At Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Kathy Gill wrote:
>
>Thank you for your good wishes and your prayers. I know I am very
>lucky. I wish everyone could go. An entire plane filled with people
>that would have a chance at being pain free. It would be wonderful to
>see! Thank you for your response.
>
>Kathy
>
>At Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Eileen Rivera wrote:
>>
>>Hi Kathy,
>>
>>Boy, am I happy for you !!! You are one of the lucky ones. I'm sure this
>>surgery will be your last one. I'm also a adhesion sufferer. I wish you
>>lots of luck, we will be praying for you. God bless.
>>
>>Eileen
>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Kathy Gill" <kathgill@gte.net>
>>To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
>><adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
>>Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 6:54 PM
>>Subject: Surgery in Germany
>>
>>> My name is Kathy Gill I live in Southern California. I have been
>>> suffering from adhesions since 1997 when I had a total hysterectomy for
>>> fibroids, cysts,and endometriosis. Since 1997, I have had my
>>> gallbladder removed and two surgeries for adhesions. I was giving up. I
>>> thought this was the way it was going to be .... forever.
>>> I was fortunate to find, through the internet, Dr. Glenn Bradley, who
>>> is a very compassionate doctor in Santa Maria, California. He told me
>>> about a group of woman who were going to Germany last November to have
>>> surgery and about the IAS website. Dr. Bradley asked Anne H. if it
>>> would be ok for me to email her.
>>> Anne was wonderful. She answered lots of questions and was very open
>>> about her experience. She put me in contact with Beverly D. who is an
>>> encyclopedia of information and contacts and as they say the rest was
>>> history...... I am going to Germany for surgery on April 24th.
>>> I have all of you to thank for this journey. Your openness, helpfulness
>>> and most of all your caring for each other has given me the strength to
>>> take the next step. This is my first posting on the Message Board but I
>>> feel like I know all of you. Over the last few months you have become
>>> friends.
>>>
>>> Thank you and keep up the good work!
>>> Kathy
>>>
-- Robin