Mum left with ‘deadly vagina’ that ‘BIT’ her partner during sex after surgery for stress incontinence went wrong
Theresa Bartram, 50, had an operation to lift her bladder using a plastic mesh, but it was fitted too low and eroded through her vaginal wall
A MUM-OF-ONE who had surgery to improve her sex life has told how the operation left her vagina with “teeth” that “bit” her partner’s penis.
Theresa Bartram, from Brighton, suffered from stress incontinence after giving birth and struggled with confidence in the bedroom.
The 50-year-old had gone without sex for seven years until she was referred for an operation to lift her prolapsed bladder using a plastic mesh sling called a transvaginal tape (TVT) to stop her leaking.
It worked and sex was better than ever - until two years later in 2009 when she almost sliced off the end of her partner’s manhood.
“It was like it had grown teeth,” she recalled.
“His willy was bright red and spouting blood. There was a big red stain spreading between us on the sheets.
“After that he was scared of my lady garden and approached it as if it was a Venus flytrap and he was a bluebottle.”
Theresa was sure her fella’s gory injury had been caused by the mesh she could feel inside her.
But every time she saw her doctor she was assured it was working just fine.
It's the brainchild of Kath Sansom who wants use of the mesh stopped too.
The controversial procedure has been suspended in Scotland and is under scrutiny across the world after thousands of women and men reported complications following surgery.
In January we told how a dad-of-five was left unable to have sex for four years and faced having both of his testicles removed after a botched vasectomy.
We also reported on a woman left blind in one eye after dermal filler injections caused her face to swell.