At Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Mandii wrote:
> >Hi Christine, >Although I live in Australia I cannot offer you much in the way of help >finding a doctor in your area. But I would like to wish you all the >best. >You are going through enough, without having a doctor who treats you >such as yours does. I really hope you find one who will help. >Have hope Christine! > >Let me tell you how I deal with what has happened to me over the years, >and how I still deal with things. >I think to myself, there are many people who suffer with horrible pain, >myself one of them. I believe that for every one of us that suffers, >there is a person out there somewhere that is having a good life. They >are healthy and >happy and have no pain. >I know it may sound weird. But whenever those thoughts of.. why me, I >can't handle this anymore rear they're ugly heads ..I remember that I am >suffering a little so that someone in the world, somewhere may have a >good life. >It has helped me since I first got very sick at the age of 6 and I am >now 27 years old and still smiling regardless of the pain. >I have to believe that we are not given more than we can handle :) > >Hugz and hope for you :) >Take Care and Smile :) >-Mandii >Dear Mandii: Oh,may the Lord Bless you abundantly!! you seem like such a beautiful person..Im so sorry that you have had pain since you were 6.. My whole problem w/ all of this is that my beautiful son is only 3,and I cannot be a normal Mommy for him. That makes me bitter, ya know? I miss the old me,I want to get out of my painful grave and live again! The Lord is moving me towards a solution, I can fee it!! Thank you,and I will keep you posted on outcome,Mandii.(I always wanted to live in Australia) :),Christine >Tue, 3 Jul 2001, christine wrote: >> >>I had a laporoscopic gallbladder surgery about a year and a half ago,and >>wound up w/ such complications as: a massive bile leak, perontonitis, >>septicemia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, bilateral pneumonia. I >>was so close to death that the doctors were giving my family survival >>rates.. God bvrought me back from death, and I have had nothing but >>intense pain that has gotten so intolerable that I can no longer >>function any more. My doctor seems to think that Im 'faking it' and >>gives me such a hard time when I ask for a vicodin refill(which doeesnt >>even help!).She said that she wont refill my prescription anymore,and I >>will be out of them by the 20th of July. Ive been to so many >>doctors,but the general consensus is that 'nobody wants to reoperate on >>me because they are so afraid of more damage to my insides"..HELP!!! I >>live in Maine,and Im ready to jump off of a bridge!!I cant stand it any >>longer!!