Opinion ID: 4151593
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Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Betty Lou Shaffer

Text: 12 Case: 16-10119 Date Filed: 03/09/2017 Page: 13 of 28 Plaintiff Betty Lou Shaffer received her ObTape implant in November 2003. Shortly thereafter, she began experiencing vaginal pain, which she described as a “sandpaper-like sensation.” Shaffer’s doctor explained that Shaffer’s ObTape had eroded through the incision, and the doctor performed surgery to remove part of the ObTape in February 2004. Shaffer continues to experience vaginal pain and has had to forgo intercourse as a result of her ObTape injuries. After viewing a lawyer advertisement regarding transvaginal mesh complications, Shaffer filed her claim in January 2013. Until the advertisement, Shaffer claims that she was under the impression that her injuries were a product of her body rejecting a foreign body. However, the district court found that, because Shaffer underwent the removal surgery in January 2004 she “knew of a connection between ObTape and some of her injuries” in 2004. Id. at . The district court also noted that after the removal surgery, Shaffer’s “sandpaper pain feeling went away.” Id. But Shaffer has asserted that she continues to experience vaginal pain and has had to forgo intercourse.