I think that your husband and mine are related!! LOL!!
Hugs,
At Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Sally Grigg wrote:
>
>Hello, fellow adhesion sufferers, my name is Sally. Yes, Dee its very nice
>to know that we are not alone. I found this site around a year and a half
>ago, I think - time flies so fast). It was a blessing from Heaven. I was
>not crazy or all those other awful words. It's amazing how that same doctor
>who opens you up and find adhesions and bills you lots of money can tell you
>with a straight face that the pain is in your mind. Something is wrong with
>their minds, not ours. Anyway, I'm sorry, didn't mean to get off into
>negativity. And I've found a very nice doctor, I hope he stays with me, he's
>been great.
>
>I have used interceed, with no success. I am really hoping that spray gel
>will be the substance we've all been waiting for. Something that will work.
>So when you wake up from your laproscopic procedure your adhesions do not
>start reforming immediately, as most do now. They will never form at all
>with spray gel (I hope). Ah, wouldn't that be nice. Then we could start a
>group to help us all get off the pain meds, than we could get on with our
>lives, but still keep in touch so we'd have someone to complain to about
>other things. I'd hate to give up all my friends on the board because we
>were cured.
>
>Take care and Dee, read the quilt and the stories and the past emails and
>archives, especially from Helen Dynda, she has found some great stuff on
>the internet that fits a lot of different situations. She has just returned
>from surgery in Germany so she needs a few months off to rest and recoup.
>Helen, if you're listening, my husband says you're supposed to exercise the
>first week like crazy so the adhesions can't reattach. Now he's not a doctor
>and he's not the one with the big cut. He's also been know to give that
>advice for any problem. Run twenty miles and lift weights and you'll be
>fine. So a word of caution (which you probably don't need, as you are
>extremely level headed). Love and gentle hugs to Dee and Beth. Oh, if you
>are interested in my Inn, go to http://www.howardcreekranch.com Someday, we'll have
>a "conference" here and sit in the hot tub and pool. Tax deductible, if you
>have any money to deduct it from. Sally
-- csheedy