Nearly four years since the last post in this thread, so maybe there's some updated information out there. My GP has diagnosed a bilateral inguinal hernia, but I have yet to work my way through the referral system to see a surgeon. While waiting, I've been looking at the www. It seems, that mesh repairs are now the accepted method, but there are also some horror stories of these occasionally causing unbearable and uncurable agony. Has anybody any experience of this op? Are the scare stories the usual internet 'shock horror', or are the medics pushing mesh because it's cheap, quick, and produces a nice little earner from the drug companies?