Re: Help! I need answers here.

From: Janet Karam (jkaram4@home.com)
Mon Jun 4 14:20:57 2001


Dear Karen,

I mostly got less than adequate care from GI docs, in fact they were mostly arrogant, heartless and terribly uneducated to ARD. They will run tests, perscribe medicine, and perhaps give you inaccurate diagnosis, but in my experience these have been some of the most grueling and crazy-making times I've had with ARD, and have only added to my suffering. They can do nothing to treat adhesions.

Only a surgeon can treat your adhesions, whether it be a general surgeon, or an Obgyn. The only real way for diagnosis of adhesions is from the inside...so you will often get the runaround from docs otherwise with no real answers.

I hope that you will look into special diets in the meantime, and that you have doctors willing to prescribe meds in order to keep your pain under control.

Please let us know how you are feeling today.

Love,

Janet

>----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen" <anonymous@medispecialty.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 9:01 AM Subject: Help! I need answers here.

> I have had 3 c-sections, 1 Lap for endo and adhesions on bowel attached
> to inside abdomen. Since Jan I have been sick nausea,abdomen hurts,
> distention
> been checked for gallbladder by GP tests are neg. sent to GI who did
> not do anything but label it IBS. Progressively getting worse,tried
> numerous IBS meds, no help there. Passing yellow bowel movements. Sour
> smelling.
> Problems having bowel movements, hard to get moving but soft when they
> happen,
> bleeding like a period when this happens. Lots of pressure
> in abdomen right now. GI sending me to GYN. My question is if the
> adhesions are back can my GYN take care of the adhesions are should the
> GI be doing this and do you think I
> need to get different GI? Desperate here, as I can't get in to GYN for
> another week and I feel the GI diagnoses is not right here. For a while
> I couldn't seem to have a bowel movement or pass gas but if I try real
> hard
> I sometimes can. I don't want to wait and hurt myself here but I also
> know the emergency room won't do anything either. Can anyone help me
> here?
> Really worried here. Karen Thank You.
>


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