-- Marla-----Original Message----- From: Natalie Shook <airportss@redshift.com> To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@forum.obgyn.net> Date: Monday, July 03, 2000 10:01 AM Subject: Re: Dateline - Feature on Chronic Pelvic Pain
>Anne, >I have to agree with you, I think adhesions are not mentioned due to the >surgery connection. There would certainly be a great number of questions >raised by other patients like you and I who suffer daily with increasing >pain. I am sure there would also be more time consuming ( therefore profit >reducing) procedures put in place used in surgery if enough of us raise some >awareness. I think it is time to get noisy ( dateline etc.) and possibly >save other poor souls from unnecessary pain. >I think you wrote me previously to this posting.......we live in the same >general area. >I am still waiting to have my CT scan in a few weeks before they decide what >their next plan is. >Take care, >Natalie
>>----- Original Message ----- >From: Anne Hayashi <mhaya0902@aol.com> >To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@forum.obgyn.net> >Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 9:34 PM >Subject: Dateline - Feature on Chronic Pelvic Pain > >> I have just finished watching DATELINE, and one of >> the featured segments concerned a woman who suffered >> chronic pelvic pain and the cause seemed to be related >> to a buried varicose vein in the pelvis. It seems an >> M.D. in Johns Hopkins is able to block some of the >> culprit veins, and has brought about pain relief for >> some women. >> I was disturbed by the fact that Dr. Arnat(sp?) >> listed other pelvic pain causative factors including >> endo., but as usual, no mention of adhesions as a possible >> problem. I would suggest that perhaps DATELINE needs >> to hear from some of us. Research is based on monetary >> return, and I am convinced the amount of money spent on barrier research >> will be dependent on the perception that there is a huge need. If >> varicose veins can get some >> recognition, why is there such hesitancy to feature the >> adhesion issue? Why is this issue always getting bypassed? >> Is it because of the link to surgery? I wonder.... >> Anne H. >> >