Don't feel you have let anyone down.....we need to know the good and bad. The only way we will ever get help (if possible) is by being honest. How can people know what works or doesn't work without it? Hopefully it will just help the doctors who do care to figure something else out. It will be a trial and error thing for a long time I am sure, but hopefully a cure will come as long as we have some doctors who care enough to keep researching and trying different things!!! Everyone is different and what works for one may not work for another, regardless of expertise unfortunately. We all take our chances. These adhesions have a mind of their own.....kinda like weeds in a garden!
I was honest about my surgery (risking told-you-so's) and I really appreciate your honesty. I too get extremely discouraged dealing with multiple medical problems but we must keep our heads up and try to be strong, which I think most of us are or at least try to be!
Hopefully it won't get as bad as before, then at least you will have made some progress.
I guess you know how much I care about you or I wouldn't privately email you! Love ya my friend! JEAN
Thought for the day: "SMILE" - It confuses people!
>----- Original Message -----
From: "Janet" <jkaram4@home.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 10:11 AM
Subject: Sad this morning
Hi everyone,
Right at my 9 week post-op day, I started getting the dreaded pain back. I didn't say anything for a few days, because I wanted to be sure before sharing this with you all.
This is a very hard message for me to post, I want so badly for there to be hope for all of us, and I knoe this is wrong thinking, but part of me feels like I am letting you down by speaking of my woes.
Jean, I understand the reluctance to take pain meds and "give in" to it... I did this too, and then asked myself "why". Taking pain meds again for me is admitting that something is indeed wrong again.
Rose, I have the pain going through my my right side to my groin, down the front of my leg and radiating back to my tail bone. I have been exercising at the gym for the past 5 weeks pretty vigorously(compared to before), and this is happening anyway...I do hope your walking helps though.
I work with a physical therapist and a massage therapist, and I am hoping they will be able to help me with some of the referral pain, and muscles that are being affected.
Gidge, hang in there honey, and write to me if you'd like...I think I understand how you are feeling.
God, this is so depressing.
Love you all,
-- Janet