Re: To Cheryl from Lisa
From: Cheryl Cole (ccryder752@aol.com)
Sat Dec 1 19:31:30 2001
Lisa, Clarkston is in between Detroit and Flint...north of Detroit on
I-75. I wasn't trying to talk you out of your appt. with the Dr. I only
wanted to give you my impression of him. He may work out perfectly for
you. I sure hope so. Like you, my worst pain is also in the evenings.
I
sit on a heating pad to watch T.V. and I go to sleep with one. Most of
the
Dr.s I have been to either think adhesions don't cause pain or they
don't
know enough about them to really have an opinion. I have an ovarian cyst
and my ob/gyn discovered massive adhesions and said to find someone else
to handle them. My GP gave me hydrocodone for pain and recommended a
pain specialist take his place, as there was nothing he could do to
treat them.
The pain specialist gives me oxycontin for pain now. I have been to
different surgeons and none of them will do surgery as a treatment for
pain. This is actually a good thing. When you read all the stories on
our adhesion quilt you begin to see that we are a unique group. For the
most part surgery hasn't helped anyone and everyones common complaint is
pain. Most Dr.s only deal with short term pain. Not the daily, weekly,
monthly, yearly type of pain. They don't have a clue. That was a
strange thing about the tapes. I didn't get them until after my visit.
The only thing to do now is to try to get it under control as best as
can be and still have a life. Good Luck to you and I hope it goes well
for you. Let me know...Cheryl
At Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Lisa wrote:
>
>I live in a little town called Maumee, just outside Toledo, Ohio. Where
>is Clarkston? I'm disappointed to hear about your experience with Dr.
>Diamond. Somehow I knew it was too good to be true. I do not plan to
>do anything about my problems right now,(surgery), I am basically
>looking for a sympathetic doctor I can go to IF I feel I need to have
>something done. Although I do want that doctor to beleive that
>adhesions do cause pain. To me that seems to be an important question,
>if not the most important it certainly is right up there! All the
>doctors I've seen around here think the same way.That's why I was so
>excited to see Dr. Diamond. I listened to the tapes Dr. Wiseman sent,
>Dr. Diamond was on them, and I never would guess that was his opinion.
>I think I will keep my appointment though to see what he has to say
>about my situation. I have alot of pain, especially in the evenings,
>and at night. From what I've read on this site, it doesn't seem to be
>as bad as other people's but it really can be incapacitating at times. I
>really want to find a doctor that beleives me when I tell him/her that.
>What did you end up doing? I'm not sure where to go from here. That
>just blows me away that he could be so knowledgable about adhesions and
>still think like that!!!
>
>--
>Lisa
>