Re: REPOSTED: HALF MY BATTLE WAS WON!!

From: Helen C. (hchalmers@ccbc.cc.md.us)
Mon Nov 6 12:15:14 2000


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.

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