>----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <Bartlettmomx2@aol.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 1:12 AM
Subject: Question please help!!!!!
> Hi everyone I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving.
> I need advise, PLEASE HELP ME!!!!
> I went for my first dr. apt. with the free clinic. The dr.
> looked at my chart for about 2min. then in came in and sat
> down and asked me where the pain was, so I showed him and
> also told him about the blood with BMs. The dr. never touched
> me at all. He only talked to me. He wants me to have a
> colonoscopy to see where the blood was coming from. He gave
> me lavbid but I couldn't afford it and anyway that stuff never
> helps so why buy it. I will have to have a central line for
> this test I just don't think it will show anything those test
> always come back negative. What do you think I should do?
> I asked the dr. if he was familar with adhesions and the
> pain they cause he said he was but then refused to give
> me anything for pain. I called them 2 days in a row about
> my pain but no one ever returned my call. I will most
> likley end up in the ER for some kind of pain control.
> That's what I have been trying to avoid but they leave me
> no other way. I had my 7th adhesiolysis on July 17, 01.
> and the pain is already getting unbearable. The ER is
> the only way to get relief and that's wrong. Any advice
> will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Hugs,
> Cindy
>
> --
> Hi
> I had lysis of adhesions with seprafilm in may of 2000. I was back in the
hosptial
> due to pain after only 6 months and had to have adhesiolysis again
> on 7-18-2001 it did not help me at all. I hope you have better
> luck than I did.
>