Thanks Kath!
-- Karla
>----- Original Message ----- From: "KathFindlay" <klfindlay@adhesions.org.uk> To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 8:01 PM Subject: Re: LIFECORE RECEIVES FDA FINAL APPROVAL TO MARKET GYNECARE INTERGEL ADHESION
> > Karla, If you want I could ask everyone who has had ops with Intergel and > SprayGel in the UK to let you know what the outcome was. It might take a few > days or weeks but I will get back to you. > > \\\\ > ( o o) > ---------ooo-----(_)-----ooo---------- > In Friendship Kath Findlay > The UK Adhesion Society > kath.findlay@adhesions.org.uk > http://www.adhesions.org.uk > ----------000----------000------------ > > -----Original Message----- > From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org]On Behalf > Of Karla > Sent: 21 November 2001 06:47 > To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS > Subject: Re: LIFECORE RECEIVES FDA FINAL APPROVAL TO MARKET GYNECARE > INTERGEL ADHESION > > Cathy, > > I am not a proponent of Intergel. It brings negative feelings about for > me...because if it does work it doesn't matter. My body rejects all foreign > materials placed inside of it so I couldn't even consider its use. But, it > IS already being used. Lets hear from some of the people that have gone to > Germany and had Intergel used....how are you doing? Have you had any > reformations? > > Karla >
>> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cathy:-" <anonymous@medispecialty.com> > To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" > <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:38 PM > Subject: Re: LIFECORE RECEIVES FDA FINAL APPROVAL TO MARKET GYNECARE > INTERGEL ADHESION > > > I really hate to bring this up, but I think that it would be good to > > take a deep breath and step back and think about this a little harder. > > To use a baseball analogy, this is not a "home run" of a medical advice. > > It's more like a "first base and home plate umpire huddle for 5 minutes > > trying to decide if the baserunner really beat the throw or not" sort of > > thing. The FDA's original ruling was that the intergel didn't really > > work well enough to make the "effective" standard. The ruling of the > > appeals panel is that if you add a few more studies then it just kinda > > "squeaks in" under the wire. Not exactly a ringing endorsement!!! > > > > What attitude do I think I want to take? If I have some life-threatening > > emergency and I MUST have abdominal surgery, then I'm going to ask for > > the gel. But I'm not going to schedule an adhesiolysis with the idea > > that this is a miracle cure and that I don't have to worry about it > > failing. After another year or two, some people will have been forced > > by circumstances to be the guinea pigs, and we'll all know a lot more > > about how well this stuff REALLY works... > > > > -- > > cathy :-) > > >