Hi Larry
I am very sorry to hear you are one of many,many people suffering hernia repair surgery. The meshes being used are no good for our bodies.
If you do a search on this site or on the internet you will find out how many people are in pain just like you.
The meshes are hardening inside and are damaging the body.
You say when you lay down you feel best, I feel the same way. Any exercise, movements beyond what the body will allow is very painful.
A while back there was a massive recall on the meshes.
You should file an adverse event report with FDA, check out there site.
The report will help them in identifying how many people are suffering.
Most doctors will not tell you the mesh can cause this type of pain BUT trust me it does.
I've spoken to some people who have mesh implants and a few doctors who truly believe they are bad.
pm me if you'd like or ask away I'll answer if I can.
I'm going on over a year in pain, if you search the FDA site the problems range from neuropathy, muscle weakness, atrophy, open wounds, even death from the meshes because infections set in and doctors are not finding the infections, the meshes are folding up also.
I don't know a whole lot but there is a person who posted on here a while back in the hernia forum his name is Jim, he has a lot of information about the infections.
You will need to find out what type of mesh was used and the lot number to file an adverse event report with the FDA.
Best of Luck..