coordinated research studies
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