Thanks for the tip about evening primrose oil, I am very familiar with it already! I have my 3 teenage daughters on it regularly now. Since putting my 15yr old on a regular dose, her moods have been much easier to cope with!
The HRT has kicked in now, and the hot flashes aren't as bad. My main problem at present is dealing with post operative pain, and I am a little nervouse because I think I have an adhesion or two already :-( *sigh* but I still feel better than I did before surgery.
I will stay positive and believe that this surgery has helped enough to make my ARD tolerable at the least.
Cheers & hugs, Jo
At Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Jean Long wrote:
>
>Jo,
>Glad to hear you are feeling much better.
>Another thing that works really good for the hot flashes is "Evening Primrose Oil".
>It is a Gel-Cap (like vitamin E is) and is natural and found anywhere vitamins are sold.
>My Estraderm patch helps the hot flashes now so I don't need them anymore, but I did take them 10 years ago and they really help.
>I told my daughter-in-law about them and it really helped her.
>
>JEAN
>
>"A true friend walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Wally" <wallamara@hotmail.com>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 9:42 AM
>Subject: Jo's Home :-)
>
>Hi Everyone,
>Just wanted to say hello and let you know that I arrived home from
>hospital late this afternoon. It has been a long and painful week, but
>so far the results are very promising. I got quite a shock when I had
>my first BM a few days ago. I had forgotten what it felt like for it to
>work properly! I really can't remember how long ago it would have
>been......
>
>It was a four hour laparotomy, my Gyno said that I was a huge mess,
>endometriosis in both ovaries and couldn't be salvaged. One was stuck
>fast to my bladder & vagina while the other one was stuck to abdominal
>wall & vagina. Got the hot flushes already! oi oi oi they ain't fun! I
>have started on HRT so I guess time will tell. My bowel was caught in a
>number of places, but seems to be working fine so far (fingers crossed).
>
>To the dynamic aussie girls...Trace, Suze, Helen.......you are legends!
>thanks for all your support, messages & prayers. To all here on the
>board who sent messages thank you.....I was a little way from home, and
>Shane was my only visitor, but reading your emails, was like having you
>all there.
>
>Cheers & Hugs,
>Jo
>
>--
>You will never never know.......if you don't give it a go :)
>
-- You will never never know.......if you don't give it a go :)