"Hank©" wrote in message
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On 10/6/2013 8:50 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 15:03:23 -0400, John H
wrote:

Got diagnosed with same last Friday. Operation scheduled for next
Monday. No golf. That sucks.

Always loosen large weeks before trying to pull.

John, I don't know what your attending physician has in store for
you,
but be VERY wary of those damn mesh fixes. I'm getting ready to lose
an employee for the second time for removal of mesh, which IMHO the
body never sees as anything other than a foreign body. This mess
includes a second major surgery and the complications of a huge
abscess.

I hope you fare better.

I had one repaired without mesh. That repair lasted about a year. The
second time around he used mesh and it's held up more than 30 years.
MMV

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I recall reading about the mesh repairs recently and I think it was
related to a specific type or manufacturer.
I also had a hernia repaired using a mesh over 20 years ago and have
never had a problem.