>----- Original Message -----
From: "D.Lynn" <dlynn347@cs.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 12:19 PM
Subject: Just Diagnosed
> I have just found this website, what a help. I have posted my story on
> the quilt and have just begun to read the messageboard archive. I'm
> upset that I didn't know of the existence of adhesions until it got this
> bad. I wish my doctors had told me after my previous hysterectomy,
> ooomphorectomy,and gallbladder surgeries that this could happen. I
> would have gotten help sooner. I had a cat scan with contrast last
> tuesday, am scheduled to have a UGI with small bowel follow through on
> Mon 3-12-01. The doc says it will help him pinpoint where the adhesions
> are. Right now I cannot eat much, my stomach is hampered by some
> adhesion and my lower right abdomen into my leg crease. I have trouble
> walking(doc says it's probably in the ab wall muscle). I hope to have
> surgery soon to release these. After reading many of the quilt stories,
> I don't feel very optimistic, but even a short cure would be better than
> what I have now. I hope to read more of the archives and discover more
> about coping with this disease. Any words of encouragement or surgical
> tips would be appreciated.
> Thanks for being here.
>