Just an FYI on the actual sling materials. I would check with whoever is advising this surgery as to which brand of materials are to be used and it’s origin. Just a couple of years back the last American company making this material sold everything to a Chinese manufacturer as there were too many lawsuits due to material failures.
After many horrible infections & deaths it was found the biggest US supplier from China was using ground up plastics ie: soft drink bottles, water jugs, etc. sent to China to be recycled. Even armed with all of this information, many surgeons continued performing these sling procedures because to many surgeons this was their specialty and money maker…
Sorry to welcome you to the forum like this, you’ve found a great group of very supportive people here! I would really grill the surgeon as Snow has stated these procedures have a notoriously high failure rate which often require another surgery to remove this stuff to prevent further complications, while often causing more damage..
Just the fact you are here seeking “Real Life” information shows you don’t take these suggestions lightly as so many folks with “Our” issues do often out of desperation, myself included.
Best of luck going forward, this is a complicated COMPLICATION, as we are often reminded erroneously that “Incontinence is not a disease, just a symptom”! There are many ways to discreetly manage this and to each of us it is different, being a guy this is where I’ll defer to the ladies here!
