This is nothing like yours Mama Crow, but in 1987 I had a screen put in after a blow out of a previous hernia repair. I have always hated that thing. It still itches, so deep that I can't relieve it in anyway. It still burns, This one was made out of Maylar. I can't imagine what it looks like after all these years. I bet it is gross.
It makes me nervous writing anything to you, now that I know that you are a P.H.D. in English. Your not going to grade this are you? LOL!!!!