Thank you for the reply. I am glad you are better. Having problems like this makes us understand how important even to be better is even if it isn't a "cure".
Did you have to make several trips to Pennsylvania, first visit, surgery, follow-up etc or was everything done in one visit? My husband is from Denver so I have been there several times but now it is a huge adventure to go to the store.
I don't have the intestable problems people describe. Everyone tells me that it is nerve pain. I feel the nerve must be trapped in the scar tissue. Plus I think maybe my peritoneal (?spelling) may be bound in my scar as there seems to be pulling there.
Do you think those doctors would work on entrapped nerves too or should that be a neurologist? I don't even know if a neurologist does surgery.
Thanks for the e-mail. Do they really answer? I got an e-mail address from the doctor at U of Michigan. He didn't answer it, or fax, or US Mail. They don't return calls and told me not to come to my next appointment and they would tell me who to see next. Of course, they never called back.
Oh well, I have taken enough of your time.
Keep getting better and thanks again.
-- JanAt Tue, 14 Aug 2001, janet karam wrote: > >Dear Jan, > >I had surgery with Dr. Reich and Redan this past March, they are >excellent doctors, and considered the by many to be the best in the >field for treating those who suffer with adhesions, that is why I chose >them. I travelled from Colorado to PA to have surgery there. By that >time I was so sick, had been rejected by too many doctors, and heard too >many stories of people who were treated by surgeons not knowledgeable >about adhesions, and were worse off from having surgery with the wrong >doctor. > >There is no cure for adhesions yet, but to put yourself in the best care >possible if you are needing sugert is of great importance...read through >the adhesion Quilt, and you will get a better idea of what I mean by >this. Dr. Redan and Reich are excellent, compassionate and highly >trained laparascopic surgeons. Dr. Reich is an Obgyn surgeon, and Dr. >Redan is a general surgeon...in my surgery, they worked as a team...I >experienced the best medical care ever. > >I am better than I was before my surgery still, though I am not cured or >without pain. I manage my pain with Oxycontin, and as far as >eating/digestion...that is an are where i just have to listen and >constantly adjust. > >You can e-mail Dr. Jay Redan at jarlap@epix.net. > >Warmest regards, > >Janet