At Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Richard Hagen wrote:
>
>Zoe,
>My wife was told also that she could only have full abdominal surgery too.
>We went to a doctor that was familiar with her and he did it laprascopically
>and she is better now than the last 8 years. She will probably have to go
>again in the future but the skill of the doctor and his experience makes the
>real difference. Korell(Germany) and Reich(USA) are two recommended. My wife
>saw Dr. Semertzides(adhesion specialist) in Ohio USA. He did the last
>surgery. It was successful in relieving 80% of her discomfort. Trust us, we
>have been through it and many doctors(healthy untouched men) have not.
>Furthermore their experience and knowledge comes from the peer group they
>practice with. If their group is not up on new skills and techniques, you
>will not get the attention and help you need. It is tough because you want
>desperately to trust the doctors you go to, but the hard lessons we have
>learned is few really know what they are doing when it comes to treating
>people with severe or complicated adhesions. Please, please please trust the
>info here. It is working!
>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Zoe" <anonymous@medispecialty.com>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
><adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 4:58 AM
>Subject: Very confused
>
>> Dear All,
>> I get lots of encouragement from reading about your positive treatment
>> from Dr Korell or Redan.
>> I had my follow up appointment at the hospital yesterday to decide what
>> to do next. They were almost insisting that laproscopic surgery was
>> impossible for my case and were rather defensive of my suggestion that I
>> may have found someone who could do it.
>> Please could you tell me why Dr Korell is willing to do this but not
>> them - is he just an optimist and them pessimist? Or is he really just
>> better than them at this sort of thing?
>> I am seriously concerned about my fertlity, it seems that I am unable to
>> ovualate and will soon have tests to see if my tubes are blocked. Dr
>> Korell suggests doing tubal reconstructive surgery. Has anyone ever had
>> this done or know of anyone who has?
>> I feel totally confused about the way ahead and don't know what to do
>> for the best.
>> I look forward to hearing from you soon.
>> Best wishes to you all
>> Zoe
>>
>> --
>> Zoe (UK)
>>