Dear all
Here is the email I sent to my online Family & Friends about my trip &
surgery. Sorry if I sent this to your email address, & again here, so
dont feel like you have to read it again. To those of you that didnt
get in through email, dont feel like you arent my friends/family,
because everyone on this board, I care about!! I just dont have
everyones email addresses.
Dear Friends & Family
I am home now & resting after a long, long trip home. The flight from
Dusseldorf, Germany to Newark, New Jersey took 8 & 1/2 hours with about
2 hr lay over. I did get a wheel chair & someone to help with my lugage
through customs. All went smoothly there, as I had "nothing" to
declare. (You dont have to claim anything under $400.00) Of course, I
did buy a few Christmas gifts, & a couple of things for myself. The
flight from Newark to Pheonix took about 4 hours 20 mins. So, it did
make for a very long day. I was met at the airport by my husband Dan, &
our kids, Frances, Jacob & Leigh Ann. Jacob was a "year" older since I
saw him, since he had his 16th birthday while I was gone. Things went
well & I was able to return home 6 days early. Dan was able to get my
flight home changed from Dec 6, to Dec 1. So, I was home for our 17th
Anniversary on Dec 2. I really felt as I was on Holiday since I had to
have my surgery date delayed because it turned out one of my meds had
asprin in it & the Dr was concerened about bleeding during surgery. So,
one week later, I had my first surgery. On Monday Nov20th, I was the
3rd to have surgery that day. The Dr reported that I had a lot of
adhesions & the took them all down & used interceed gel. I was out of
the hospital on Wed morning, feeling wonderful, with only having 1 extra
pain tablet the same day as surgery. Of course, I am still on the pain
patch, since it takes so long to be taken off of it, but am down from
75mg/h to 50 mg/h. The next Monday, November 27th, I had my second look
surgery. The other women who had there surgery had very good results
with one have some adhesions return, one woman had one adhesion return &
2 women having none. (Guess which I was hoping for??) Well, I had 50%
adhesion returned, but the Dr was very hopeful that then I would only
have 1/2 return after that, with a total of 75% reduction in adhesions &
pain. What very good news for me!! The other good news is. . . . .
IF I have pain/adhesions return, the Dr is willing to redo the surgery!!
WHAT HOPE THAT GIVES ME!!!!!! I now know that I wont have to live with
pain!! IF I do return sometime next year or after that, Dan will be able
to go with me & He will get to enjoy all the things I got to experience
in Germany! I spent only 1 night in the hospital with the 2nd look
surgery, & had no additional pain meds. I feel wonderful & only have
surgical discomfort. I havent felt this wonderful in over a Year. Thank
you to my family & friends that sent me emails & thank you to the ones
that kept me in their prayers & thoughts while I was in Germany. I will
go for now, as I still have some rest & recovery to do still. But, I
want to thank the International Adhesion Society, that can be found on
line at http://www.adhesions.org for helping me find out that I wasnt alone in
my suffering & helped me to find Dr Korell in Germany, and of course, my
Lord, for being with me & providing a way for me to go & to my family,,
that also provided the means to go & for allowing me to be gone from
home with out them & for their love & support for the past 3 weeks.
with all my love,