At Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Helen Dynda wrote:
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>A laparotomy in 1970 changed my life forever!! Since that time I have experienced all of the following:
>** If you have severe chronic pelvic pain...
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>** If have all your tests have been normal...
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>** If you are told that your symptoms are functional in origin...
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>** If you have been told that stress is causing your pain...
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>** If you have been told that " It's all in your head "....
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>** If you are told that an allergy may be responsible for your pain....
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>** If your doctor has been so insensitive as to laugh at you, when you have come to him/her for help...
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>** If you have been told that there is nothing wrong...
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>** If you have been told that you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS); but you do not have the classic IBS symptoms ( constipation and diarrhea) ...
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>** If your doctor tells you that the cause of your pain is Fibromyalgia ( because your pain is referred to other parts of your abdomen )...
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>** If your doctor suggests that you need to have a mental health evaluation...
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>** If your doctor prescribes Tranquilizers...
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>IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT ADHESIONS COULD BE THE CAUSE OF YOUR CHRONIC PAIN!!! In 1997 I had a Diagnostic Laparoscopy -- which PROVED that there was a VALID REASON for the severe chronic pain, which I had endured. MASSIVE ADHESIONS HAD ATTACHED MY OMENTUM TO MY ABDOMINAL WALL!!!
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>A DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPY is the ONLY WAY that ADHESIONS can be diagnosed!!
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>A DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPY is the ONLY WAY that ENDOMETRIOSIS can be diagnosed!!