Re: Maria/surgery
From: Karen Steward (kann@charter.net)
Tue Jun 24 20:20:00 2003
Deborah,
That is one thing we did not try...........but guess we tried just about
everything else.
Did you mean your ob/gyn cautioned you NOT to expect miracles? ( I think you
meant
"not").............I am curious, is he the same one that performed your
surgeries?
I say why NOT expect a miracle, as we have nothing to lose! When you hit the
bottom
of the barrel, the only way out is UP..........I DID expect a miracle
everyday for Melissa!
In the midst of her pain and suffering, I prayed daily for a miracle. Don't
let a doctor
or anyone else dash your hopes of becoming whole.........believe there is a
way to come
up with the funds for your surgery also..........don't look at the
circumstances, but look at
the hope..............just because your doctor says he "knows two that aren
t doing so good",
let me tell you, I know two who are!!------my daughter and Carolyn Meadows..
..
...............................did we receive a miracle? I believe we did,
as my daughter is living
again. Does it work for everyone? I can't answer that.............but
Melissa is living again, not
merely existing..........
Here's hoping the same for YOU!
Karen
-------Original Message-------
From: adhesions@adhesions.org
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 01:35:31 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
Subject: Re: Maria/surgery
Has anyone tried bio-feedback to help manage their pain? I am 36 years old
and have had at least 10 surgeries over the past 10 years, including a total
abdominal hysterectomy in September of 2002. Since the hysterectomy (which
was suppose to cure all my pain) I have been in worse pain than ever before.
I know that the adhesions are now attached to my intestines, gall bladder,
and have formed where my ovaries were. I have now been sent to a pain
mangement clinic and they want me to give bio-feedback a try.
Since my last surgery has made things so much worse, I do not want to have
surgery again. I would love to go to Germany, however, my husband and I had
to file chapter 7 recently (cause I missed so much work and was unemployed
for a while due to pain) and will not be able to afford to go to Germany for
a few years. I did speak to my ob/gyn surgeon regarding spray-gel and he
cautioned me to expect miracles. He said he has two patients who have had
this done and they are not doing so well. Does anyone know of others who
did not have a good outcome? I read all the success stories and think it is
great, but does it really work for everyone?
--
Deborah
New Hampshire
>----- Original Message -----
From: Carolyn J Meadows
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 1:35 PM
Subject: Maria/surgery
Maria,
Karen spoke from the heart and experience, she does not want you or anyone
else to go through the heartache and disappointment she has been through
with Melissa.
Maria, myself and many others have been through similar disappointments.
We have had no luck with being adhesion free from U.S. surgeries. They just
do not have the tools to send you home pain and adhesion free. You may hear
of one now and then, but that is not the norm.
I know from my experience, each surgery caused more adhesions, until Dr. D.
Kruschinski did my surgery with spraygel and the abdolift. Now I am happy to
say I have my life back again. All Karen and I and others wish for you is to
be pain and adhesion free.
Love carolyn