With warm greetings, and lots of love,
-- Arno and VesnaAt Tue, 21 May 2002, Bev wrote: > >Please contact the following Dr.in Zagreb, Croatia for information >regarding Adhesion Related Disorder: >Dr. Miroslav Kopjar M.D. PhD. >President of Croatia Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy > >Contact: >Dr. Kopjar >Head of the OB/GYN >General Hospital Zabok >49210 ZOBOK, Trg D. Domjanica 6 >tel: +385 49 221 232 >fax: +385 49 221 152 >email: mkopjar@bolnic-zabok,hr >http://www.bolnica-zabok,hr > >Private Practice: >10000 Zagreb, P Preradovica 20/1 >tel: +385 1 48 54 669 >fax: +385 1 48 54 671 >Mobile: + 385 (0) 98 378 840 >email: mkopjar@hotmail.com > >And please tell him Beverly Doucette from the USA say's Hello! > >Hope this helps you >Peace >Bev > >At Tue, 21 May 2002, Arno wrote: >> >>Dear People, >>I'm writing you from the capital of Croatia, Zagreb. My girlfriend is >>in the hospital here, and has been through 8 operations in the last >>year, mostly dealing with complications after a tumor removal from the >>rectum. She had serious adhesions of the thin bowel which were cut >>loose last year, and lived painlessly with a stoma for 6 months. After >>the "closing operation" adhesions quickly formed again seriously, and >>blocked the bowel. Another operation to "cut things loose" was >>performed before 10 days, and she is very slowly starting to eat >>somethings again. Besides a rectovaginal fistula which showed up before >>two days (with which I will not bother you here), she is again showing >>signs of developing pain pointing to adhesions, this time not (yet?) >>blocking the bowel movement, and not as massive as the ones before. >>Doctors in this country have a strong tendency to "go for the knife" and >>will probably show up tomorrow or the day after with the idea for >>another operation. With all your expertise and knowledge in this field >>would you recommend to give that another try, or to wait if the pains >>are bearable and the bowel movement not obstructed? Is there a chance >>for these pains to get less over time when things heal,or worse if you >>don't operate in time because of these adhesions spreading, and are >>there any techniques (yoga, meditations, stretchings, breathings) that >>might help fight the pain structurally? As medical care in this country >>is not as advanced as in many of your countries we do have to find out >>most things by ourselves, and be ahead of our doctors by at least one >>step all of the time. >>As the girl in question is the love of my life you will understand the >>urgency of these questions, and I thank you all in advance for any >>support and info that you can spare us at these hard moments. In the >>meantime I'm also wishing all of you a lot of strength and luck in >>dealing with your problems and suffering from this so hidden ordeal that >>so many people have to go through without "the world" knowing about it >>(or caring much, it seems). The caring I spotted on this site, however, >>leaves some space for hope, and hope is all we have. May you nurture >>yours, >> >>With Love, >> >>-- >>Arno >>