Helen it is a decision we each have to make, not one person including sposes can make the decision to have more surgery for us!
I opted to have the last surgery, and for me the reason I decided to have it has come to pass. That particular pain has vanished (along with my ovaries!!!), but I still have other pain to deal with. There is no clear cut way to solve our problems yet, and I told my family doctor just two days ago that ANY future surgery for me was going to after a very long time of considering every thing for and against it!
Al, as I said contact the Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney, they have a wonderful Professor to help you with pain management. She is compassionate, caring and very informative. I owe her a debt of gratitude, because I have the tools & understanding to keep my pain under control.
Please feel free to email me if you have any further questions.
Cheers. love & hugs, Jo
At Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Hchalm@aol.com wrote:
>
>Everyone I know asks why don't you have another surgery? The answer is I am
>afraid of another surgery. What if I am worse off than I am now? I can go
>to the bathroom, I can eat, I can take care of the children, house, husband
>(sometimes), and I am just afraid that I could acquire more adhesions or just
>one large one that would make the pain worse and leave me bed-ridden or
>house-bound.
>
>I suppose until I see a major breakthrough in the medical field where the
>percentages are higher for the ARD patient to come out of surgery 100%
>adhesion free, I will sit and wait and stay on pain management. Others
>disagree, and look at the surgery as having some time of being pain free,
>even if it is only for 2 months, 6 months, 1 year, etc.; they will go back
>for surgery after surgery hoping that this time will be it, and they will be
>adhesion free.
>
>So, unfortunately, I am really of no help to you - this decision must be made
>by you to take the chance of possibly being adhesion free, being adhesion
>free for some period of time, or the adhesions returning immediately.
>
>It does seem as though you are not on adequate pain medication and I would
>look into seeking additional medication to help you with the pain. If you
>need assistance looking for a pain specialist in your area, please let me
>know and I'll see if I can help.
>
>Love and best wishes,
>
>Helen Chalmers
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