At Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Sherry wrote:
> >I am glad you have found this site and that you see that you are not >alone. I have had adhesion problems for a little over 10 years so I >have really tried to educate myself also. One of my surgeons did try >the adhesion barrier Seprafilm, but unfortunately it did not work for >me. I know there are many companies working hard to find a better >barrier. My husband and I read about Drs. Redan & Reich on this forum >and gathered information from the Womens Surgery Group. We were very >impressed. They specialize in laparoscopic surgery for adhesiolysis. My >problems began with a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and I have had 7 >surgeries for lysis of adhesions and their related problems. The >surgeons are located in Pennsylvania and New York. My surgery was Oct. >of 2000. I am having problems again, but before the surgery, I was >hospitalized due to the unbearable pain. I couldn't eat, drink or go to >the bathroom. I had no quality of life. So for me I have had 1 good >year. I guess what I am trying to say is that there are no easy >answers. Thank God you have a doctor who understands and is trying to >help you. Keep researching and reading this forum, it is a wealth of >information. Please never give up hope, I know sometime I have wanted >to, but I will never loose hope that there are better things to come! I >pray you find the answers you are looking for. In Friendship, Sherry
Dear Sherry,
Thank you for your words of wisdom. I am luck in that I am in that I
have worked in the medical field for a number of years and am now a
student nurse, hoping to go on to medical school. My surgeon would not
use the septrafilm on me because he said it is worse to have to
completely open you up than to go in laproscopically. And he said it
wasn't proving to be a very good barrier. I know what I need, and it is
available in Germany, but cannot afford it. I am headed for a bowel
obstruction if I don't do something before very long. I read everything
I can and I PRAY! Go to see my surgeon this Thursday and I have a wealth
of new info to give him. I'm hoping that he can help me. I know of
people that have gone to Dr. Reich in New York and they have been pain
free for longer than you. I know there are no easy answers, but I plan
on making sure that everyone especially in the medical field understands
just exactly what adhesions are.
Raven