I'm so happy to hear this news!...I have been thinking of you, and wondering how your recovery has gone so far. I had my first pain free day a week and 2 days after surgery, a big smile creeped across my face when I realized I hadn't even thought about pain all day!
Recovery takes longer than i evr would have thought...so be patient, and take it easy!
Love,
Janet
>----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim" <jlynch@udel.edu>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 8:11 AM
Subject: Alive and kicking!!
> Hello everyone! I just wanted to drop a note and let all you wonderful
> folks out there know that I am slowly getting back into the swing of
> things after my surgery on April 9th. I have been out of work up until
> today and have not had access to my computer.
>
> Even though I am still quite sore from the extensive cutting that Dr.
> Redan had to do, I am getting better day by day. Its still kind of hard
> to distinguish if my pre-surgery pain has been lessened as I feel like I
> caught a cannon ball with my stomach and then did a thousand situps. But
> I can definitely tell that the constant tugging and pulling that I have
> been experiencing for over three years now is gone! As many of you have
> told me, the true benefits will not be fully realized until recovery is
> complete and I have fully healed. But, I am slowly getting back into
> the swing of things and do not have the deep, aching pain that had been
> plaguing me for so long.
>
> Also, a few bits of advice if anyone is contemplating utilizing the
> services of Drs R&R:
> 1)First, DO IT! Dr. Redan, if you read this, you are the BEST! Not just
> a skilled surgeon, but a wonderful person as well. Lindsay from their
> office has been most supportive as well with my many followup questions.
> I always got immediate attention and results. Thanks Lindsay! The
> personell at CMC were awesome as well. Caring, compassionate. As I lay
> in the PACU after surgery and got some really bad pain spells, I was
> imemdiately given proper dosages of pain medicine and even had one nurse
> who just sat with me through the worst spots. This is in stark contrast
> to the care I previously had received at a major "teaching hospital" in
> Philadelphia where I was treated like a hunk of meat.
> 2)Stay at the Clarion in Scranton. Mention that you are getting surgery
> at CMC and they will give you a discounted rate of $60. Nice facility
> and a complimentary breakfast bar in the morning!
> 3)Don't rush going home. I was operated on a Monday and left on
> Wednesday morning. Should have stayed one more day as the ride back to
> Delaware was quite painful. I felt every damn bump on the road for 142
> miles!
>
> That's it for the time being. I'll keep everyone updated as my recovery
> progresses.
>