At Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Lisa wrote:
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>I went to see Dr. Diamond last Friday. I wasn't expecting much after
>hearing about Cheryl's experience, but I was pleasantly surprised. He
>was very nice and took alot of time to talk to me. I didn't go to see
>him with the hope of having anything done. I wanted to talk to a doctor
>knowledgable about adhesions, because up to now none of the doctors I've
>seen actually said I have adhesions although I've known it for a long
>time. My last doctor, after doing a laparoscopy and cleaning up tons of
>"very dense adhesions" told me he doesn't think adhesions were my
>problem although he had no other explanation. Dr. Diamond said he was
>about 98% sure adhesions are my problem, but he wouldn't do anything
>unless I developed serious problems, like bowel obstruction. He said I
>wasn't crazy, or that it was all in my head. He recommended that I go
>to painmanagement to try to live with it. He recommended a colo-rectal
>surgeon in Cleveland if I get to the point of needing something done.
>That is over a 2 hour drive for me, and I'm not sure if I would be able
>to handle that if I end up with an obstruction. But I guess I'll deal
>with that if I ever get to that point. I was hoping to have a doctor I
>am comfortable with already familiar with me and my case. Oh well I'm
>nowhere close to that point right now. It was nice to talk to
>him,someone that is sympathetic to what I'm going through. He was very
>nice, and concerned that I find a way to deal with this. I have my
>first appointment at the pain clinic tommorow. I'll let you all know
>how that goes, just wanted to tell you that I was very pleasantly
>surprised how well my appointment with Dr. Diamond went.
>
>--
>Lisa
>