Re: ADHESIONS DON'T CAUSE PAIN !
From: Jaynie Jarvis (hipjaynie@webtv.net)
Tue May 23 21:35:31 2000
At Tue, 23 May 2000, chris smtih wrote:
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>At Fri, 19 May 2000, Jaynie Jarvis wrote:
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>>I KNEW THAT WOULD GET YOUR ATTENTION ! That is what my gyno. told me.
>>She says I have phantom pain just like the people that get there hands
>>cut off. My nerves keep firering and sending pain signals to my brain.
>>We need to retrain them. So I have changed tracks again. Taking
>>nortriptaline to stop pain signals and back to stup-id P.T. Bad
>>attitude !!! I was going to PA to get an operation with Redan and Riech.
>>I was so disapointed. I was looking for a quick fix. I have done some
>>reading about this "CHRONIC PAIN SYNDROME." SHE MAY BE WRONG BUT I HAVE
>>TO GIVE IT A TRY. ANOTHER WEIRD THING THAT HAPPENED IS REDAN LOOkED AT
>>MY VIDEO FROM MY LAST SURGERY AND SAID HE SAW NOTHING WRONG INSIDE OF
>>ME. SO THAT MEANS THAT DOCTOR TOOK OUT MY OVARIES AND APPENDIXS FOR
>>NOTHING. He came out and told my family that it was a good thing I came
>>because my appendixs was about to burst. The pathology report says my
>>appendixs was GLISTENING AND GROSSLY NORMAL. I feel so violated. Then
>>I here this guy is notorious for doing this to women. One of THOSE. My
>>doctor made sense when she said " You have let the boys try to make you
>>feel better, 3 times they cut on you, now let a girl try." And she said
>>the way my body is acting is like someone who has been sexually abused
>>as a kid. I don't know. So maybe I don't have adhesions ? I don't know
>>? I may even go to a live in pain clinic. Maybe that would get my life
>>back. Thanks for listening. I am going to find the chronic pain forum.
>>But I will check back always. I hope everyone finds there path to a
>>pain free life. Jaynie
>
>Hi!
>
>I felt I had to respond to this post. First, I would wonder about any
>doctor who made blanket statements like "adhesions do not cause pain" or
>"adhesions always cause pain". The fact is that the human body does not
>work this way, "always" or "never". Second, I have had positive results
>from nortryptilene and after 3 years of searching for an answer I have
>decided maybe its time to take a break. Third, I would not get too
>upset by the pathology report. Why do you trust the pathologist more
>than the surgeon? Or even another surgeon who wasn't there at the time
>of the surgery? I have heard from people who were told by the surgeon
>that their ovaries were 100% normal (yet he removed them anyway) and the
>pathologist said otherwise. I had a gland in my neck removed once, the
>surgeon told me what a mess it was (adhesions?) and how difficult it was
>to remove, how enlarged it was, the xray documented that there was
>something wrong as the ducts were compressed, yet the pathology report
>came back "normal." So who am I supposed to believe? I would also wonder
>about a doctor who referred to the "boys" and the "girls" Sounds like an
>inflammatory inference to me. After listening to opinions from all
>different specialties I realize they all have their own opinions and
>viewpoints. I hope the chronic pain management can give you a break for
>awhile. Then maybe something will happen that might give you some
>clues. Good Luck!
>
>CHris S.
Chris, what do you mean some clues ? Are you saying I don't have a CLUE
? Are you being sarcastic ? Or sincere ? The rest of your letter is full
of anger for the medical people and I agree, the fustration of it all.
Could someone make up there minds and point me in the right direction
please. I hear ya girlfriend, Jaynie