Chloe Chloe Thurston, from Corsham, was just 15-years-old when she underwent rectopexy surgery for a suspected internal bowel prolapse, which has left her in debilitating pain and eventually stopped her bowel functioning normally. Ever since, she has been unable to go to the toilet naturally and with lower back pain. She has to perform a painful two-hour procedure to irrigate her bowel every night. Now, aged 22, Ms Thurston is urging the government to provide a full update on how it is responding to the First Do No Harm report, which was published in July last year. Today (May 1) marks International Mesh Awareness Day.
Corsham woman supports International Mesh Awareness Day after years of unnecessary pain
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Corsham woman supports International Mesh Awareness Day after years of unnecessary pain
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In January, the Minister of State for Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and Patient Safety, Nadine Dorries, provided a response to each of the recommendations made in the report – but many areas were still under consideration leaving many unanswered questions. Mrs Griffiths is one of five women calling for the update. She joins Bonita Barrett, 46, in York; Chloe Thurston, 22, in Corsham, near Bath; Jacqui Shaw, 54, in Stoke-on-Trent, and Paula Goss, 51, in Bristol, whose lives have also been turned upside down by mesh. Mrs Griffiths said: “There is no doubt in my mind that there are thousands of people, if not more, having their lives ripped apart because of mesh and completely unaware that’s the cause.