Pam,
As for the Intergel, I just wanted to mention that Intergel is only approved in the United States for GYN surgeries...nothing else. At this point, it looks like SprayGel is going to be tested in the US strictly on GYN surgeries. With so many people having reactions to the Intergel I would avoid it if at all possible, unless you know that it isn't going to cause a problem for you. Its effectiveness isn't as great as the SprayGel has proven to be.
Karla
Pamela <pcolombi@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: At Sun, 31 Mar 2002, Chrissy492@aol.com wrote:
>You sound just as desperate as I was up until January of this year. I contacted a rep. from Intergel in Rome she put me in touch with a surgeon in Florence. I sent all my previous surgery records. An appointment was scheduled and my husband and I flew over January 7th. I had surgery which included removing some intestine on January 15th. I was in the hospital 2 weeks. We flew home Feb.4th after playing tourists for a few days. I have to tell you I feel wonderful, absolutely NO PAIN for 3 months now. The total cost was $13,500. I was in a private clinic I had 3 doctors including the surgeon visit me twice everyday. It also included 2 meals a day for my husband. I had the advantage of speaking Italian (my husband is Italian) only one of the doctors did none of the nurses.
I spoke with another person from this message board her name is also
Pam,(I have unfortunately lost her e-mail address due to a hard drive
crash) she told me about Dr. Korell in Germany and her charges I
believe were only $5,000. but that was for laproscopic surgery I was
unable to have that therefore my charges were higher, but still much
cheaper than it would have been to have the same surgery done here in
the states. Believe me I was prepared to pay much more. I am now back
to pulling a full 40+ hours a week as an RN something I haven't been
able to do for the past 3 years. It was the best money I have ever
spent. By the way Intergel has been approved by the FDA and they hope
to start receiving shipments here any time now. The problem of course
will be with the insurance companies deciding whether or not to pay for
it. And then finding a doctor who knows what he's doing!
Good luck to you.
Pamela
>Hi there, >Where can I go or who can I ask to give me a break down of all costs to go to >Germany for surgery with Dr. Korell? I tried looking on the IAS site, either >I'm blind or this pain is not allowing me to concentrate to find the >information. Can someone please, please help me? >I've had enough of this pain; I've had enough of the pain meds not working >because I need a higher dose and NO DOCTOR will help me to increase the >dosage of my pain meds. I've had enough already, enough! >I have been invited for another surgery with Dr. Harry Reich and Dr. Jay >Redan in Scranton, PA at their adhesions center. This is all well and great, >but then I started to think about the adhesions gel/spray. And of course >this is only in Germany and hasn't been FDA approved here in the US of A. >My head is spinning out of control. This devil pain of mine is getting worse >- it hurts so bad and it's continuing to get worse. It's getting more and >more difficult for me to work a 40 hour week - to visit a friend - to have a >life. I'm not the happy cheery Chrissie and I miss her. "( I used to be >able to shake it off, but it's so hard to do these days! grrrrrrrrrrr and >double grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! Again I'm at my wits end and I feel as if I'm >loosing control. >Thank you everyone for always being here for me, for letting me vent, cry, >scream - laugh. I love you all so very much. >Lots of hugs and love to all of you, >~Chrissie xo's