At Sat, 22 Apr 2000, Hchalm@aol.com wrote:
> >I wanted to let everyone know that I won half of my battle, and that was >finding a doctor to treat my pain for adhesions. Not more than 4 weeks ago I >too sent my message of needing help, feeling alone, depressed, scared and not >knowing how to help myself, to the Adhesion message board. In finding The >International Adhesion Society, I found everything I needed. I found >knowledge, courage and the strength through all the wonderful people here to >do battle for myself and I won. In finding the site ASAP American Society >for Action of Pain <A >HREF="http://www.widomaker.com/~skipb/skiphome.htm.html">Click here: >skiphome.htm</A> and sending my plea for a doctor I was contacted by a >representative for Maryland and given a name of a doctor in Virginia who is a >pain management specialist. I saw him Tuesday, 4/18, and he was wonderful. >He new and understood about adhesions. I did not have to prove myself, beg >or plead. He put me on a pain management program, and I am now able to be >more active and enjoy my life more until I can have my surgery. Below are >e-mails from the state placement rep for Maryland to myself and also from >Skip Baker, the President of ASAP. > >Dear Helen, > >I'm so sorry to hear of your pain. You are not alone and I hope I will be >able to help you. I suffer from FMS (Fibromyalgia) which is a muscle >syndrome if you don't already know about the condition. I believe that >chronic pain is chronic pain and all chronic pain needs to be taken seriously >and treated the same by DR's. Unfortunately there are too many DR's out >there that don't agree. > >Anyway, I am going to give you the name of a WONDERFUL, caring Dr. He has >been my Doc for over 2 yrs now and without him, I would either be in bed >screaming in pain or not here at all. I truly owe him my life. He is >located in Centerville, VA. I know that may sound like it is far from you >but for the relief you will get, I'm sure you will find that it's not far at >all. From Baltimore I think it would take you no more than an hr. He will >need a referral from another doc before an appt will be made but if you >absolutely cannot get a referral, Iet me know and I may be able to help you. >I have a wonderful relationship with him and have sent him many many patients. > >Below you will find the information you need to know. > >Dulles Pain Management Center >DR Joseph Statkus >Dr. Stephen Whittman >13890 Braddock Rd >Suite 106 >Centerville, VA 20121 >Tel # 703-449-8720 >Fax 703-449-8745 > >Best of luck and hope to hear from you soon. > >Sincerely, > >Terri Clayton >ASAP >MD State Placement Rep > >This is from myself to Skip Baker at widowmaker: ASAP > >Dear Skip: > > I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I suffer from adhesions >that have placed me in the category of chronic pain. I too sat here for >days crying and trying to figure out what I was going to do because I could >not find help from my OB/GYN with proper pain management. I was being >allowed to take one tylox per day for chronic pelvic pain due to adhesions, >and being scolded for that. I was also told this was my last prescription >and I would have to go to a pain clinic. After finding your site and being >contacted by Terri Clayton and getting in touch with Dr. Statkus in VA I have >hope that I will not have to suffer in unmanageable pain. > > I just wanted to let you know that I posted your website in the >International Adhesion Society website, for those people (and there are many) >experiencing the helplessness that I felt in trying to find adequate pain >management and dealing with doctors that tell us to take 4 advil and deal >with it. > > Thank you, thank you once again for your campaign on finding caring doctors >to treat chronic pain. > > Helen Chalmers > Baltimore, Maryland >> > > From Skip Baker to Helen Chalmers: > >Thanks Helen. You can give them either of these URLs to get to my web > page if you will: > >http://www.widomaker.com/~skipb/skiphome.htm.html OR: >http://www.actiononpain.org may be the best one as long as the link is > always in place. There will be Lord willing, a special program this > summer on TV about this awful "Pain Crisis" caused by the DEA. Check the > web page for the time and channel. I don't know how long it will take > them to put it all together but they spent all day here filming > Saturday. I'd like to use your statement about "One Pill a Day" next to > my pointing that out on my page. So many doctors write for exactly that > amount: "30 pills per month" and I used to get those too. What torture! > >To everyone out there that is suffering with pain and cannot find a decent >doctor to help you please, go to the above website; there is help!!! If I >can assist anyone in anyway, please feel free to e-mail me. Thanks to Bev >and Helen again for assisting me and giving me the strength I needed in this >journey, that unfortunately, we have all found ourselves in.