8 more days!! How are you feeling? Just wanted to let you know I'm thinking of you and your upcoming surgery...hoping that you will be feeling much better soon.
Love,
Janet
>----- Original Message -----
From: "Wally" <wallamara@hotmail.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 12:25 AM
Subject: Decision made.....surgery on April 9
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have had quite a rollercoaster ride this last week or two....trying to
> decide whether to have surgery to move my ovaries off my vagina & clear
> up some of the mess caused by adhesions.
>
> I know that I am one of the lucky ones, I found this website early, and
> I have been able to make a very informed decision about my future
> medical care.
>
> My Gynocologist is a quiet man, who is a very good listener, something
> that means a lot to me! Not once has he tried to talk over the top of
> me, or cut in on what I was saying. He always waits until I finish
> before he says anything.
>
> Yes I have had a second opinion, in fact I have also had a third
> opinion. My disappointment with these extra opinions is that a
> diagnosis was made with out any investigation. Simply by asking me
> questions, and quick examination they decided that I had endometriosis.
> They focused on the pain I was having BEFORE my hystorectomy, and not
> after. It is the pain I have suffered since that operation that is the
> problem! NOT the pain I experienced before. Yes, some of that pain
> still exists, but it is nothing compared to this new "layer" of pain I
> have lived with for the last 13 months.
>
> These opinions left me confused and upset to say the least. I have
> found it difficult to think of nothing else for the last 5 days. I rang
> my GP and told her of my concerns, she was wonderful, and said that I
> now had some very important information and that I should go and speak
> to my Gyno again, she said that she had faith in my Gyno's abilities and
> diagnosis.
>
> Armed with all of this - emotions, information & fear I met with my Gyno
> this morning. Both my husband and I talked about all the things the
> doctors said & did in Sydney, we talked about EXACTLY what he would do
> if he performed this operation, and why he felt it needed to be done.
>
> He talked about "cleaning up" and making sure that there were no blood
> clots etc left in the abdominal area before closing the incision.
>
> I feel very calm now, I know that I have made the right decision for me
> and I will have my surgery on April 9.
>
> To me the most important thing about this surgery is that I am confident
> and happy with my surgeon, and that I am confident that the surgery I am
> having will help me in the long term.
>
> While these Sydney specialists may be wonderful, after my experiences,
> personally, I need to feel confident & secure with where I am, and who
> is doing this surgery.
>
> So to those of you who are still seeking answers, my best wishes to you.
> It isn't easy, it's emotional, painful and stressful, but in the end
> it's important to be sure that you are doing the right thing.
>
> Cheers, hugs & love
> Jo (Wally)
>
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> You will never never know.......if you don't give it a go :)
>