Praise from our Patients…
February 24, 2008… this is the day my life as a wife and mother was changed. It is the day I had a Prolift mesh kit and TVT-O sling placed. I had thought this was going to fix my prolapse and incontinence. Little did I know that it was the start of a long painful life-changing process. Almost immediately, I started having pain- sometimes when I was just sitting. Being intimate with my husband was completely out of the question. Partly from pain but also because of an embarrassing vaginal discharge. I went back to my doctor who placed it, but each time he said the mesh was okay. However, after two years of vaginal cultures and various creams, I went to see another doctor who was a “specialist.” She recommended I try physical therapy and injections of numbing medication, but I just did not feel that was going to work. During all this time, I felt I was missing out on being a wife and mom that I wanted to be. A couple years later, a friend told me about Dr. Veronikis, even though St. Louis was twelve hours away, I was ready to go the next day. The office staff was so helpful in coordinating my visit and surgery together. Three days after meeting with him, I was having surgery, and all of the Prolift and the bladder sling was removed. Literally the next morning my pain was gone. Dr. Vernikis had counseled me that I would likely need a second surgery to repair my prolapse (which had never been fixed with the mesh) once the exposed mesh was removed. Six months later, I had that surgery, and for the first time since 2008, I am the woman I always wanted to be. I still can’t believe I lost 4 years of my life to that mesh kit, and I’m angry about that. But most importantly, I feel such gratitude to Dr. Veronikis. In fact, my whole family agrees that he is an amazing kind physician and a true advocate for his patients. If anyone has had a complication with mesh, do whatever it takes to come see him. The travel costs are worth it. Because in the end, you get the gift of your life back.