Re: another surgery

From: Karla N (ifirgit@yahoo.com)
Thu Apr 4 06:53:48 2002


I received this from someone outside this board who suffers from adhesions as well. While it is funny, it is also so very true.

Read on.

Karla

-> You might want to paint THIS picture on the > IAS message board, food for thought on our " cut
> happy" surgeons like the one above and a bit of a
> laugh as well!
>
> When a surgeon makes a comment that the
> surgery he/she performs will NOT cause adhesion
> formation, and if the patient has any doubt what so
> ever whether that comment is true or not...they do
> not have to ask anyone else in the IAS or anywhere
> in the world if that is true or not!
> There IS one way that any ARD sufferer would
> be able to have that comment authenticated and know,
> without a doubt, if in fact what the surgeon is
> saying is correct!!
>
> Surgeon: " I understand that your in pain and
> that you are very involved with adhesions, BUT, if
> we take out your uterus, gall bladder, appendix,
> ovary's, and resect your bowel, you will not have
> anymore trouble or pain from adhesions as it is
> those internal organs that are causing the
> adhesions. You really don't need all them anyway,
> they are just taking up room in there and creating
> problems for you so!"
>
> ARD Patient: " Oh my God, Dr. Thank-you, I
> have hope now, and I can trust what your telling me.
> I will schedule surgery for next week!" Oh, One
> more thing Dr....
> would you PUT THAT IN WRITING for me?"
>
> No, suffering is not a joke, but a lot of
> surgeons are!
> Isn't it funny that it is male surgeons who
> are the first to say, " Remove the uterus & ovary's"
> ...makes you wonder if they are jealous or simply
> can't understand why we have them and they don't?
> It's like they think," Well, if we got along without
> them, so can the women!!"
>
> Yet, the one place on the human body that we
> have not heard forms adhesions from surgery..is a
> vasectomy!! Dang it!! LOL! LOL!
> Boy, would "Viagra" hit the dust if that
> happened!!! LOL! LOL! LOL!
>
> Now picture THAT happening in this world!!
> Think we would have more attention paid to
> adhesions????
>
> >
>

> ATTACHMENT part 2 image/gif name=osquare.gif

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